Designed as a short range, ultra simple self defense pistol the Wiener Waffenfabrik “Little Tom” was the first double action semi-automatic pistol ever created. Made in .25ACP (6.35x16SR) and .32ACP (7.65×17 Browning SR) these were small…
Amongst the more interesting and unique items coming up for auction by Rock Island Auction in February is a sporting rifle by Karl Kormes in 8x68S. Karl Kormes was a gunsmith in Leipzig, Germany, and rifles,…
Guns, cars and motorcycles naturally go together as do planes and boats as well. It’s nice when we can merge more than one of our interests. Many years ago I was on a vermin control shoot…
Have you ever wondered why becoming a famous entertainer sometimes seems to be like being given a license to print money? If we look at some of the entertainers who can afford exotic and expensive cars…
This is our most recent article for Hagerty Insurance of the UK. You will find this article on Hagerty Insurance’s web site if you click here. Hagerty Insurance are a classic car insurance company. You will…
The Aston Martin Lagonda first appeared in 1976 and it was to have been a car that would save Aston Martin from financial difficulties. Sadly however in its first iteration it turned out to be the…
Sometimes we look at a concept car, especially one from the creative sixties and seventies, and we wonder “what were they thinking”? The 1960 Pininfarina X has that effect on me. Like the car you created…
The Iso Grifo A3 Competizione and its near identical siblings the Bizzarini GT 5300 Strada and GT America are, in my mind at least, the most desirable cars made for enthusiasts ever, bar none. If you…
Not everyone is a visionary, but George Bennie was one. Not everyone thinks that using a propeller to drive a land vehicle might just be a good idea, and indeed some of the designs for propeller…
“Commercial considerations are fundamentally incompatible with revolutionary ideas.” Gabriel Voisin (1880-1973) Gabriel Voisin was the man who made the first powered flight off water, in a seaplane, and traveled at tree top height from the Billancourt bridge…