Greezed Up Kingpins Rock The Suburbs

          Greezed Up Kingpins Rock The Suburbs

By Mark Humphrey

Sunshine, Vic/Aus. 3^rd March 2015. Rats, Tats & Pinups was the theme of Kingpin Kuztums latest motoring party that took place at the Glengala Hotel in Sunshine last weekend. The Glengala Hotel show followed on from the very successful Rockabilly Nevada event which showcased at a suburban Dandenong warehouse early last month.

The unique automotive format is the brainchild of Rob Bellio and is a favourite of the suburban greaser community. Catering for everything that is cool, the auto parties showcase some of the region’s best examples of custom motoring combined with the region’s best rockabilly bands which normally go deep into the evening belting out the familiar dance and cruise music tunes.

The hard-core greasers will deck out in their Big Bad Wolf gear with the girls getting around in their sweet little party dresses as they mingle with the ever growing crowd of spectators who are drawn in by the party atmosphere of the Kingpin events.

Unlike other motoring exhibitions, the Kingpin Kuztums events cater for the well-worn traditions of the greaser lifestyle with the Rockabilly Nevada event in Dandenong showcasing exactly what the organisation is all about. In the space of a couple of hours you could have entered the event as joe blow and walked out the other end completely decked out in a brand new greaser outfit complete with a cool rocker styled haircut. If you felt like a new tattoo no problem, Kingpin had a tattooist on site penning the latest in greaser style tatts. A Kingpin event would not be complete without the regions finest rockabilly bands belting out old favourites and Rockabilly Nevada was no exception with a handful of bands taking their place on stage well into the evening. I don’t know of any other car club/car event that offers a complete service or entertainment package like Kingpin Kuztums with the added benefit of your gold coin entrance donation going straight to a nominated charity on the day. Good all round value.

Walk in for a re-fit

Maybe some make-up

Or a haircut

And finish off with a brand new Tattoo !!!

Everywhere you looked there was a story to be told with proud owners polishing any speckles of dust off their gleaming machines. I caught up with James at the Dandenong event who was proudly standing beside a very rare Commer pick-up. Happy to talk about his neat pick-up I asked James about the car “well it is a 1939 Commer  that basically has commodore running gear. The engine is a black 202 motor coupled to a VT commodore transmission. The rear end is also from a commodore as is the disc brake front end” he said. James has owned the pick-up for about 18 months and except for a tidy up the car is as purchased. James believes his vehicle is the only fully registered version on Australian roads noting that there are a number of versions getting around on club reg. Driven daily and used in the business, the Yass built Commer checks into numerous car shows around the state in between delivery duties for the business. James owns Bonsai By Design which as the name suggests is a Bonsai plant business operating out of Hoppers Crossing and uses his vehicle for deliveries and also product transportation for weekend market stalls. James is often seen at the Kingpin events with Sundays set aside for markets and fairs.James with his 39 Commer. Used daily in his Bonsai By Design business.

Rats Tatts N Pinups video clip

Note: Technical issues prevented sound on the Rats Tatts N Pinups video.

Rats Tatts N Pinups pics

The Rats, Tatts N Pinups event was the last planned event of the summer series and wrapped up what was a very successful 2014/15 Summer season for the company.  The focus now shifts towards the grand opening of their Melbourne outlet towards the end of July this year. Once completed the outlet will house pool/billiard tables, coffee shop, hairdresser, tattoo parlour and of course the headquarters for their greaser style clothing range.

For more details check out their facebook page Kingpin Kuztums Clothing: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kingpin-Kuztums-Clothing-Ink/285108008248606?fref=ts

Rockabilly Nevada Pics

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