I’ve spent years driving road trips here and overseas, chasing cool automotive stuff, as well as enjoying the adventure of it all. I’ve also met lots of great people along the way, folks that dig what we’re doing with this little publication. We hope you like it too. Here we have another solid souped up, fumed up edition of Gas Magazine, a full-tilt-boogie of automotive madness. Hot rods, customs, hot bikes, a model to soften things up – and a bunch of travelling adventures that are worth doing, and worth reliving.
Straight up, we have Sean Hammond’s A Model coupe, looking pretty badass. It’s starting to take shape, and has evolved from its bone rattling origins to something a little more refined. We road trip it to Vegas to find the Suavecito – Sosa Metal Works Indian, then ship it down to LA for the ultimate Barber Shop shoot – and what a special thing it is. Mat Egan floated his 54 Ford back to Australia and unveiled it a few months ago at MotorEx in Melbourne – the 54 Ford known as the Candy Rocket Ship is pure eye candy! My buddy Dusty and I went mad at Bonneville Speed Week last year and have the goods on it. While we were at it we took Tom Foster’s normally loud as hell Chevy for a drive, and slipped it into a Cemetery for the shots. Sound cliché? No not at all. Up and coming Photographer and Writer Aaron Develyn shot a killer story on the 7th Annual River City Coupe and Roadster Club Reliability Run. He was on a roll so we let him loose on his favourite Australian born hot rod. Swifty’s T. There’s also a set I shot with the beautiful Dalia Black, and a whole lot more.

So here we are again with another souped up high-octane issue of Gas Magazine chock full of badassery. That’s not a word you’ll find in the Oxford Dictionary but you never know, they may very well add it next year. First up we have Hayden’s Model A coupe as shot by Aaron Develyn, followed up with Robert Atkinson’s stunning ’40 Chevy coupe. I went mad in the California heat and got a set of shots with Johnny Branch’s Revell Kit Bike Panhead chopper and made it home alive with Kat and my good friend Dusty. Artist and publisher Zombie was kind enough to send us a bunch of his insane artworks for your enjoyment and they’re a treat. I have no idea how he does it. A wonderful afternoon was spent shooting with Mosh on the Queen Mary in Long Beach, what a doll … and finally I managed to squeeze in a visit to see my buddy Aaron Stein to shoot his beautiful Model A coupe. Locally I visited Jeff Calleja and had him drag out his period correct ’32 highboy coupe for an afternoon’s drive. Speaking of high-octane, the Gonz Lab Liberator Project, the Rolls Royce V12 salt racer is out of the bag and making news and headway. And to finish things up we present Richard Dabbs’ “Brown Sugar” as it was shot shortly after its unveiling a few years back.

I’m sitting down with a pen in one hand writing this, and a fork in the other eating a plate of noodles from the local take out. The girl I order from down there is pretty sweet so maybe that accounts for the amount of these things I get through… but, back to grease and oil changes, right? I’m not sure the world needs another custom magazine, only time will sort that one out, but I have tried to deliver something that will not only interest myself, but also a bunch of other like-minded folk. I guess I was born a gear head and will continue to live as one – come to think of it, I’ve never met any retired custom nuts. I’ve never heard, “… hi! I’m Ralph, a former chopper fanatic and drag racer!” So I think I’m correct in saying, it never just ups and leaves you. Unless you’ve gone mad. This first issue was put together on the smell of an oily rag and not much in the way of a budget, so please overlook my shitty spelling and so on, bearing in mind that this thing has been produced with a skeleton staff of one and the help of some very cool folk. Hopefully by the second issue I’ll not only have the bugs ironed out, but also have some more ads and hence, some money so I can go buy some more noodles. On a serious note though, we’ve got a solid issue of fumed up eye-candy ready to roll, along with some sordid adventures to boot. We take a ride in Matt Noble’s radical Mercury. Hitch a lift down south with Alex Gambino at breakneck speed. We then swap out for a leisurely drive in the Austin Speed Shop 55 Chevy. Elsewhere we take a look at Mooneyes Yokohama and check out paint guru Mat Egan’s Shoebox. We enjoy an afternoon tea with Michelle Minx, and throw in a set with Eagles Of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes for good measure. Then we take some time out with the Mad Fabricator himself Piero De Luca and also take a peek inside Kiwi Kev’s shed. We’ll also find time to check out Richard Dabbs’ A Model chassis build. And more. Please enjoy refreshing Gas. 

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