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The original Gasoline Culture® website - Your guide to cars, motorcycles, gear, gadgets and gasoline culture. Founded by @benbranch in 2010.

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That’ll buff out.
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There’s A Rare 1958 Chevrolet Corvette Fiberfab Centurion For Sale Link:
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An animated cutaway of the Porsche 917 Flat-12 #porsche #aircooled #engine #engineering
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After a cement truck crash in Oklahoma, a resident spent an afternoon making the abandoned mixer look like a crashed NASA capsule. #NASA
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I don’t care what anyone says, mobile home dirt track racing is the pinnacle of motorsport.
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Landing into the wind. Alaskan bush pilots are fearless. #pilot #plane #flying #aircraft #alaska #stol #vtol #brave
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Onboard with Bobby Unser as he wins the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb in 1966. The three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser won 13 times in three classes at Pikes Peak, including eight wins in a 10 year period from 1956 to 1966. 1/2
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Not everyone will get this.
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The Ferrari 121 LM, also known as the Ferrari 735 LM, was developed with a single goal in mind – defeating the all-conquering Mercedes-Benz at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1955. Link:
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A Rare Kawasaki KLR650 Diesel-Powered Motorcycle For The Special Forces Link:
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Which one would you take home?
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Sean Connery passed away today at age 90. Rest in peace Mr Connery and thanks for all the films ⚡️ #seanconnery #sean #jamesbond
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Hidden For 50 Years: The Plymouth Cuda 440 Rapid Transit From 1971 Link: @mecum #plymouth #cardesign #v8 #musclecar
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Dutch Reverse Car Racing is just what we all need this week.
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When McLaren was originally experimenting with wings for their Can Am and Formula 1 cars they equipped one to the back of a Mini. This allowed them to cheaply calculate downforce at different speeds using varying wing angles.
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The happiest engine gif you’ll see this week.
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Honor Blackman was a dispatch rider during WW2, she later appeared as an actress in both The Avengers and the James Bond film Goldfinger. She passed away today at the age of 94.
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Weekends are for engine swaps.
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After a cement truck crash in Oklahoma a local resident spent an afternoon painting the abandoned mixer to make it look like a crashed NASA capsule.
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Walter Röhrl on the pedals. Better footwork than Fred Astaire.
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The back end of the De Tomaso Pantera GT5
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Bridge building on easy mode.
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Rest in peace Peter, and thanks for all the movies 👌🏻 #peterfonda #easyrider
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A couple of strong German ladies carrying a Porsche 356 chassis outside the Porsche factory - year unknown.
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Jo Bonnier drove this BRM V12-powered McLaren M5A to 6th place in the 1968 Italian Grand Prix. Then he stuck it on his wall at home.
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The Bizzarrini 1900 GT Europa is asports car that was built in the late 1960s in very limited numbers – just 12 were made in total and the car you’re looking here is the last one manufactured before the factory shut down. Link:
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Non-car people may not get this.
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Landing a STOL in a strong headwind
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Laser rust removal is deeply satisfying to watch.
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Seeing that much salt water next to an Alfa gives me anxiety.
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"My grandfather brought down 3 Messerschmitts and 2 Heinkels during the Battle of Britain - he was undoubtedly the worst mechanic in the Luftwaffe." - Anonymous
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Ducati Desmodromic valves in action. No valve spring is used, instead there’s a cam lobe and rocker arm to open the valve and another to close it. #ducati #engine #engineering #desmo
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I’ve always been impressed with the compact transverse V12 engine placement in the Lamborghini Miura.
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This is the Porsche 356 Borghi Abarth, it’s a car with a fascinating backstory being the only one of its kind ever made – and it was only built because the 1953 Porsche 356 it’s based on burned to the ground in an accident. Link: @carandclassic #porsche
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Does anyone know what this is? I want to daily it.
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Happy New Year to you all, I hope you start 2020 as happy as this carburettor ⚡️
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“Ran when parked, won’t start just needs a new battery, cash only, no low ballers and no jokers. Contact Bruce or Alfred” #batman #brucewayne #batmobile #usedcar
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For Sale: A Cosworth CA Formula 1 Engine 915 BHP At 20,000 RPM Link:
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Do you think he saved it?
