Fast Facts The Vincati motorcycles were originally built in Australia by combining an original Vincent Rapide or Black Shadow engine into a Ducati 750 chassis. It was possible to modify the Ducati chassis so the Vincent…
Fast Facts Russian gun makers seem unique in the world in that they make sporting guns using the Lancaster oval bore to spin projectiles to achieve improved accuracy. The Russian Lancaster bore guns fall into two…
Fast Facts The Bugatti Type 57 was primarily designed by Ettore Bugatti’s son Jean. It was powered by a DOHC straight eight which was based on the SOHC Type 49 but extensively improved by Jean. The…
Fast Facts This Smith & Wesson No. 3 revolver has been confirmed as having been delivered to Theodore Roosevelt whilst he was in San Antonio in 1898 preparing his “Rough Riders” for the war in Cuba….
Fast Facts Brough Superior motorcycles were first created by George Brough who founded the company in 1919 and began motorcycle production in 1920. George Brough wanted to appeal to the top end of the motorcycle market…
Fast Facts Christopher Cockerell is best known for his invention of the hovercraft, although before that he believed that his greatest achievements had been while working for Marconi developing radio and radar technology. When Cockerell first…
It is the road car you buy if you really wanted a racing car that you could drive on the road. It’s a car you could drive to the race track, defeat all comers, and then…
At the beginning of the Superman TV shows the question was “Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, its Superman”: and in the case of the Fairy Rotodyne we could ask “Is it a…
The Lamborghini Espada marked a turning point in Ferrucio Lamborghini’s vision for the future of his then new car company. Nowadays it seems paradoxical that Lamborghini was not always aiming to create exotic ultra high performance…
Fast Facts Maserati began as two companies, one making spark plugs, and the other making automobiles. The spark plug company was started by Alfieri Maserati in 1914 and was kept very busy supplying spark plugs for…