For us car fans here in Australia, the announcement that the 2016 Mustang was to be produced in right hand drive and available to skid right of your local Ford dealer lot was welcome news. Mustang Motorsport in Ferntree Gully, just east of Melbourne, have added another level to that enthusiasm...
Read MoreI grew up in the ‘70s when there were lots of cool factory cars getting around. I remember my dad asking me what car I wanted when I grew up as we were parked at a servo. I said that one with the black thing on the bonnet. I was pointing at a XY GT that was rumbling up the driveway. I guess it was the way it sounded. That V8 noise had me hooked.
Read MoreWhen I was a teenager growing up I was totally obsessed with anything that had to do with wheels. Skateboards, pushies, bikes and of course cars, cars and more cars, usually of the hot rod variety. Being an Asian kid growing up in the Fast and Furious era I couldn’t help but feel a bit different when all the kids was talking about Nissan Silvias and Hondas in class, but when I was at home by myself I was reading hot rod rags and trawling through the Jalopy Journal and its infamous forums.
Read MoreRM Sotheby's, the world's largest collector car auction house for investment-quality automobiles, is thrilled to announce a selection of vehicles from the esteemed Jim Click Ford Performance Collection as early highlights for its flagship Monterey, California sale, August 19-20.
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When Justin showed up to one of our Coffee & Classics events in his '66 Mustang project, he turned the heads of everyone there. Not only that, it sounded tough and Justin takes his family around in it, baby seat and all. We just had to take a closer look so we made the trip out to the sticks to talk to Justin and to find out more about this mean machine.
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Words Rhys Gilbert Photography Luke Ray.
The car originally came from Argentina in factory right hand drive guise and had a 4 cylinder 3 speed manual from the factory. I came across the ad for the car on the HAMB in December 2011. I had been looking for a nice original steel 1934 Ford 3 window coupe for my dad (Peter) and I came across an ad listing a few cars for sale including a 1934 3 window coupe and a 1934 Tudor in California. The cars were being brokered for an older gentleman. After getting the green light from the owner, $1000 dollar deposits were put on both cars while we organised passports for my family and I to fly over and inspect the cars before committing to a final purchase.
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Words: Ben Thomas Photography: Luke Ray
The year is 1947, an ex-serviceman returns home to Southern California. His old ’32 ford roadster is removed from the shed, and the guts of a wrecked ‘39 Mercury sedan are transplanted in, giving more power, braking and top speed, essential for the dry lakes racing career he will embark on. He outfits the motor with products from the growing speed equipment industries’ catalogues, and races his car against fellow car club members, and the clock. The car also serves as daily transport for him in the mild SoCal climate, the loud twin exhausts upsetting the locals still not used to the returned soldiers’ need for peacetime thrills.
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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
Read MoreIt all began with a magazine. The glossy pages full of American hot rods entranced the 14 year old Terry Davis and it was the start of something beautiful. Growing up around speedways like Rowley Park, Mount Gambier, Portland and the Sydney showground, it didn’t take long for Terry to choose his career and at 15 he started work as an apprentice motor mechanic. Every apprentice needs a project car and Terry was no different. By 18 he had completed a ground up rebuild of an FX Holden and had well and truly caught the bug. Joining the Ramrodders Hot Rod Club in the 70’s with the FX earned him his fair share of ribbing. Something had to be done. The rod of choice was a 1934 Plymouth Sedan.
Read MoreAs I write this article, my 1931 Model A is on a boat somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean along with everything else I possess in the world. After more than eight years of living and working in Melbourne, my wife and I have returned home to the Motor City.
I think about the satin black traditional hot rod sitting in its container aboard that ship and I’m happy to know I’m bringing a three-dimensional slice of my life in Melbourne to my home, Detroit.
Read MoreI first met Jack Telnack in 1984 on a private student tour of the Ford Design Centre in Dearborn, Michigan. At that time he was Director of Ford North American Design. In 1986 he was part of the management team that hired me as a designer. One year later he became the Vice President of Ford Design worldwide.
Read MoreMeet Clarissa. She’s 21, she lives in Tamworth and manages a jewelry store. Oh.. and she drives one of the sweetest roadsters you’ve ever seen.
Growing up around hot rods and car shows, it was inevitable that Clarissa would catch the bug. Her partner Ben Love is also part of a hot rod family and has an enviable collection of cars. What’s a girl to do?
Read MoreSat in a hotel room, Jim and his mate were surrounded by classifieds covering the whole south of California, when a particular ad caught Jim’s interest.
“LA is like the Gold Coast, Jim,” his mate said, “Things are spread out everywhere. It’s too far.”
“We’re going,” Jim retorted, simply and surely. At that moment it was decided — they were off to see the neglected classic.
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