Walter Owen Bentley was right, and James Bond 007 chose the wrong car. W.O. Bentley was of the strong opinion that supercharging an engine was not a good idea and that simply increasing the engine capacity…
For those who lived the high life of Hollywood Showbiz back in the halcyon days of Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. money was mostly no object and life was…
In his best selling book “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” Douglas Adams describes a scenario in which mankind create a great computer called “Deep Thought” and they ask Deep Thought to give them the answer…
Rolls-Royces have not always been boring. When the company was created back in 1906 they created cars for the wealthy including the creatively eccentric wealthy who liked to engage in adventurous activities in their Rolls-Royces. Rolls-Royce…
Some like to have a collection of rifles and choose different ones for different hunting or shooting situations. Others of us prefer to have a minimal number, perhaps only one, and to use that one rifle…
What sounds better than one big American V8 under the hood? Two big American V8’s under the hood of course! Carlo Riva began his custom boat building business back in 1946 with the dream to build…
Those of us who are aficionados of classic rifles are almost always also greatly appreciative of fine handcrafted knives. Some collect them, some have just one or two that are special, but the interest in fine…
The origins of the Austin-Healey 100 is worth considering because it became one of the most iconic British cars yet it was created using the mechanicals of a car that was a forgettable disaster. The Austin-Healey…
The Colt Single Action Army is in all probability the most well known revolver on the face of the earth. It has been the star of almost every western movie Hollywood has created and it was…
The Willys Model 77 was and is an interesting car. It has creative bodywork for its 1930’s vintage and even more surprisingly it was created even as Willys was going through such extreme financial difficulties that…