Jaguar 420G

Jaguar 420G

By Posted on 3min read

Its a car that might just be perfect if you have some Walter Mitty tendencies. The Jaguar 420G was the upmarket luxury version of the Jaguar Mk X and it was designed to appeal to heads…

Share

Rumely Oil Pull Traction Engine

Rumely Oil Pull Traction Engine

By Posted on 4min read

It only has a single seat and a twin cylinder engine and it can’t get much above walking pace but it sounds just as fantastic as a big single cylinder motorcycle. The Rumely Oil Pull traction engine…

Share

1873 Winchester from the Battle of the Little Bighorn

1873 Winchester from the Battle of the Little Bighorn

By Posted on 2min read

The Battle of the Little Bighorn is probably best known as “Custer’s Last Stand” but it is also sometimes referred to as “The Indians Last Stand”. It was the pivotal battle of the wars between the…

Share

Merwin Hulbert Revolvers

Merwin Hulbert Revolvers

By Posted on 5min read

They were a revolver favored by Pat Garret and Jesse James. During the frontier era of the second half of the nineteenth century the Merwin Hulbert revolvers were not just the equal of the revolvers from…

Share

Ford Thunderbird F-Bird

Ford Thunderbird F-Bird

By Posted on 4min read

When Chevrolet unveiled their new Corvette sports car in 1953 Ford executives realized they would need to do something and the obvious thing would have been to create a Ford sports car that would directly compete…

Share

BMW R 75

BMW R 75

By Posted on 4min read

In November of 1937 in a Germany where universal conscription had been introduced two years earlier and the creation of Biker Private Troops had been agreed to the German Oberkommando Heer (OKH) became engaged in discussions…

Share

Honda S600 Coupe

Honda S600 Coupe

The Honda S600 was Honda’s first car aimed at breaking into the global motor car mass market. Up until then Honda had been primarily a motorcycle manufacturer but had built two four wheeled vehicles, the T360…

Share

Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America

Lancia Aurelia B24S Spider America

By Posted on 4min read

The world’s first production V6 engine was created by Francesco De Virgilio of Lancia. It was an engine partly based on technological developments made in pre-war Lancia cars and in part designed to solve the problem…

Share

Capri Tools Torque Screwdriver Set

Capri Tools Torque Screwdriver Set

By Posted on 3min read

Owners of bolt action rifles are amongst the most likely to seek to do whatever it takes to extract the utmost in accuracy from their rifle system. Quite likely one of the main reasons, usually the…

Share

Hart Steam Victoria Four-Seater Dos-à-Dos

Hart Steam Victoria Four-Seater Dos-à-Dos

By Posted on 4min read

Interesting is more important than fast. When it comes to cars there are lots of simply fast cars out there, but there aren’t so many really interesting ones. I think steam engines are the most interesting…

Share