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John Godfrey Parry Thomas was a British engineer and was widely known as Parry Thomas. During World War I, Thomas was a member…

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It's just been announced that world-famous bad boy builder Jesse James'latest creation, a shimmering aluminum-shod motorcycle and sidecar combo (made for client Airstream…