Land Rover Series IIA Estate
I have a lot of affection for Land Rovers having owned a long wheelbase Series IIA which had been an army survey team vehicle and a Series III Safari Station Wagon similar to the Land Rover…
A Grand Prix pinball machine
The pinball machine was invented in the 1700’s and in 1869 after the end of the American Civil War the spring launcher for the little metal balls was invented. From there on in the pinball machine…
Buffalo Bill Presentation Winchester 1873
Before there was Hollywood there was Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. The show was never referred to as a “show” and in its title it covertly suggested that it was a reflection of real life, a west…
AEC Regal Motor Coach
The AEC buses and trucks became the iconic British commercial vehicles of the pre-war and post-war periods. As I was living in England in the fifties and sixties it was one of those classic post box…
Ferves Ranger
It has been described as the cutest 4WD on planet Earth. There’s just something about the Italians that seems to enable them to inject oodles of personality into their cars and the Ferves Ranger is one…
1913 Harley Davidson V Twin Barn Find
If you ask someone to name one American motorcycle it is almost inevitable they will know the name Harley-Davidson above all others. Not only because Harley-Davidson have been around since 1903, but because they’ve been a…
1954 Land Rover Series I
The Land Rover Series 1 is the post war East Africa safari car. It’s the “Anti-Christ” of the movie “The God’s Must Be Crazy”. This is Britain’s answer to the American Jeep and, in this first…
.41 Remington Magnum
To handle a heavy caliber revolver you need to work up to it and you need to keep that practice up. The old adage “Use it or lose it” certainly applies to shooting and especially to…
Steyr Puch Haflinger
There are some things of which it can truly be said “You don’t see one of those every day”, and the Haflinger is one of those things. Made by Steyr Daimler Puch of Austria the Haflinger…
Lotus Europa S2 Turbocharged Roadster “Speedster”
Sometimes people modify a car to simply make it the most fantastic fun machine their creative minds can imagine – and this little chopped Lotus Europa S2 Turbocharged Speedster is one of those. Even the color…