Argentinian Alejandro De Tomaso’s first entry into road car production was the Vallelunga Coupé, named after a racing circuit at which he had much success and much enjoyment, the Autodromo di Vallelunga. The Vallelunga has been…
What do you do if you have an old Sunbeam motorcycle and you feel like it needs a bit more umpfh? Easy, you take out the Sunbeam engine and fit a Porsche car engine! Gordon Griffiths…
Double Bubble toil and trouble is this car worth the trouble? As it wasn’t actually found in a barn we won’t call this 1958 Fiat-Abarth 750GT Zagato a barn find, although it looks to be in…
Sometimes we come across an artifact and we think it would be just so interesting if that item could talk and tell us the stories from its history. The Mauser Bolo Broomhandle pistol we are featuring…
Amongst the various models of Austrian designer Georg Luger’s famous pistol the Artillery model is one of the most iconic and most desirable. Interestingly the inspiration for this pistol came from Hugo Borchardt, a German who…
A Ferrari is always a good investment for a car collector, even if your collection only contains one car. The Ferrari 250 GT Coupé with bodywork by Pinin Farina was and is one of the loveliest of…
Designed as a short range, ultra simple self defense pistol the Wiener Waffenfabrik “Little Tom” was the first double action semi-automatic pistol ever created. Made in .25ACP (6.35x16SR) and .32ACP (7.65×17 Browning SR) these were small…
Amongst the more interesting and unique items coming up for auction by Rock Island Auction in February is a sporting rifle by Karl Kormes in 8x68S. Karl Kormes was a gunsmith in Leipzig, Germany, and rifles,…
Guns, cars and motorcycles naturally go together as do planes and boats as well. It’s nice when we can merge more than one of our interests. Many years ago I was on a vermin control shoot…
Have you ever wondered why becoming a famous entertainer sometimes seems to be like being given a license to print money? If we look at some of the entertainers who can afford exotic and expensive cars…