I wanted to spend some time with the ‘Stang and get a good feel for it.
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I wanted to spend some time with the ‘Stang and get a good feel for it.
The fist of the unplanned shoots! Not only did we have limited expectations from the Mizuno Works visit, we definitely didn’t know that Sato-san’s 1977 Laurel would be there. So when we arrived and it happened to be there (ok, ok, I guess they knew a magazine was coming..) it was a pleasant surprise.
Monday morning, right after a full-on week for Mark Natoli. Mad: Max Fury Road had opened in Sydney on the Thursday prior, the world premiere of the film. Various Fury Road vehicles had been shipped in for the premiere and extensive marketing exercises leading up to it.
Gallery I of III.
The Tank Moto issue eleven launch ride and drive last weekend was a great success. Success being defined by a group of like-minded people having a great time and enjoying some fresh country air on a Sunday morning.
Gallery II of III.
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Gallery III of III.
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This was to be the one where I really didn’t know what to expect. Koy-Hey Takada from Motorhead Magazine was kind enough to offer to take us out to Mizuno Works in Saitama provence, north from Tokyo.
Motorclassica is Australia's premiere gathering of the finest classic cars and motorcycles under ownership in this country. The opportunity to see such a fine mix of automotive history at one of the (if not the) finest buildings in Melbourne, the Royal Exhibition Building, makes it a must-do on the automotive calendar every year.
One of the more interesting aspects of getting out and about around Australia is not knowing what to expect when you pull up at a photo shoot. You know the car(s) that you're coming for, but there are factors that can make or break a shoot such as the location, the people involved and the other photographically interesting goodies that may be available when you arrive. Luckily for me, Toowoomba Rod & Custom Shop pulled the hat-trick and had all three.
We did it... Tank Moto has made it in to double digits. If you're one of our loyal, supportive subscribers, your copy has either arrived with you or it's not far away.
Geoff has knocked it out the park again with this one, filling the 128 pages with some of the world's best custom bikes, event coverage and more than the usual amount of test rides of newly released motorcycles.
The Oukasts are a small group of mates who get regularly get together to talk about and work on some cool customs and hot rods. The guys made the 800km road trip from Sydney down to The Boogaloo event in Victoria recently, to which we also went and published our coverage right here. I grabbed the Outkasts on the Sunday morning of the show to catch up for a five minute interview.
The first Boogaloo Invitational was held in Castlemaine, Victoria and wound down just a matter of hours ago. Organised by Des Russell and Tesha Mahoney, the Boogaloo is a traditional hot rod and custom motorcycle event, catering to enthusiasts of pre-1965 hot rods & customs and pre-1975 American and British bobbers and choppers.
Words & Photography Luke Ray.
After his bare-metal pick-up had been through all the shows, meets and magazines, Nick ‘Spud’ Crocitti set out on his next project. The goal was to build an early ‘50s style jalopy salt racer, inspired by numerous iconic images of US and Australian hot rods carving up the salt at their respective Bonneville and Lake Gairdner locations
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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.
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.
Located in the suburban streets of Bandung, Terror Garage is a petrolhead’s haven. Well, petrolheads who like early Volkswagens and Porsches anyway. It’s a place that had been on my radar for some time, but I could only watch in wonder as their social media posts popped up to show the projects that were being worked on. Even more interestingly, Terror Garage recently became the Indonesian HQ for Rauh-Welt Begriff, or ‘RWB’.
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”.
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.
