The "Seven" If you can imagine a driving experience that is a blending of go-kart, motorcycle and sports car then you realize what a Caterham 7 provides. It is a car that is not only fast, but that feels adrenaline pumping fast: a car that corners, brakes and accelerates in a way that imparts to the ...
Jack Humbert and the 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix The 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix marked a turning point for General Motors Pontiac Division and this can be attributed to the man who used his gift for the art of automotive design to great effect: a man named Jack Humbert. On his return from active service with a ...
The Rocket Ball and Volition Rifle The quest that would lead to the development of the lever action rifle began with a man from New York named Walter Hunt who reasoned that before he could design a practical repeating rifle he needed to create a self contained cartridge that it could do its repeating with. Walter ...
Its the Lear Jet you have when you don't have a pilot's license, but you do have a truck license, and you are really passionate about audio-visual entertainment. The Limo-Jet doesn't just look like a Lear Jet, it was made from one and took in the order of 40,000 man hours to transform it into ...
One Size Does Not Fit All The Colt Lightning rifle was created as Colt's answer to Winchester and Marlin's lever action rifles and it seems odd that it was not more successful than it was, although the medium and small frame Lightning rifles certainly racked up decent sales numbers. But if you think about it, the ...
A "Manstopper" Revolver Cartridge British Army officers of the Victorian Era were required to do active service in the far flung reaches of the British Empire which included significant chunks of Africa, India, and such places as the Sudan and Afghanistan. These were all places where a British officer's adversary would be likely to be physically ...
A Hearse as a Multi-Purpose Vehicle with Character The car's of the 1930's just ooze character and one of the more outstanding American cars of that era was the LaSalle. So what do you get when you have a 1930's LaSalle that's fitted out as a hearse? You get character on steroids. The sort of character ...
The Ultimate Citroën "Grandes Routières" One of the greatest, if not the greatest of the post-war French luxury performance cars was the Facel Vega. It was a car that became legendary racing driver Sir Stirling Moss's favorite and for good reason. It provided a combination of V8 performance with decent handling and an interior decor that ...
Carroll Shelby and a "James Bond Car" If ever there was a car that looked like it should be a James Bond car this was it. Not only that but the Aston Martin DB2/4 Mk III was a car that embodied the names Aston Martin and David Brown, and as if that were not enough, under ...
Revivaler was created back in 2014 as a site that would be a haven for people who love guns, classic cars, motorcycles, planes and trains and all those sorts of things. We made it to be a site where we focus on the most interesting stuff we can find to make the reading just plain ...
