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1938 BMW R 35: Made in Nazi Germany, Now Preserved in a New York Museum
1938 BMW R 35: Made in Nazi Germany, Now Preserved in a New York Museum

21 May 2022, 11:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Glenn H Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, is a warehouse-sized facility full of some of the most stunning classic cars and airplanes that Mr. Curtiss himself helped to design. But in its hallowed halls, aside for his inventions, is a...

 
Virginia Dare II: 1920's America's Idea of an Ultra Luxurious Speed Boat
Virginia Dare II: 1920's America's Idea of an Ultra Luxurious Speed Boat

20 May 2022, 09:17 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We bet you think people 100 years ago lived like savages compared to how most people in the developed world live in 2022. Our sports cars, leisure vehicles, and our engines have all advanced into what might look like witchcraft to anyone alive in, ...

 
Curtiss Aerocar: the Century-Old Ultra Luxurious Genesis of the Fifth-Wheel Camper Trailer
Curtiss Aerocar: the Century-Old Ultra Luxurious Genesis of the Fifth-Wheel Camper Trailer

20 May 2022, 04:57 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In 2022, people are going crazy over towable recreational vehicles and travel trailers. By last year's estimates, RVs of all shapes and sizes represent an industry worth over $40 billion. But at least as far as towable fifth-wheel camper trail...

 
This Curtiss C-46 Commando Played Second Fiddle to the Skytrain, Now It's Like a Barn Find
This Curtiss C-46 Commando Played Second Fiddle to the Skytrain, Now It's Like a Barn Find

19 May 2022, 23:31 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Not every vintage warbird is destined to spend the twilight of its life taking to the skies for the endless inspiration of those below watching. The sad truth is, a good percentage of existing warplanes from World War II especially will never, ever...

 
Step Aside Elon Musk, This Man Was the Original Eccentric Billionaire Aviator
Step Aside Elon Musk, This Man Was the Original Eccentric Billionaire Aviator

19 May 2022, 06:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Love him, or Elon Musk has his sights eternally on the stars. But don't even think for a single solitary second that he's the first of his kind among eccentric, tortured genius aviators. Before SpaceX, before Elon Musk, even before th...

 
Moscow's Mayor Wants to Revive an Awful Old Soviet Automaker, Why?
Moscow's Mayor Wants to Revive an Awful Old Soviet Automaker, Why?

18 May 2022, 22:39 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Russia is a pretty wacky place to be at the best of times. But in very recent times, this has only increased by an exponential factor. With Renault-Nissan prepping to hand over their Moscow production facility to the Russian state, the Federation&#...

 
This U.S. Twin Engine Attack Plane Ate Tanks for Lunch, Now It's For Sale to Civies
This U.S. Twin Engine Attack Plane Ate Tanks for Lunch, Now It's For Sale to Civies

18 May 2022, 19:50 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A standard North American-Rockwell OV-10 Bronco is not the kind of airplane that civilians would enjoy flying. Sure, its Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capability meant you could take off from the street your house stands on. But a spartan interi...

 
Triple Black 1989 Mazda RX-7 Drop Top Is a Car Dreams Are Made Of
Triple Black 1989 Mazda RX-7 Drop Top Is a Car Dreams Are Made Of

18 May 2022, 16:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Walking past this 1987 Mazda RX-7 FC without knowledge of classic JDM may not elicit as much as a passing glance. But if you're in the know, it's a car that's bound to make you twist and contort your body 180-degrees just to get a se...

 
Columbia Double Eagle: The Bizarre Tandem BMX Few Have Ever Seen Before
Columbia Double Eagle: The Bizarre Tandem BMX Few Have Ever Seen Before

16 May 2022, 03:35 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / So, you did it. You finally found a significant other who loves the hobby of BMX riding just as much as you do. You've carved trails together, raced each other, and helped each other up when you both inevitably eat dirt on occasion. First of a...

 
BMW X6 M: The Easiest SUV to Hate in the World, Or Are We Just Jealous?
BMW X6 M: The Easiest SUV to Hate in the World, Or Are We Just Jealous?

14 May 2022, 10:36 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The BMW X6 M is the kind of SUV that didn't really need to exist. It's a vehicle with a reputation that precedes itself wherever it goes, and for some reason it elicits judgments of the people driving them even before they've stepped...

