For someone who’s new to rotaries, the first things that you would notice are the noise and the smell of the unburnt fuel and pre-mix oil. The way they rev and accelerate like a sports bike brings a smile to your face that you just can't fight.
Read MoreThe goal was to build a road car, but having spent time in a more focussed early 911 track car I definitely wanted it something a little more-hard edge as I am drawn to race cars – that’s what epitomises a sports car to me. This car was an opportunity to find that balance and create something completely in-period but just with those extra touches to make it my own…
Read MoreIt is so much fun and I love the sound of the quad cam and the blower screaming for help. The burnout scene is pretty serious these days, big money in the engines, big money at the winning end for the victor. It’s fun, all the friends I have in the scene are great people and are all happy as long as everyone is having a good time.
Read MoreJules Ferguson has just rebuilt his rotary-engined 1972 Mazda RX3 coupe... and boy, it sounds good!
Read MoreNate Browne spent years learning the craft of automotive metalwork. After honing his skills at various coachbuilders and classic car workshops around Melbourne, Nate set up his own business; Browne's Metalcraft.
Read MoreSean Hammond talks us through his Ford Model A hot rod project that he's building to look like a 1960s-style show and drag race car.
Read MoreBryce Michelmore builds and modifies scale kits of hot rods and custom cars from the '50s and '60s in his suburban Melbourne garage. We spent an afternoon with Bryce taking a (very) close look at his remarkable work…
Read MoreIt’s not unusual to read about a father/son team completing a build, but this one pretty much takes the cake. Gary Zahra’s father Charlie had started work on his latest project, a newly acquired ‘56 Chevrolet pickup, turning it into a reliable daily driver complete with airbags, an LS1 motor, modified chassis and 20 inch wheels.
Read MoreRyan Ford is a well known and respected name in the Australian circles of traditional hot rods. His passion and motivation revolve around that culture. He is a prolific artist, painter, pin-striper, builder, publicist and promoter…
Read MoreSwifty’s T-Bucket is a pillar of Australian hot rodding history. Swifty and Eddie Ford pretty much started hot rodding in Australia in the 1960s as young enthusiasts taking inspiration from what they were seeing trickling in from the States through some new magazines.
Read MoreAndrew Hutchinson runs the Rotunda Revival workshop in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Andrew's turning his Ford Model A hot rod into his first salt racer, with a goal of entering the car in Speed Week at Lake Gairdner, South Australia on 23rd March 2020.
Read MoreBilly Ayers spent every waking hour over eight months to meticulously create this custom masterpiece at his Eval Motorcycles workshop in Traralgon, Australia.
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…
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