Shige still regularly takes the car to the drags and puts it through its paces, so it’s no show pony. With tough, take-no-prisoners looks, a 10 second quarter time and some interesting history to boot, ‘MY PUNK’ has all the ingredients for a Fuel story…
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Read MoreLate last year we made the pilgrimage to Yokohama for the 27th Annual Hot Rod Custom Show hosted by Moon of Japan…
Read MoreYou may have noticed that we’re pretty keen on cool custom Volkswagens here at Fuel Tank. Koichiro Sano’s Tokyo-based Baja recently popped up on our radar so of course, we were keen to take a closer look…
Read MoreThe last day of the 2017 Japan trip! I was to fly out that night but I had one last visit to make. Randomly browsing through social media, I discovered the page of Hajime Kamata of One Street Motorcycles. There were a couple of things about Kamata-san’s feed that peaked my interest; His rusty-look VW ‘Volksrod’ and some cute BMW-style motorised bikes that he was putting together.
Read MoreCherry's Company owner Kaichiroh Kurosu shows us his Harley-Davidson Street 750 Turbo Custom.
Read MoreI didn’t go to the 2013 Yokohama Hot Rod Custom Show, but I did, of course, see heavy coverage from the event. Amidst all the incredible cars and bike I was seeing, something stood out for me; a metal flaked, airbagged lowrider-style Camaro...
Read MoreThe first visit of our 2014 Japan trip was to the south western suburbs of Tokyo for the Hide Motorcycles workshop.
Read More'California Boogie' - A radical Custom van by Deez crew of Yokohama, Japan, is one of the coolest custom vans that you’ll ever see.
Read MoreHajime Kamata builds Honda Cub-engined motorised BMX bikes from scratch.
Read MoreHirokatsu Hosoi's 1974 Toyota Celica RA25 Kaido Racer and his son Chikanari's Toyota Celica XX Kaido Racer.
Read MoreA walkaround of 'Neptune', Akio Uchiyama's 1961 Oldsmobile Super 88 custom car at the recent Speed And Custom Show in Nagoya, Japan.
Read MoreWhilst at the Speed & Custom show in Nagoya, Japan, we had an opportunity to take a closer look at the freshly-built Liberty Walk S30 Fairlady Z. See below for the full walk around.
Read MoreThe Speed & Custom show in Nagoya showcases some of Japan's best hot rods, custom cars, lowriders, and custom motorcycles.
Read MoreThe Japanese custom scene is ripe with talented builders and workshops and there’s no denying that what’s happening in Japan has had an incredible influence on the global scene.
Read MoreI was worried we would miss some of the cruisers. After a long day of shop visits, interviews, and photoshoots, we still had to check in to our hotel before heading out to the centre of town.
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