Régis Darne established his gun-making business in Saint Etienne in East Central France in 1881. Saint Etienne had become an arms making center as far back as the 16th Century and had even been briefly renamed…
George Brough was a man determined to create the “Rolls Royce of motorcycles” and he succeeded in doing exactly that. His first production model was the SS80 and production began in 1922. When we say “production”…
Back in the days before he married my mother in law my father in law used to own a Sunbeam motorcycle of twenties vintage. He really enjoyed that old bike back in the days when young…
The Fiat 508 Balilla made its debut at the Milan Motor Show of 1932. The 508 Balilla was a small and quite conventional car powered by a 995cc side valve in-line four cylinder engine that produced…
When out hunting we are held to a rather higher standard than target shooters and to a different standard by comparison with military snipers. For the target shooter the shot that does not hit the ten…
On Beretta’s 490th Anniversary we celebrate almost five hundred years of Beretta firearms. Beretta have used that four hundred and ninety years to establish a reputation for quality and imaginative designs, yet Beretta’s designs are kept…
Have you ever noticed that it is often some of the best motorcycles (and cars) that are made in limited production small numbers for short periods of time. The Healey 1000/4 is one of these. When…
One of the lesser known but better 4WD created was the AMC Mighty Mite which was designed according to parameters set down by the US Marine Corps. Work on this lightweight improvement on the Willys Jeep…
The FLS Microjet began life as the Bede BD5, initially a propeller driven piston engined single seater light aircraft. Its conception was way back in the 1970’s and its development took longer and presented more problems…
Around the turn of the twentieth century as automobile technology became established and viable a plethora of new car makers sprang up most of whom would not survive long. One of these was the York Motor…