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• eBay watch: Low-mileage 1980s Lotus Excel SE car
• Converse x Mackintosh Jack Purcell limited edition plimsolls
• Beg Bicycles - vintage-style cycles and accessories
• Karlsson Little Big Time Arrow Target Clock
• Vintage-style Otto Owl money box by Emma Silk
• Lego Boombox now available to order

eBay watch: Low-mileage 1980s Lotus Excel SE car Posted: 25 Apr 2011 08:54 AM PDT Fancy doing the rounds in an extravagant drive of a bygone era? Check out the Lotus Excel SE that's on eBay right now. Amazingly, this car has had just two owners since being built in 1986 and has done just 60,081 miles in that time. Emigration means the current owner is looking for a third owner to take it on. Just 100 miles ago, it underwent a £1,000 service, along with new discs, pads etc. It's also currently undergoing re-commissioning work and an MOT and comes with a full service history plus a recent AA/RAC inspection. Possibly a future classic (they just don't make cars like this anymore), it's available for £3,995 on a 'buy it now' or you can make an offer. Find out more at the eBay website

Converse x Mackintosh Jack Purcell limited edition plimsolls Posted: 25 Apr 2011 04:24 AM PDT Two iconic names have teamed up for a highly limited edition footwear range, the Converse x Mackintosh Jack Purcell range that is. Yes, a classic British outerwear firm has teamed up with a classic US footwear label to rework the equally classic Jack Purcell in three colourways - one above, another is pictured over the page. Grab a pair and you'll get a waterproof Mackintosh upper, vulcanised sole, dual-branded insole plus a contrast sole detail and heel tab. Highly limited as we said, £95 gets you a pair while stocks last. Find out more at the End Clothing website Via His Knibs

Beg Bicycles - vintage-style cycles and accessories Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:54 AM PDT The world of vintage cycling seems to be a rapidly growing one right now, with Cambridge-based Beg Bicycles being the latest to enter the fray. The company claims to mix retro charm with the latest modern components - chrome handlebars,  a posture-perfect steel frame, classic Brooks leather saddle, leather handle grips and a retro colour palette (Persephone Pink, Toad Grey and Flirty 30s Green) mix it with high quality bicycle components for the integrated hub gears and roller brakes, with a built-in hub-powered dynamo light system topping things off. Great accessories too, including willow bicycle baskets, old school satchels, lambswool picnic rugs with leather carrying straps, co-ordinating tan leather cool boxes and water bottles, along with wooden delivery crates  that sit on from of your bike. Prices for the bikes are from £675, accessories much less. Check out plenty of images below. Beg Bicycles website

Karlsson Little Big Time Arrow Target Clock Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:29 AM PDT A bit of functional, 1960s-style pop art for your wall in the form of the Karlsson Little Big Time Arrow Target Clock. The design, as the name suggests, features both a target and arrows, symbolic of 1960s pop art and illustration, but with a very practical purpose - the arrows tell the time, the target is the face. Well, sort of. Available online, it sells for £31.99. Find out more at the Amazon website

Vintage-style Otto Owl money box by Emma Silk Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:20 AM PDT Pennies make pounds and pounds make quite a nice little stash of cash, especially if you stash yours in this Otto Owl money box by Emma Silk. It's a very cool vintage-style box, perfect both as an ornament and as a place to save up all that loose change. When it's full, no need to smash it either - there's a stopper on the bottom. Made of bone china, it sells for £16. Find out more at the Brighton Pod website

Lego Boombox now available to order Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:10 AM PDT It's taken longer than expected from launch, but you can now order the Lego Boombox in the UK. yes, it's a sound system inspired by everyone's favourite plastic brick, able to play your CDs as well as offering AM and FM radio and capable of connecting to your MP3 player, so you can use it as an external speaker. There's also 'bass boost', should you want a meatier sound from the little player and a digital screen for tuning. Those little studs on top double up as controls too. Available to order now, £49.99 is the price. Find out more at the Firebox website

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