The Beretta Silver Hawk
When it comes to choosing a shotgun my personal preference tends towards the side by side double. The reason for this may seem a little unusual. I am right handed but was born with a dominant…
German Navy M4 Enigma Machine
The World War II German Enigma encryption machine and the successful Allied effort to crack it are fascinating pieces of modern history. Surviving Enigma machines are a rarity and amongst the most rare is the Kriegsmarine…
1963 Johnson Shipley Bonneville Land Speed Record Holder
The Johnson Shipley Bonneville racer auction on eBay ended on 15th October at 5:00am with a bid of US$80,000.00. You can find the eBay auction page if you click here. This car, which was one of…
The Wildey Pistol is Back
Heavy calibre hunting handguns are, in my humble opinion at least, enormously enjoyable to shoot. It can help to have arms like Popeye the Sailorman, and to have consumed your can of Spinach before lining her…
Toyota Kikai 2015 Concept Car
Wandering down the main street of the town where I live today I saw a hot rod based on what looked like a 1938 Ford Model 48 utility (or pick-up for our US readers). It was…
Japanese Sword, 16th Century, in Shin-Gunto Mountings
It was quite common for senior officers of the Japanese Imperial Army who came from traditional samurai families to have a family heirloom sword blade mounted in army regulation mounts to carry on duty. For this…
Custom 1972 Chevrolet Corvette Shark Car
The 1972 Chevrolet Corvette was an interesting car, but it was a car that would respond nicely to some well thought out improvements. The original shark nosed Corvette was a car that set whole new standards…
The VW Iltis
The Volkswagen Iltis is one of those lesser know but quite superb cars that really should be rather more appreciated than they are. Occasionally one of these wonderfully interesting little vehicles pops up for sale and…
1973 Jensen Healey Barn Find
The Jensen Healey was one of very few cars to win a Sports Car Club of America championship in its first year of competition. That occurred in 1973, the year of production for this interesting Jensen…
1984 Maserati Biturbo “Barn Find” on E-Bay
I like Italian cars, even Fiats have an inherent Italianness about them that makes them a whole lot more desirable than a Toyota, or Nissan or even, heaven forbid, a Hyundai. Of course the Toyota, Nissan…