Vintage

Back in the early 1960s, Schwinn tapped into the spirit of chopper-style motorcycles for a kids bike called the Sting-Ray. More than a decade later, the company blew up another storm with the Hurricane. Now that model has been reborn as an ebike.

To mark what would have been the 100th birthday of the Father of Loud, Marshall has introduced the Studio JTM series, an amp head with matching speaker cabinets plus a combo amp – all looking like they might have stepped straight out of 1960s.

Looking to spark the imaginations of custom car enthusiasts with a taste for eco-friendly drivetrains, Ford has introduced an electrified version of its heritage F-100 featuring its newly launched electric crate motor.

It has been a remarkable week in the collectible motorcycle industry, with many important motorcycles selling at Bonhams' Bicester Heritage Auction, with two others being sold in Monterey. Here's our summary of the major sales and non-sales.

The Bentley Blower Continuation Series is a bizarre project, a laser-scanned recreation of a supercharged 1929 race car that changed the course of history for this British automaker. Parts are coming in, and Bentley is building the first prototype.

Back in early 2018, Samuel Mello Medeiros launched the I'm Back project on Kickstarter to give modern relevance to old film cameras. It added a digital image sensor and more to 35-mm film cameras of old, and now the next generation has been revealed.

Back in the late 1950s, music gear maker Valco added a new guitar to its Supro line called the Triple Tone. It was only sold for a year or so, making originals very hard to come by. But Supro has now relaunched this eye-catching tone-meister in the shape of the 2019 Tri Tone.

The Fiat 500 Jolly conversion is part of the Garage Italia's Icon-e project, which celebrates Italy's strong design and automotive culture​ and is dedicated to contemporizing vintage cars and turning them into custom-made electric models. ​

The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este is one of the automotive world's most prestigious events, and this year's motorcycle division showcased some extraordinary gems making rare public appearances. Here are all the winners, and photos of everything that entered.

Peter Mullin made his fortune in insurance, but has spent much of it building an absolutely stunning collection of cars from his favourite era: the Art Deco period of the 1920s and 30s, when French coachbuilders were making some of the prettiest cars in automotive history. Enjoy a tour in photos.

Czech automaker Škoda is a surprisingly old company: 122 years old, in fact. In its early days, it was called Laurin & Klement, and its sportiest model back in 1908 was the 12-hp BSC model. Only 12 were made, and the last surviving one has been restored for display.

Artur Mlynarz collects, repairs and restores classic hi-fi equipment. Sometimes though, units come in that are beyond help. Wanting to bring new life to vintage cassette decks, he mounted a smartphone into a broken player, and the MP3 Tapeless Deck Project soon followed.