Posts tagged Custom
Auto Film: Rob Ida Concepts 1940 Mercury
Auto Film: Rob Ida Concepts 1940 Mercury

A teaser video from the documentary Motor House Media is producing about Rob Ida Concepts’ 1940 Mercury business coupe he built for Jack Kiely.

It is a true work of art with many hand crafted details and innovations. Starting with front wheels skirts that turn with the wheels, an amazing full body aluminum belly pan and headlights that with one touch flip up to gain access to those front skirts. A Shelby GT 500 4 cam Mod motor sits within the customized built body panels and trim, many of which where scratched built.

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Fuel TankCustom, United States, Mercury, Auto Film
The KDS Van: Part 3
The KDS Van: Part 3

Visit number three in the KDS van saga, and it was time to flake. Karl had been busy prepping his Bedford CF for paint. By the time I arrived to shoot, he’d already silver flaked the whole front clip and the dash. On the morning of my visit, Karl was just doing the past preparations for painting the right side of the van that day.

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Luke RayVan, Custom, Australia
Orange Bomb: Richard Townsend’s Triumph Bobber
Orange Bomb: Richard Townsend’s Triumph Bobber

My interest in Triumphs was started after finding pictures of my dad and his pre-unit Triumph that he owned back in the ‘50s.

I bought this bike in 2007 after mentioning to my brother that I was looking for a Triumph to cut up. A week later he called to say he found an old 80s chopper sitting in a shed 10 minutes from where I live with a seized motor. Two grand changed hands and it was mine.

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Richard TownsendAustralia, Triumph, Bobber, Custom
The KDS Van: Part 2
The KDS Van: Part 2

Karl’s been busy with the CF since we last caught up with him last year. At that point in time, Karl was working on the body lines of the van and getting things straightened up. The end goal for the Bedford is a high end custom paint scheme with a high gloss finish, so getting things straight at this stage is of course imperative.

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Luke RayVan, Custom, Australia
The KDS Van: Part 1
The KDS Van: Part 1

You don’t have to go far to stumble across Karl Stehn and his work. Karl has successfully built up a reputation for himself and his studio KDS Designs as one of the finest custom painting outfits that Australia has to offer. His blog, kdsdesigns13.blogspot.com.au, sums it up in just one statement.. “POSSESSED TO PAINT”.

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Luke RayAustralia, Van, Custom
1941 Plymouth Coupe
1941 Plymouth Coupe

This 1941 Plymouth Business Coupe is a car that you could say is out of character for Anthony ‘Arny’ Beimers. A highly skilled craftsman, Arny takes a difficult project on, jumps in feet first, and emerges at the other end with a concours nut & bolt restoration. So, to acquire a finished custom ‘as is’ and not touch it is a somewhat unusual move.

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Luke RayAustralia, Plymouth, Custom