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The story of the gas turbine engine in cars began in 1950 in Great Britain in the form of the Rover JET1. Production on the JET1 began in 1946 as Rover had experience in the production of the first working turbojet engine. Frank Whittle had come up with the design...
Powered by a 136ci Ford flathead V8 mounted behind the driver. Equipment includes twin Stromberg 81 carburetors, an electric starter, a Harmon-Collins magneto, and an Eddie Meyers intake manifold and high-compression cylinder heads. Related posts: Gone But Not Forgotten – The Crocker Big Tank Motorcycle Electric-Powered Cafe Racer Harkens Back...
The most iconic Bugatti, the Type 57SC Atlantic featured flowing coupé lines with a pronounced dorsal seam running from the front to the back end of the vehicle. The 1935 Aérolithe concept, on which the 57SC was based, used Elektron composite for its body panels. This meant the engineers needed...
Mankind’s road to the stars had its unsung heroes. One of them was the Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. His spaceflight on Soyuz 1 made him the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly into outer space more than once, and he became the first human to die on a space mission—he was...
There are lots of folks who build custom motorcycles. Some of them are craftsman, some of them are hobbyists, some are visionaries but Ron Finch is an artist with a distinctly unique vision. Finch is, for lack of a more fitting metaphor, the Antonio Gaudi of Grease and Gasoline. Metalworker,...
This is the pre-war BMW model you generally see in the old WWII newsreels, and it was a seriously advanced piece of iron for it’s time. Both beautiful and featuring and engine as solid as an anvil, this BMW represented the state-of-the-art for its era. Due to the reliability of...