The Krag Jørgensen was a superb rifle, chosen from among fifty three rivals and adopted by the United States as its first nitro powder military rifle. The Krag’s served their country through some tempestuous times seeing…
The movie “Out of Africa” stands out as one of Hollywood’s most outstanding creations. Meryl Streep and Robert Redford’s portrayals of Karen Blixen and Denys Finch Hatton were superb, and John Barry’s music was stunning. But…
The Whitney-Burgess and Whitney-Kennedy lever action rifles are some of the lesser known arms of America’s “Wild West” history. All were based on design work by Andrew Burgess, one of the nations most influential firearms designers….
Peter Monteverdi proved himself to be a quiet achiever. He was a pioneer of the luxury four wheel drive concept, racing car maker, racing driver, and the man who created the rare and utterly beautiful Monteverdi…
The Duesenberg Model J was created to be a luxury car that would prove to be superior to all its competitors, and arguably Fred Duesenberg succeeded in that aim. He created a car of unmatched performance…
The US Postal Service placed an order for 150 custom Smith & Wesson Military & Police revolvers chambered for the .22lr cartridge. These revolvers were intended for staff training. By the late 1960’s these revolvers were…
Stanley Arnolt began his automobile distributorship and dealership business in 1950 dealing in British cars, initially Morris, MG and Riley, and then others including Bristol and Aston Martin. Arnolt bought a stake in Italian design house…
The Colt Model 1862 Pocket Police percussion revolver was originally designed in 1860 alongside the famous Civil War veteran, the Model 1860 Army. The Model 1862 Pocket Police was a smaller scale revolver made to be…
The Scammell Scarab and its predecessor the Mechanical Horse were an imaginative solution to the problem of replacing horse transportation of commercial and industrial goods with motorised vehicles. The Scammell Scarab provided extraordinary maneuverability with great…
The Austin FX3 became the iconic post-war London taxi during the period up into the “swinging sixties” in which British pop groups captured the music charts all over the world and London’s Carnaby Street became a…