Sputnik, the roadster from half-way ‘round the world

Story by Lou Leto, Photos by Trent Sherrill

Ashley Cave had a vision for a hot rod roadster. Perhaps he was looking to the skies for inspiration? Was it the light blue skies overhead, interrupted by white clouds? I can’t say for sure. What he does confess to is that he’d “slowly been liking old US East coast channeled hot rods,” along with “Australian 60’s hot rods” of similar fashion. Reading is research, and the same applied to fuel Ashley’s aspirations. Once he was ready, he was prepared to go over the top, down under. Preparing for the build required the typical accumulation process of all the bits (Aussie for: parts and components) that were needed to launch the project.

There’s always the story within the story; his includes chasing down doors and the rear body bits he’d heard about in a “crazy old guy’s front yard.”

Read the rest of this article in Issue # 45