When it comes to Australian star cars, there’s only a handful that made the same impact as Fox’s 1970 Dodge Challenger from 1982’s iconic flick Running On Empty. The majority of movie cars are destroyed in the process of becoming legends, or else parted out and scrapped after filming, or, dare we suggest it, restored to […]

I think my young nephew Braxton summed up Nick Hansen’s unique pick up best – he reckoned it was a life-size hot wheels car. When I quizzed him some more, he remarked about the flames over the purple paint and the massive wheels – he didn’t believe it was even real. That reaction seems the […]

Simon Coates and Ramblers go back to when he was a wiry teenager. “A friend of mine owned a Rambler Hornet.  Years later, another mate of mine was looking for a car to buy so went searching for a Hornet. We found an example with a 350 Chev – that was a wild car.  Years […]

For building supervisor, Patrick Rando, cars were a way of life from a very early age. Growing up in a family of rev heads and having three older brothers, the pressure to build killer cars was full on. “We all started riding motorbikes, building bush bombs and then eventually moving onto modified cars as we […]

Paul Graffin has nicknamed his Schwartz Black ’33 Ford Coupe the ‘Custodian’ He believes that he is just looking after it until the next owner is ready for it. The ’33 has belonged to several people since it was first crafted by legendary hot rod builder, Dick Bushell way back in 1969. That initial build […]

Reuben Bourke knows more than a thing about style and looking good – and so he should – he is an accomplished architectural associate, and well, he digs VWs, so that rates pretty high in my books too! For a laid back dude, he has a lot of energy and passion for his chosen persuasion […]

Tyson Mowarin, the Creative director at Weerianna Street Media in the north west of WA, has always been a car guy and that stemmed right back from his childhood. “I first got into cars when I was very young because my Dad and Uncles all had nice cars. They had Monaros; Toranas, Valiants, a bit […]

CHAPTER ONE – LOWKEY ATTITUDE Humility in the modified car scene is seldom seen these days but Western Australian resident, David Maier, has his ego kept in check two ways – a group of great mates who all own savage cars of their own and quite simply, he is a down-to-earth bloke. Like most Aussies, […]