 
This Classic BMX Has a Frame Made From 125 Recycled Soda Cans, Beat That, Fisker Ocean
This Classic BMX Has a Frame Made From 125 Recycled Soda Cans, Beat That, Fisker Ocean

13 May 2022, 01:13 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We can't hear the end of it about environmental sustainability in 2022. After years of constant exposure, you might find most of it to be disingenuous corporate hogwash. So much so that you're liable to be justifiably jaded when you do ac...

 
40 Years Before Polestar, Itera was Volvo's Long Lost Second Brand
40 Years Before Polestar, Itera was Volvo's Long Lost Second Brand

12 May 2022, 03:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Excess weight is the enemy of bicycle riders as much as it is for sports car drivers. It spoils handling, makes you slower, and ensures anyone with a vehicle lighter than yours will have the edge in tight corners. That said, saving weight was the i...

 
Dan Gurney Eagle Monoshock: A Rare Classic BMX Endorsed by an American F1 Hero
Dan Gurney Eagle Monoshock: A Rare Classic BMX Endorsed by an American F1 Hero

10 May 2022, 23:03 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If you're familiar with the name Dan Gurney, it's probably because of his reputation as, more or less, the only American Formula One Driver worth talking about, or maybe as an innovator in both NASCAR and Indycar. But a select handful of ...

 
Ultra Rare Schwinn Starlet Hangs From World's Largest Bike Museum's Bathroom
Ultra Rare Schwinn Starlet Hangs From World's Largest Bike Museum's Bathroom

10 May 2022, 16:05 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The world's greatest museums all have one thing in common. They're all completely stuffed to the gills with wonderful exhibits. Some museums, like the U.S. Air Force Museum, need a complex hundreds of acres wide to accommodate everything....

 
This Ultra Rare Fiberglass Bicycle Is Worth Nearly $40,000, Here’s Its Bonkers Story
This Ultra Rare Fiberglass Bicycle Is Worth Nearly $40,000, Here’s Its Bonkers Story

8 May 2022, 16:20 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Is it possible for something as mundane and lowly as a bicycle ever to be worth as much as a brand new Lexus? If so, what qualities would it possess that would make it even remotely worth such a figure? Would it be stunningly beautiful or made with...

 
These Antique Bicycles Became Entombed in a Tree, Now a Piece of Modern Art
These Antique Bicycles Became Entombed in a Tree, Now a Piece of Modern Art

8 May 2022, 05:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In a bicycle collection several thousand exhibits strong, it takes quite a bit to stand out. There are more than enough rare classic bikes on display at the Bicycle Heaven Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, than most people could ever see in one w...

 
HM Free-way: the Positively Adorable Solution to the First Gas Crisis
HM Free-way: the Positively Adorable Solution to the First Gas Crisis

7 May 2022, 16:44 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / You know something? One has to wonder what the world would look like if America had decided not to adopt a "no displacement for displacement" attitude to their motor vehicles. By association, you can only wonder what the roads of America ...

 
Meet the Marman Twin, a Breathtakingly Gorgeous Vintage Bicycle With a Boxer Engine
Meet the Marman Twin, a Breathtakingly Gorgeous Vintage Bicycle With a Boxer Engine

6 May 2022, 22:24 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Is it a bicycle, a motorcycle, or some odd chimera of both? Those are the kinds of questions you'll ask yourself when you see this ultra-rare, ultra-valuable Marman Twin. A very typical bicycle chassis with an especially atypical powerplant. ...

 
This was the World's Fastest Bicycle 30 Years Ago, Now It's Worth a Small Fortune
This was the World's Fastest Bicycle 30 Years Ago, Now It's Worth a Small Fortune

6 May 2022, 17:51 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We adore all things fast here at autoevolution. But yet, we seem to inevitably reserve most of our love for cars, motorcycles, or the occasional military fighter jet. But if you're a different type of speed enthusiast, the Bicycle Heaven Mu...

 
Paul Rosche Was the Heart and Soul of M Division, Time to Put Respect on the Name
Paul Rosche Was the Heart and Soul of M Division, Time to Put Respect on the Name

3 May 2022, 21:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / A short while ago, we showcased the story behind the last-minute decision by McLaren F1's chief engineer to choose BMW M Division to power what was to become the world's fastest car for the next 15 years. But there was a second man in thi...

 

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