Douglas 596cc Aero

Douglas 596cc Aero

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Those who are aficionados of the BMW R Series motorcycles may not realize that the horizontally opposed Boxer engine of the R Series was first created when a BMW engineer named Max Fritz reverse engineered a British…

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Stutz Speedway Four Roadster

Stutz Speedway Four Roadster

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Although we tend to associate twin cam engines with double valves (i.e. four valves per cylinder) with the late twentieth century and the present day in fact this level of sophistication dates all the way back…

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Porsche 911 Turbo ‘Slantnose’ Cabriolet

Porsche 911 Turbo ‘Slantnose’ Cabriolet

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Porsche’s 935 was the racing version of what was then the fastest accelerating road car. Predictably there were those who wanted a 935 to drive on the road and one of those people was racing sponsor…

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Colt Trooper

Colt Trooper

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When Colt ceased production of their double-action revolvers back in 1999 there was much wailing and gnashing of the teeth amongst the Colt aficionados. It remained possible to get a Colt Python made to special order…

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Jensen Interceptor III Convertible

Jensen Interceptor III Convertible

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Have you ever wondered why it is that the most interesting and often the better cars are the ones that people generally don’t buy? Back in 1966 British car maker Jensen introduced the Jensen Interceptor as…

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Lamborghini LM002-A

Lamborghini LM002-A

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Given the choice there is only one Lamborghini I would really like to own. Its not one of their many and perfectly nice supercars. What could be better than a Lamborghini shooting wagon? This animal of…

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Elvis Presley’s Revolvers

Elvis Presley’s Revolvers

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Elvis Presley had good taste in revolvers. He was a “US male” before he became a rock and roll star and he grew up in a nation that, at that time, was strongly patriotic, and which…

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Colt Cobra, the Return of the Colt Double Action

Colt Cobra, the Return of the Colt Double Action

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Back in the eighties I was invited to a “steel challenge” pistol shoot and was offered the use of a friend’s Colt Diamondback for the full day shoot which I happily accepted. Suffice to say it…

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Talbot-Lago T150-C SS ‘Goutte d’Eau’ Coupé

Talbot-Lago T150-C SS ‘Goutte d’Eau’ Coupé

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If you’ve ever wondered where Sir William Lyons of Jaguar got the inspiration for his Jaguar XK120 show car then it is worth having a look at the Talbot-Lago T150-C SS ‘Goutte d’Eau’ Coupé of the…

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Hunting in Central Asia; Classic and Antique Books

Hunting in Central Asia; Classic and Antique Books

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Having been originally educated in an English boys school and thence to college I developed a passion for books, but I don’t read fiction.  Add to that one part of the world I’ve been blessed with…

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