Family jewel: Tony Portelli’s Orange Deuce ’32 Ford Tudor
The Portellis believe in sharing – including their ’32 Tudor
Clinton Hornes’s 1934 coupe ute
The ute was invented in Australia when Ford released the ’34 coupe utility. Clinton reinvented it, tubbed, chopped and slammed!
Young gun Cooper Groom’s home-brewed ’23 T-bucket
Eighteen-year-old Cooper Groom made it to the Top 16 of your Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY competition this year with his home-built hot rod
Grand Champion: Mark Course’s ’32 Ford coupe
After getting us salivating with a few appetisers, in 2003 Mark Course served up a Grand Champion
Rod Hadfield’s Model A pick-up Hot Rod Lincoln
Rod Hadfield’s tribute to the famous Hot Rod Lincoln is a radical V12 rat
John & Debbie Bridge’s chopped 1933 Ford coupe
Old-school hot rod with show-winning style
Bob Grambau’s ‘Grumpy’ EH Holden & ’34 Ford coupe
Having built one of Australia’s best-remembered EH Holdens in the 70s, Bob Grambau has burst back onto the scene with a mouth-watering ’34 Ford coupe
Jason Lowry’s blown, injected 427-cube ’34 Chev coupe
With 1000 horses on tap, this gorgeous Chev goes even better than it looks
Chopped, Dodge Fast 4-powered 1929 Ford
A philosophy of use what you’ve got and only build one project at a time sees another cool hot rod out of the Love family’s garage
Judi Karaka’s ’55 Buick Century & Hemi-powered ’34 Ford three-window
Judi Karaka balances work with a passion for classic cars, driving her ’55 Buick and Hemi-powered ’34 Ford while organising car club events
Norm Hardinge’s blown Hemi-powered ’32 Ford coupe
Body by Elvis. Heart by Chrysler. Radiator by Norm
Ron Barclay’s ’32 Ford five-window coupe
Looking back on Ron Barclay’s street-neat ’32 Ford coupe
Natalie McClelland’s 1923 Ford T-bucket
Natalie McClelland grew up in the world of hot rodding, and her V8-powered 1923 T-bucket was a DIY project with her dad, built in just 11 weeks
Mick Fabar’s 1929 Model A roadster pickup
Mick Fabar set out to build one of the best hot rods in Oz. You be the judge
Rod Hadfield’s supercharged Ardun flathead-powered 1926 Model T coupe
Putting it all together properly makes this rod more than the sum of its parts
Iron Orchid: A bad-arse, way-out 1934 Ford coupe
Traditional styling meets show car detailing in this modern-day 60s show rod
Ford Model A roadster in Milwaukee Young SMOTY
Traditional touches abound in Alex Morris’s slick ’28-bodied coupe
1923 Ford Model T hot rod
How a Kiwi recreated a long-lost star of America’s show rod era
Home-built 1929 Model A Ford roadster
Kelly Kendall has spent half her young life building herself a show and go, real-steel roadster
Blown 1934 Ford coupe
It’s a good thing Joe Gatt likes the Hot Pink Pearl colour of his blown ’34 coupe because there’s as much of it underneath the car as there is on top