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Brief Histories

The Incredible History Of The Sunoco Racing Livery

Jon Branch July 3, 2024
Porsche-91730-Can-Am-Spyder
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

The Sunoco oil and fuel company has been a long time sponsor and partner in many forms of American motorsport, along the way it…

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A Brief History Of The Toyota Land Cruiser 20 Series

Jon Branch July 28, 2023
Toyota Landcruiser
  • Brief Histories
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4

The Jeep, which began as a design by American Bantam, has been the foundational design for many of the four-wheel-drive vehicles that followed after…

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Silodrome’s Quick History Of The Suzuki Jimny

Jon Branch March 9, 2023
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  • Classic 4x4
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The Suzuki Jimny was an “out of the box” creation, the first compact consumer four-wheel-drive but fully-featured with a dual range transfer case, a ladder…

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A Quick History of the Indian 101 Scout

Jon Branch August 20, 2020
Indian 101 Scout
  • American
  • Brief Histories
  • Indian
  • Motorcycles

Charles B. Franklin: the Engineer with Practical Experience Charles Bayly Franklin, the engineer who was to create three of the most iconic Indian motorcycles,…

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A Brief History From The Lotus 7 to The Caterham 7

Jon Branch August 4, 2020
Lotus 7 Car
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  • British
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  • Classic Cars

Above Image: A Lotus 7 battling with a Porsche 356 Speedster in 1984. Image courtesy of the San Francisco Region SCCA. In the Beginning:…

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A Brief History Of The Mini Marcos – An Unusual Pint-Sized British Sports Car

Jon Branch July 17, 2020
Mini Marcos
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  • British
  • Cars
  • Classic Cars

Marcos Cars: Wooden Wonders In the wake of the Second World War, as Britain worked her way through austerity and the process of rebuilding…

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A Quick History of the Rover V8 – One Of Britain’s Most Important Performance Engines

Jon Branch June 30, 2020
Buick Le Sabre engine
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A Gas Turbine or a V8? The story of the development of the Rover V8 engine begins with a dream that became a failed…

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A Brief History of the MGC – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch May 22, 2020
MGC sports car
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  • British
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  • Classic Cars

The MGC – A Sports Car in Search of an Engine The story of the MGC is fraught with “what could have been…” possibilities….

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A Brief History of the Mighty Toyota Land Cruiser J60

Jon Branch May 7, 2020
Toyota Land Cruiser J60 Cutaway
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  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Japanese

Toyota’s Station Wagon Land Cruisers: From the J40 is born the Rare Toyota FJ45V The story of the Toyota J60 began with Toyota’s tentative…

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A Brief History of the Shelby Series 1 – Carroll Shelby’s Only Scratch-Built Car

Jon Branch April 17, 2020
Shelby Series One prototype
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  • Brief Histories
  • Cars

Carroll Shelby And His Famous Nitro Glycerine Tablets Carroll Shelby was named after a Christian minister and went from being a child with a…

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A Brief History of the Norton 16H – The World War II Workhorse

Jon Branch April 1, 2020
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  • British
  • Motorcycles

The Norton 16H – A Roaring Norton for the Roaring Twenties The Norton Model 16H had its beginnings back even before the Roaring Twenties,…

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A Brief History of the Lotus Esprit – Everything You Need To Know

Jon Branch March 19, 2020
Lotus Esprit S1
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  • British
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  • Classic Cars

In the Beginning: Giugiaro and a Boomerang The story of the Lotus Esprit began, not just in the minds of the design team at…

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