Talk About A Rare Occurrence Down at West Racing in Perth, Western Australia, I was fortunate enough to photograph not one, but two very unique Giocattolo Group Bs. How rare are these cars? Try only 12 production versions and three prototypes in Australia. The Giocattolo was the brainchild of Aussie Paul Halstead who was an […]
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With the weather in fine form today, I decided to step out and into the sunshine to have a gander over some cars at the All Ford Day held at the Bassendean oval. Over 500 cars packed the infield and the colours and action looked great through my Nikon viewfinder. I only grabbed a handful […]
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Talk about being sneaky, Matt Harwood let his wife Donna sleep next to her EH Holden for eight months before letting her know it even existed. “Donna had always wanted an EH sedan and I was busy chasing one for ages, eventually settling for a worn out example direct off eBay. It was her birthday […]
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Truth be told, Jim Scott didn’t know anything about the ‘October Car’ and neither did anyone else really; it was all hush, hush about the build back at Ford headquarters. He just happened to be the lucky son-of-a-gun who got offered the deal of a lifetime, proving once again, you have to be in the […]
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You might recognise the face and the name – David Rodman. He was the street-machiner who landed a spot on the hugely-popular Lego Masters TV show. Before that notoriety, David was best known for the tough VP Commodore SS he had crafted. Here is the story on that car. A certain sense of satisfaction must […]
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Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K in San Dimas, California… After visiting the Donut Derelicts meet at Huntington Beach, the AC Promotions guys decided to take the tour group out to the historic town of San Dimas to visit the Early Ford Store. Prior to my time in San Dimas, all I really knew […]
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One of the first cruise meets I got to attend whilst on tour with the AC Promotions gang was the famous Friday night session at Bob’s Big Boy Burgers in Burbank, California. Every Friday afternoon, a heap of car enthusiasts cruise into the rear car park looking for prime spots at Bob’s. When we arrived, […]
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Most of my hot rod articles start the same; they usually make mention of the owner starting with street machines when he was younger, selling that car, moving on with his life and then having an epiphany somewhere in his middle age and deciding to build a hot rod. Phil Pavicich’s story is remarkably different. […]
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It took Jonny Wadsworth a few years to build this killer ’67 SS Camaro, but we reckon it was worth the wait. Packing a stroked LS3, generous suspension upgrades, a six-speed stick-shift, big brakes, and smooth Trans-Am circuit styling pointers, this is one absolutely killer street car that can do it all and look damn […]
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Stuffing a turbo LS into a first-generation Commodore is a bloody good way to build a seven-second street car, as we’ve seen lately with cars like Adam Rogash’s VK, ALLSHOW. Darren Clinton’s immaculate VH SS looks to subscribe to this newsletter by combining a killer stance on fat rubber, with that immaculate HDT-inspired bodywork, and […]
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