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Mesmerising footage of a landing in Maniitsoq, Greenland aboard a Bombardier Dash-8 #landing #greenland #bombardier #aircraft #plane #airport #mesmerizing #accidentalstarwars
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It’s important to read the instructions when you work at NASA. (Zoom in)
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This sort of thing is why women live longer than men. #flight #plane #flying #pilot #alaska #takeoff #men #brave
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Rudolph has been retired.
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When you finally roll your project vehicle out of the garage.
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The world’s only recorded accident between a car and a submarine. A Volvo PV544 crashed into a docked sub in Lysekil, Sweden on the 19th of August 1961.
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Barry Sheene using a hand signal to communicate with those trackside. #motogp #motorcycle #motorbike
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The most satisfying welding gif you’ll see this week. #welding #satisfyingvideos #satisfying #welder #weld #engineering
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F/A-18 Super Hornet Landing gear on take off (watch till the end). #aircraft #fighterjet #jet #plane #airplane #aeroplane #blueangels
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Incredible onboard footage of Mike Hailwood winning the 1964 Belgium Grand Prix Via #motorcycle #racing #onboard
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Behind the scenes of @FordvFerrari - The stunt crew was on point.
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Does anyone know where I can buy one?
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If the year 2020 was a motorcycle.
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Santa in the off-season. #santa #christmas #offseason
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Racing driver Marjorie Eccles relaxing at Brooklands with a quick smoke and a couple of lines of knitting while a mechanic works on her Eccles Rapier Special.
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How am I just learning that in 1975 John Cleese did a Texaco ad with Emerson Fittipaldi? #f1 #johncleese #emersonfittipaldi
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Stipa-Caproni prototype during a test flight in 1932. The design of the aircraft was very unusual, with a hollow tube fuselage that enclosed the engine and propeller. It was an important step in the development of the jet engine. #aircraft #flight #aviation #flying #engineering
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A French Monster Truck
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Ayrton Senna jumps from his own car, runs towards an injured Érik Comas after a terrible crash and holds Comas' head in a stable position until the doctors arrive. #f1 #ayrtonsenna #racing #driver #crash #accident
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The mighty Lancia Stratos being driven in the Rallye di Montecarlo In 1977 (turn on the sound). #lancia #stratos #rally #montecarlo #racing #italian #car #classiccar
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“Sir I pulled you over today because you were doing Mach 3.1 in a school zone, license and registration please.” #sr71 #sr71blackbird #speed #plane #flying #aviation #airforce #schoolzone
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Rest in Peace Sidney. #sidneypoitier #legend
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Sound On! This is the Mazda 787B in all its glory. #mazda #mazda787b #rotary #wankel
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When you have a welder, anything can be an engine mount.
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And they say truck driving isn’t a highly skilled profession
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I’m not a boat launching expert but this seems incorrect.
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Would you assemble and ride it or preserve it in the crate?
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More planes need to be built with motorcycle carriers.
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Charlie Musselman’s famous crash at Langhorne. Not only did he survive this, he didn’t even have any broken bones. They later found his shoes inside the car.
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Unicycle drag racing is the greatest sport I never knew existed.
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This is exactly the sort of place a 10mm socket will always end up.
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I wish Le Mans still started like this. @24hoursoflemans #lemans #racing #wec
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For Sale: The Original 1963 Ferrari 250 GTE Le Mans Safety Car Link:
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Colonel Sanders with his Model A Ford.
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Today (26th August) is exactly 50 years since Burt Munro achieved his record breaking run at Bonneville. #burtmunro @indianmotocycle
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No winch? No problem!
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Marcello Gandini passed away today at the age of 85. He is considered one of the greatest automotive designers of all time, if not the greatest outright, and he penned many of the most influential designs of the latter half of the 20th century. The following is a list of his
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Filming Back to the Future III in 1989.
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The P-38 Lightning could be fitted with human-pods under the wings to transport an additional two (brave) people.
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Steve McQueen showing Sonny, Cher, Twiggy, and Dino Martin his 1957 Jaguar XKSS, 1967.
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Can anyone identify this car?
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Motorcycle Chariot Racing. Why is this not an olympic event?
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