Hot rodding for me is all about the history and heritage of it all and how that inspires us moving forward. Living in Auckland, New Zealand all my life, a whole world away from where it started, my influence and inspiration first came from my dad and his rodding buddies. Wherever he went, I went with him and couldn’t have asked for a better upbringing.
I read magazines and books and built model cars. I was eight years old when Jim ‘Jake’ Jacobs’ brush-painted tub — I thought, ! Since then, I remember being in high school when I bought the book. Jake’s cars and the fun attitude of it all spoke to me deeply. I then started to collect old magazines and read all I could about Jake. His Model As made me want a Model A closed-cab real bad!
