1973 Iso Rivolta Lele
Iso have been one of the lesser known Italian sports and luxury car makers but for those of us with a penchant for the unusual they stand as creators of some of the most desirable examples…
1972 Land Rover Series III 109″ Safari
I’ve owned a couple of Land Rovers over the years. one of which was an early seventies Series III Safari station wagon. The Land Rover Safari was our family car, family adventures car, and also the…
1925 Bugatti Type 30 Tourer
The first Bugatti I ever saw belonged to an elderly gentleman named Cyril Poole who was still using it as his daily drive. It was a Bugatti Type 40 with a custom body he’d had created…
1931 Stutz DV-32 Convertible Victoria by Rollston
I wonder how many firearm enthusiasts know that William “Bill” Ruger of Sturm Ruger fame was an avid Stutz afficionado? Or that the Ruger Bearcat and Blackhawk revolvers were named after Stutz automobiles? Bill Ruger had…
Talley Quick Detachable Rifle-scope Mounts
One day I was carrying a Mauser 77 rifle. The Mauser was fitted with a Zeiss Diavari rifle-scope in EAW quick detachable pivot mounts and I was carrying the rifle by the rifle scope as is…
1936 Bugatti Type 57 Stelvio
The Type 57 Bugatti was built from 1934 through to 1940 and then again as the Type 101 in 1951 and 1952 as Bugatti tried to re-start in the aftermath of World War II, with one…
1956 Austin-Healey 100 M ‘Le Mans’
Wisdom with the benefit of hindsight is said to be the worst kind of wisdom to have; but in truth it is really important to fail sometimes and hopefully to have the opportunity to evaluate what…
1930 Stutz SV-16 Monte Carlo by Weymann
Like so many other car makers Stutz established their name on the racing track and then later moved into the luxury car market. Although arguably Stutz were amongst the first to successfully do this as they…
Mannlicher-Schönauer 1905 9×56 “Fred. Pabst”
As those who have read Revivaler from it’s early days will know I have a real soft spot for Mannlicher-Schönauers of all descriptions and persuasions. I’m in good company mind you, Ernest Hemmingway was another Mannlicher-Schönauer…
1960 Maserati 3500 GT Coupé
Maserati’s 3500 GT was the car that turned the company into a successful producer of Grand Touring cars, whereas Maserati had previously been known for its very fast racing cars. Appearing first at the Geneva Motor…