BMW began in 1916 when the aircraft engine manufacturer Rapp Motorenwerke was reorganized to become BMW. This was done at a time when the First World War was at its height. At the end of the…
BMW R52
Experimental Colt Army and Navy Model Double Action
The formative years of cartridge loading revolver design includes some designs for which documentation is scant. The 1870’s saw Smith & Wesson create their No. 3 top break revolver whilst Colt’s design was a development of…
Rolls-Royce 40/50hp Silver Ghost ‘Piccadilly’ Roadster
This Rolls-Royce 40/50hp was owned by Hollywood director Josef von Sternberg who purchased it in 1929. The following year, 1930, von Sternberg welcomed German actress Marlene Dietrich to Hollywood where he would present her with a…
R.B. Rodda Express Double Rifle
R.B. Rodda were a retailer of fireams and equipment for people in the services of the British Empire. They were not actually a gun maker but a retailer of quality firearms made by others such as…
Stutz Blackhawk
Way back in 1968 a New York Banker named James O’Donnell got together with legendary American designer Virgil Exner who had worked with both Studebaker and Chrysler and was one of the driving forces behind American…
New Hudson 500cc Model 3
You’ve no doubt heard of the Girling brake manufacturing company. Before they were called Girling the company was called New Hudson, and before they became a brake manufacturing specialist they began as a bicycle maker and…
