Kyle Smith from Smith Concepts in Sydney shows us around 'Brain Fade', his 1930 Ford Model A Tudor hot rod.
Read MoreDavid Guy grew up around cars. The forty-four year old has fond memories of drag meets and hot rod shows from his youth, spending time with his father and the Thunderbirds hot rod club in Melbourne. Not many of these stories end with a full father-son resto project though, and what a project for them to take on; Kevin Monk’s old Dodge Challenger race car.
Read MoreYou may have noticed that we’re pretty keen on cool custom Volkswagens here at Fuel Tank. Koichiro Sano’s Tokyo-based Baja recently popped up on our radar so of course, we were keen to take a closer look…
Read MoreDuring a recent trip to take in the awesome Art of Speed show in Kuala Lumpur, myself and Geoff Baldwin from Return of the Cafe Racers had a full-on day shooting some cars and bikes after the show had subsided. One of them was this stunning Benelli TNT 300, built by the talented folks at Beautiful Machines.
Read MoreTwo of our new Fuel Tank tees are these Katakana Pocket & Kaido Z designs…
Read MoreOn the last week of July, myself and Geoff Baldwin of Return of the Cafe Racers had the pleasure of attending the Art of Speed custom car and bike show in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia after being invited as special guests.
Read MoreAndrew and his guys have been cracking on, making great progress on the Project Porsche 914 body. This week I was invited to go in and take a look on the day that they were prepping the surfaces for the first coat of primer.
Read MoreIt’s a steel body, I bought it from Brett Ford in Melbourne. It’s chopped and channeled; chopped about four inches and channeled about four and a half.
Read MoreThis ‘single cab’ from builders Classic Han’s Room at first seemed like another cool, lowered ‘splitty’. But, upon closer inspection and a conversation with builder Wahyu Cross, I discovered that this particular custom Volkswagen pickup actually started life as a bus.
Read MoreGestalten are working hard to keep up their profile as one of the leading automotive book publishers. From the two-wheeled side of the fence, their latest offering shines a light on the hugely successful Born-Free motorcycle show held in California every year…
Read MoreDale French is a regular, friendly face around the Victorian hot rod and custom car shows. We featured Dale’s stunning ‘54 Chev in an old issue of Fuel Magazine and he’s always got another interesting project on the go.
Read MoreBy unveiling the NineT in 2014, BMW created a mix between modernity and tradition by offering a retro look motorcycle made for the 21th century. BAAK workshop introduces its classic version of the German roadster and a complete range of parts designed and manufactured at our place in France.
Read MoreWe've just had a delivery of five fresh new Fuel Tank tees and some updated old designs. Whereas we previously used blanks from various suppliers, our tees are now all made from scratch to our own specifications.
Read MoreAfter an unforeseen setback, the bodywork on the 914 is well under way. Now sitting cosy at Rotunda Revival in the northern Melbourne suburbs, the guys at RR are cracking on with speed and skill in abundance.
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Read MoreOver the weekend of the 11th-13th May, around 200 Model A Fords descended on the small country town of Gulgong in New South Wales after travelling from all over Australia. The weekend was a celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Model A.
Read MoreIn this second gallery from the 90th anniversary of the Model A are photos of the cars parked up around Gulgong town. For the other two photo galleries from the event galleries, use the buttons below:
In this third gallery from the 90th anniversary of the Model A are photos of the cars out cruising and then pared up on the Gulgong town oval for the display on the Sunday.
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