Pop open a cold one, it’s time to celebrate a milestone… The bodywork is pretty much complete. The last big slog was to get the new fibreglass bumpers and front lower valance fitted up.
Read MoreOn our recent trip to Indoensia for Kustomfest 2018, Geoff Baldwin of Return of the Cafe Racers and I got to check out the latest build by Bali workshop AMS…
Read MoreThis project started out as one of Terror Garage owner Yanto’s personal builds a few years ago. He wanted to build a car with a simple concept, a nice clean look. Nakai-san worked on two cars, both of them completed in 3 ½ days from start to finish on the Terror Garage premises. He doesn’t hang about, this guy…
Read MoreThe build took around four months collectively. This was a personal build, belonging to one of the founders, Rajay Singh. So, we had to work around other concurrent client builds as well. We had the bike for a while and it rode fine and well, but it came a time where the itch started and we thought we'd take a go at it and try something different with this one.
Read MoreThe now faded red coupe was originally modified into a hot rod. The body sports classic custom mods such as a heavily chopped top, channelled body, custom firewall and shaved drip rails. The original Flathead motor had all of the available speed upgrades for the time…
Read MoreSourcing aftermarket wheels for a Porsche 914, if you want something different, is not easy. The combination of a 4x130 Volkswagen stud pattern, a weirdly outboard position of the 914’s hubs and the fixed position of stock ‘narrow body’ fenders limits the choices somewhat…
Read MoreIf you want something badly enough, the world often obliges. I’d been squatting a workshop of sorts in the garages of friends. I had been wishing for my own space to fill with the equipment needed to make the ideas in my head real. I knew this all hinged on finding a doppelganger. Someone similarly afflicted by the motorcycle bug with whom to share resources, ideas, enthusiasm and... the cost.
Read MoreKyle 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.
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