My grandfather on my mother’s side used to drive a brewery truck. Well, that’s not quite the case, the “truck” was called a dray and it was powered by a big and beautiful Clydesdale horse. That…
Diamond T 201 Brewery Truck
Citroen DS23 Pallas EFI 5-speed
I think the Citroën DS series was the post war car that Gabriel Voisin would have created, or very close to it. Gabriel Voisin was the first man to fly a sea-plane just as the Wright…
Packard Hunting Car “Pooch Limousine”
Many years ago I acquired a Golden Labrador as a puppy and had high hopes of training him as a gun dog who would faithfully retrieve the ducks in duck season. I had a go at…
Lincoln Model KB Boattail Speedster
The Lincoln Model K began life in 1931 powered by a 6.3 liter (384.8 cu. in.) V8 engine producing 120hp. Wheelbase was 145″ and this luxury car was launched into direct competition with Rolls Royce, Cadillac,…
Porsche 597 Jagdwagen
The American Jeep started a lot of people thinking after the Second World War and as Germany began to re-build and was permitted to create a military again there was the need for a Jeep like…
Talbot-Matra Murena
I like odd cars, just like I like odd guns. I’m one of those perverse creatures that actually likes the Chiappa version of the 1887 Winchester lever action shotgun. Why? Because its different, and its so…
