After driving the roadster for eleven years in its raw state and growing tired of people referring to it as a ‘rat rod’, Bill decided to take his build to the next level. He began the process of tearing down the roadster, refinishing every part and carefully reassembling it. Bill chose to do all of this just months before the 2013 Detroit Autorama where he intended to debut his newly refinished roadster.
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 MoreHere’s part 2 from our second visit to Andrew’s shop and the little A Model is coming along nicely…
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 MoreThe 2019 Boogaloo Campout was held in November in Ballan, Australia. The Boog' is an event for traditional hot rods, custom cars and motorcycles that stretches over a full weekend.
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 MoreChopped needs no introduction. It has been a staple on the Australian event calendar since its humble beginnings at the Castlemaine football oval in 2008. My first experience, however, was in 2010, the first year at the hallowed Newstead racecourse and the first year of the now infamous Dirt Drags…
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 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 MoreKyle Smith from Smith Concepts in Sydney shows us around 'Brain Fade', his 1930 Ford Model A Tudor hot rod.
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 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.
Read MoreFeeling that the Australian scene, especially Sydney, was lacking an indoor show that was dedicated to a certain style of car, Sean Hagarty and Andy Colalillo conceived the idea of 'Nostalgia Lane' over a few brewskie’s at the Outkast C.C. HQ.
Read MoreIn part four, Andy talks through the final stages of getting the chassis finished up and the body back on.
Read MoreIn part three, Andy runs us through the fabrication work that he's done to the car so far and lifts the body off to get started on the drivetrain.
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