ASRF Australian Street Rod Federation

18/06/2026

Friday Rodder Feature. 🏁📸

Big thanks to the members sharing their rides, this is what the ASRF community is all about. Not just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.

Thanks to:
Brett Fairbairn: 𝘔𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 💚 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 😎
Troy Byrne: 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘪𝘥-𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬.
Len Holden: 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥.

We’re running these every two weeks, and sharing even more on our Instagram stories, so if you want more member builds popping up in your feed, follow us: .

Want to be featured next? Comment your photos below or DM them through on Instagram.

Join or renew your ASRF Membership today: www.asrf.org.au/membership

17/06/2026

Victorian Hot Rod Show, 2004 at the Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne. 🏁

One of those weekends where you did lap after lap and still missed something, rows of hot rods, customs and classics under one of Melbourne’s best backdrops. Proper show vibes.

Were you there in ’04, and what’s the one car you still remember seeing? If you’ve got old photos, drop them in the comments or DM them through, we’d love to feature them. 📸

Join or renew your ASRF Membership today: www.asrf.org.au/membership

15/06/2026

Part 2 of How to Talk Car is here, and this one belongs entirely to the community.

Big thanks to Jim in Vic for these contributions. 🙌

From throwing legs out of bed to going topless, these are the terms that separate the rodders from the rest. Slide through and see how many you already knew.

💬 Got one we missed? Drop your best rodder slang in the comments, we're building the ultimate rodder dictionary and we need your help. 👇

📖 Inspired by How to Talk Car — John Lawlor, 1965 🔧 Missed Part 1? It's in our feed.

Join or renew your ASRF Membership today: www.asrf.org.au/membership

11/06/2026

1997 Adelaide Hot Rod & Street Machine Spectacular, and Perth’s Charlie Blogna came in like, “yeah I’ll just cross the Nullarbor real quick”. 🏁

Worth it too, Charlie took home a swag of trophies, including Top Hot Rod, and helped make WA one of the big stories of the weekend.

Who remembers this show, and what was the best part back then, the showfield, the club stands, or the road trips to get there? Got old pics from Adelaide ‘97?

Send them through and we might feature them. 📸

ASRF. Not just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.

Join or renew your ASRF Membership today: www.asrf.org.au/membership

07/06/2026

From the archives: the Narrandera Street Rod Nationals souvenir edition cover, back when it cost 40c and the show field was absolutely packed. 🏁

No filters, no phones in the air, just rods, mates, and a full day of doing laps and talking cars.

Were you at Narrandera, or have you still got an old program like this stashed at home? Drop a pic in the comments or DM it to us, we’d love to share more.

Join or renew your ASRF Membership today: www.asrf.org.au/membership

05/06/2026

Member of the Month | 78-year-old legend and her ’41 Chevy 🏁

This one’s got heart. What started as a stock standard 1941 Chevy is now a fully rebuilt hot rod, and it’s still getting driven to as many runs as possible. It was meant to go to her late husband Byron Martiensen, a proud Chevy man and hot rodder who passed in 1999. When the car came up for sale in the early 2000s, she bought it, rodded it, and kept the dream rolling.

Specs for the shed chats: Jag front, 350 Chev, Turbo 350, Commodore rear end, finished in Wheat Beige (VW colour) with dark red vinyl trim. She’s taken it on proper trips too, including runs to Croydon and Brisbane, meeting great people and fellow ASRF members along the way.

And her favourite line? He built it for her, she reckons it’s to make up for all the anniversaries he missed. Fair trade. 😅

ASRF, not just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.

Join or renew: asrf.org.au/membership

03/06/2026

Rare archive drop for the weekend. 🏁

We’ve uploaded vintage footage from the 1981 ASRF Street Rod Nationals in Mildura, VIC to our YouTube channel. Expect classic rods, familiar faces, and a proper time capsule from the era that helped shape Aussie rodding.

Head over to YouTube: Australian Street Rod Federation to watch, then subscribe so you don’t miss future uploads of classic footage, stories, and throwbacks.

Link here: 📺

Step back in time with the Australian Street Rod Federation as we r...

02/06/2026

Your 26th ASRF Nationals memories are too good not to share. 🏁

After our last post, so many of you jumped in with your Bendigo highlights, and honestly, this is what it’s all about.

From the maiden voyage of the “Edmunds Special”, to 7 days camped at the Bendigo Showgrounds, to finally cruising a newly painted, shed-built hot rod with an LS conversion… these are the moments that make the Nationals what they are.

For some, it was the cruising. For others, it was go-to-whoa, the show field, or simply having a hot rod at the Hot Rod Nationals after years of dreaming about it.

Shoutout to Scott Mckenzie, Ray Tully and Bruce Sanders for sharing your memories with us, this is the heart of the ASRF community.

Got another Bendigo memory or photo? Send it through, we’d love to keep sharing them. 📸

ASRF. Not just a hobby, it’s a lifestyle.

31/05/2026

📸 Were you there this weekend? Comment your photos below — let's see the best of Beachfest 2026. 👇

Sun, salt air, hot rods and rock 'n' roll. 🌊

Beachfest 2026 has just finished and we love this time of the year. While we wait for this year's snaps, we're looking back at 2025, and what a time it was.

📅 27–31 May | 📍 Caloundra, Sunshine Coast