The .458 Winchester Magnum
Many years ago down in the south of Australia I met a farmer who kept a .458 Winchester Magnum on the farm for kangaroo culling. At the time my rifle for long range kangaroo control way…
Henderson KJ Four
William G. Henderson and his brother Tom W. Henderson went into the motorcycle design and manufacturing business in 1911. William was the designer and Tom’s role was primarily in sales and management. From the start the…
Ace 1,220cc Four
Tom and William Henderson formed their Henderson Motorcycle Company in Detroit in 1912 and created one of the most exciting motorcycles the world had seen up to that time. The Henderson featured an in-line F head…
Indian Type 440
With their purchase of Ace Motorcycles in 1927 Indian Motocycle acquired the William Henderson designed Ace in-line F head four cylinder motorcycle engine and Indian were not slow to put their own name on it and…
10 ¼” Gauge Model GWR Rover Class Locomotive
Britain’s Great Western Railway was sometimes called “God’s Wonderful Railway”. It was the train line that headed out from London to the west to the holiday towns of the West Country all the way down to…
1905 Fabrique Nationale Four-Cylinder
John Moses Browning is America’s most famous firearms designer and visionary, most of his designs are still in use, even the 1887 lever action shotgun that is said to have been his least favorite creation yet…
Cretors Sidewalk Popcorn Wagon
For the person who thinks they’ve got it all I can pretty much guarantee that they don’t have one of these. Most people just have a popcorn machine at home, some who are more “modern” have…
De Havilland DH60G Gipsy Moth
The De Havilland Gipsy Moth was the mainstay of the British Flying Clubs from 1925 up until the beginning of the Second World War in 1939. The Gipsy Moth is generally regarded as being a preferable…
Porsche 597 Jagdwagen
The American Jeep started a lot of people thinking after the Second World War and as Germany began to re-build and was permitted to create a military again there was the need for a Jeep like…
Mauser 1913 Prototype Semi-Automatic Rifle
Paul Mauser’s 1898 bolt action rifle design is legendary and has survived and prospered in sporting rifles around the world. It is still regarded as the best bolt action ever created for a dangerous game rifle….