AC cars were the creators of the AC Ace and Aceca, and the AC Ace was the base car that Carroll Shelby so famously modified to create his AC Cobra. But the open top AC Ace…
Jon C. Branch
1960 Ford Thunderbird Convertible
The Ford Thunderbird began life as a concept in a competition announced by Ford and published by Motor Trend Magazine in 1950. Competitors were to create a sporty two seater car based on the Ford Anglia…
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2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition
The tale of the Ford GT, officially the Ford GT40, is a tale of resentment and oneupmanship. Ferrari had let it be known that they may be interested in allowing Ford to buy the company back…
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Graham Hollywood Supercharged
The Graham Motor Company was founded by brothers Joseph, Robert and Ray Graham in 1919. The company began by producing kits to convert Ford Model T and TT cars into trucks and as such did quite…
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1933 Packard Twelve Coupé Roadster
Packard and Cadillac are two of the best known names in luxury cars from the USA and in the era around the Great Depression the two were vying against each other in what was really a…
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Smith & Wesson Model 27
I remember the first time I saw someone shoot a .357 Magnum revolver very clearly. At the time I was completely new to the shooting sports and had joined a pistol club down in outback Australia….
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Ferrari 360 Modena F1 Coupe
The Ferrari 360 went into production in 1999 and represents a significant technological advance over its predecessor the F335 (itself a development of the F348. The Ferrari 360 did not represent a technological leap in terms…
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Winchester Pre 64 Model 70
If you were only allowed to have one rifle what would it be? For me that has been an easy question to answer for decades now, I have a top of the list and a second…
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Saleen S7
One reviewer of the twin turbocharged Saleen S7 said of its power “too much gas and you’ll smoke the rear tires easily”. If you are looking for a road going GT car that is actually faster…
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On Any Sunday – Original Movie Poster
When I began learning a Japanese sword art over a decade ago I was told that if you ask a Japanese teacher why he practices the Japanese sword that he will skillfully change the subject and…
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