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Jumeirah Cruisin. The first tester. Dubai. UAE

LifestyleSaturday, May 25th, 2013

Last night witnessed the first tester event for what will undoubtedly become the go to car event in the UAE Friday 24th May witnessed what has been in the works for...

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MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt. The Most Epic Watch Ever?

LifestyleFriday, May 24th, 2013

Is the MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt the coolest watch we’ve ever featured on crankandpiston? We pride ourselves at crankandpiston in bringing you the best, the brightest and the downright wackiest the fashion...

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J&L Fabricating. eGarage. An Old Fashioned...

LifestyleWednesday, May 22nd, 2013

eGarage takes a stroll around J&L Fabricating, and finds out just what goes into restoring a historic racing car. “It’s one thing to put a car together. It’s another to make...

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Jaguar Form Study. Clerkenwell, UK. One For The...

LifestyleWednesday, May 22nd, 2013

The new Jaguar form study at Clerkenwell Design Week in the UK has one of the crankandpiston team thinking about some other models close to his heart. Since I was eight...

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wetheterrors. World Rally T-Shirts. Tribute To ...

LifestyleTuesday, May 21st, 2013

wetheterrors, with nearly ten years of experience shooting on the World Rally Championship stage, has a brand new t-shirt range for the true rally fans. Though you may not think it,...

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The DeLorean Story. Nick Sutton. Debt, Drugs an...

LifestyleSunday, May 19th, 2013

‘The DeLorean Story’, newly published by Haynes, tells the company’s controversial story from the perspective of Nick Sutton, a former DeLorean employee who claims to have seen it all. Amazing to...

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Race2Recovery. Dakar Rally. The Full Story

LifestyleSaturday, May 18th, 2013

Race2Recovery: Beyond Injury, Achieving the Extraordinary recounts the incredible story of the injured servicemen who set out to compete in the 2013 Dakar Rally in a quartet of Bowler Wildcats. Anybody...

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Lalique for Bentley Crystal Edition. Bottled Es...

LifestyleFriday, May 17th, 2013

Fancy smelling like a Bentley? It turns out that manufacturing cars for well over a century can get a bit…same-y.  That half-though hypothesis might explain why Bentley has just released Lalique...

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1991 Nissan 240SX ‘Schindig Machine’...

LifestyleFriday, May 17th, 2013

eGarage meets Tyler ‘Twisty’ Archuleta, a grass roots drifter from Washington, and his 1991 Nissan 240SX ‘Schindig Machine’ during a competitive run at the Evergreen Speedway. Meet Tyler Archuleta. He’s from...

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2013 Mille Miglia. A Museum In Motion

LifestyleThursday, May 16th, 2013

crankandpiston is in Italy and hits scrutineering – camera in-hand – ahead of the 2013 Mille Miglia. “A museum in motion, unique and charming, in a beautiful framework of jubilant visitors”...

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Hometown Heroes. Morgan Motor Company. Factory ...

LifestyleWednesday, May 15th, 2013

British independent sports car company Morgan is preparing to open a showroom in the Middle East. We take a look around the UK factory to find out more about this highly...

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Jaguar Land Rover. Dubai, UAE. New Test Facilit...

LifestyleWednesday, May 15th, 2013

 Jaguar Land Rover opens a new $1.5 million test and development facility in Dubai, UAE. There are numerous ways one can spend $1.5 million. That property in Beverly Hills you’ve always...