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April 2010

Check out the awesome artwork by Ryan Carter for the upcoming Custom Auto Expo in Sydney featuring our Buick! I know a lot of work has gone into organising this show so it will be well worth checking it out if you are in Sydney on June 13th.

Ryan, of Stylemaster Designworks has a new website www.stylemaster.com.au

The May issue of Street Machine magazine has a great feature on our very own Justin Hills, labelling him a 'legend' and suggesting he only fell in love with his wife because she had a poster of a '49 Mercury on her bedroom wall when he met her!

March 2010

The April issue of Street Machine magazine featured the '50 Buick, inspired by the movie Cobra that we completed in 2009. What a great feature! The guys at Street Machine caused quite a stir and a chuckle or 2 was heard here at Hills and Co upon reading the article that suggests the owner of the Buick is none other than screen legend Russell Crowe!

Sydney Tattoo and Body Art Expo

The Hills and Co '49 Buick was invited to be displayed at the 2nd Sydney Tattoo and Body Art Expo as part of their metal art display which included a car and bike show. The Buick won best Iron Body! Jockey had to juggle metal workshops with Gene Winfield and attend the show but he got to meet Sabina Kelly, the american pin up model which made the effort worth while! More info on the event at www.tattooexpo.com.au

The same weekend, Jockey and the Buick cruised with legendarly US custom car guru Gene Winfield! Mr Winfield was visiting Sydney thanks to Mario Colalillo and his son Andy who organised the Australian tour for Gene Winfield. During the weekend a group of Winfield fans got to watch and join in as Mario's FB delivery was chopped. At the end of the weekend about 30 customs and rods cruised into the city and hung out under the harbour bridge at the rocks. Pretty cool stuff!

January 2010

Jan 2010

For the second year in a row, Jockey pulled late nights and missed Christmas to have a car in the elite hall at Summernats and it was with sheer exhaustion he unveilled our latest project (gallery photos to come soon)- King Kong Cuda, a 1970 Plymouth Cuda owned by Graeme Cowin of Rocket Industries. We guess the Cuda was well received as Graeme got to take home 9 Trophies!

The Cuda Won Trophies for: Top Body (Elite) Top Paint (Elite) Top Pro Street (Elite) Top Engineered (Elite) Top Elite Judged Vehicle People's Choice Top Ten Top Street Machine Finalist 2nd Elite Engine Bay Plus nominated for PPG Pro Pick December 2009 Magazine Features...

The 1950 Buick Custom we built for a Sydney Customer (winner Top Custom, Motorex 09) has been featured this month in the following magazines: Cruzin - Feature article, Cover Shot and Poster. Dale Haberfield took these great shots at the old ice cream factory in Taree, worth the trip from Brisbane we reckon!

Freestyle - A combined feature with our own '49 Buick, both Buick's were photographed at the cool Lincoln Brickworks in Wingham NSW. A big thank you to the guys at Freestyle magazine for a great article and awesome photos. And thanks again to Skip for moving lots of bricks so we can put precious cars in the furnace!

Hills and Co's own'49 Buick finished it's inaugural year on a high with a glam spread in the Street Machine Hot Rod Annual. Photographed again in Taree (great scenery here in the Manning Valley). Cheers to all involved at SM.

November 2009... Jockey found himself at the launch of Charley Boorman's new book Right To The Edge, at the great Deus Ex Machina, Sydney. A big thank you to the Deus team for moving all those bikes so the '49 Buick could take centre stage! Charley loved the Buick and took home a Hills and Co T-Shirt.