“Wacky” Arnolt and the Aston Martin DB2/4 Coupé by Bertone

“Wacky” Arnolt and the Aston Martin DB2/4 Coupé by Bertone

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Stanley Arnolt began his automobile distributorship and dealership business in 1950 dealing in British cars, initially Morris, MG and Riley, and then others including Bristol and Aston Martin. Arnolt bought a stake in Italian design house…

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Cased Colt Model 1862 Police Percussion Revolver

Cased Colt Model 1862 Police Percussion Revolver

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The Colt Model 1862 Pocket Police percussion revolver was originally designed in 1860 alongside the famous Civil War veteran, the Model 1860 Army. The Model 1862 Pocket Police was a smaller scale revolver made to be…

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The Scammell Scarab “Mechanical Horse”

The Scammell Scarab “Mechanical Horse”

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The Scammell Scarab and its predecessor the Mechanical Horse were an imaginative solution to the problem of replacing horse transportation of commercial and industrial goods with motorised vehicles. The Scammell Scarab provided extraordinary maneuverability with great…

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Austin FX3 “Abbey Road” Ex-London Taxi

Austin FX3 “Abbey Road” Ex-London Taxi

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The Austin FX3 became the iconic post-war London taxi during the period up into the “swinging sixties” in which British pop groups captured the music charts all over the world and London’s Carnaby Street became a…

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Thomas Stuart’s One of One Thousand Winchester Model 1873 Rifle

Thomas Stuart’s One of One Thousand Winchester Model 1873 Rifle

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The Winchester Model 1873 One of One Thousand rifles were made to be the absolute best that Winchester were capable of making. Montana pioneer Granville Stuart ordered Winchester One of One Thousand rifles for he and…

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1962 Ferrari 330 LM / 250 GTO by Scaglietti – Chassis No. 3765

1962 Ferrari 330 LM / 250 GTO by Scaglietti – Chassis No. 3765

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The story of the Ferrari 330 LM began with the creation of the three litre Ferrari 250 GTO racing cars which have gone down in history as some of the most famous, and thus most desirable,…

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The 284 Winchester and 6.5-284 Norma

The 284 Winchester and 6.5-284 Norma

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The 284 Winchester and the 6.5-284 Norma were both superb cartridges that produced surprisingly good performance in a relatively small package. Their short and fat case design with fairly sharp shoulder proved to be very popular…

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From Antarctica to the Desert: the Snow Trac and the New Sno Trac

From Antarctica to the Desert: the Snow Trac and the New Sno Trac

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The Aktiv Snow Trac was created by Lars Larsson, chief engineer for a Swedish farm machinery manufacturer AB Westeråsmaskiner. Lars wanted to be able to get to his winter cabin easily and in heated comfort, and…

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The Remington 600 and 660

The Remington 600 and 660

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The Remington 600 and 660 were without doubt rifle designs that were way ahead of their time. Remington set out to create a family of sporting rifles that were short and lightweight, and which had superb…

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Avions Voisin C14 ‘Chartre’

Avions Voisin C14 ‘Chartre’

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  More expensive than a Rolls-Royce and fitted with an unusual and unusually quiet sleeve-valve engine the cars of Avions Voisin stand out among the finest and most fascinating of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Among these…

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