We first featured Aaron’s fantastic ‘51 pickup back in Fuel Magazine 21 almost four years ago. It’s one of those knock-out builds that always looks fresh. Speaking of which, Aaron’s been hard at work over the last twelve months giving the old girl a new look. I didn’t think this one would get much better, but Aaron’s hit a home run again with his truck.
Read MoreWith my ever-increasing interest in Japanese metal putting me on high alert, there were a handful of cars that stood out and that I mentally placed on the ‘Let’s find out more about those’ list. Two such cars were an overly-cool Toyota wagon done up in old school racing livery and next to it an equally nice Datsun Z…
Read MoreCrowdy Head on the New South Wales mid-north coast was awoken from its winter slumber this past May with the third annual beach invasion. The Rattle Trap was back…
Read MoreThe concept that we settled on was very straightforward; around thirty motorcycles and the same of cars, all Australian-built and customised vehicles and all displayed in a great venue…
Read MoreAdam Mitchell's Nissan V8-powered 1964 Ford Compact Fairlane, shot in New South Wales last year. Adam was good enough to contribute a set of tyres to this shoot. He didn’t need much persuading…
Read MoreFrank Falzon has American gasoline running through his veins. His love for US muscle has seen him own some wild machines over the years, culminating in the two beauties that we have here. He’s also the president of the Camaro Firebird Owners Club of Australia Inc. and a busy family man. His current rides are a 1966 Pontiac GTO and a 1974 Pontiac Formula Firebird.
Read MoreThere were Porsches everywhere. Inside, outside, down alleyways, lifted on to concrete foundations, next to old milking machinery. There was even a matte black 356 tucked right down the end of a furnace room…
Read MoreSIX ONE is a brand new Australian custom vehicle exhibition being hosted by myself and Geoff Baldwin from Return of the Cafe Racers. We’ve been talking about doing an event for a while now, and we’re excited to announce that the first SIX ONE will be held on the 27th April this year at the Seaworks Maritime Precinct in Williamstown, Victoria…
Read MorePop 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 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 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 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 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.
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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