Custom Metal Fab

Custom Metal Fab The Neil Raymond Story

I grew up in Blackwood a suburb of Adelaide & completed a Fitting & Turning apprenticeship and an Arc Welding certificate.

I worked in the metal manufacturing area for many years. Modified street cars started very early with a Mini then a 179 powered purple 100E Prefect. I joined the SA Rod & Custom Club in 1973 & completed my ’28 Roadster Pickup in 1976. In 1977 I met my wife Kylie & we were married in December, 40 years coming up, she is a very understanding lady. I completed our 29 Coupe in 1984 and continued drag racing the Pickup. In the early 90’s I joined the fledgling DLRA & raced the Pickup @ Lake Gairdner for 5 years with a best of 174 mph and a terrifying spin. A highlight was 1995 when the Americans bought out several cars & Al Teague went 355 mph. At AIR the 289 Ford powered Pickup had gone 9.92 / 133. Clearly its limits as a race car had been reached. In 2000 I finished “Pickup 2” a purpose built AA/HR or Supercharged Outlaws drag car. Since then with the help of a group of a very dedicated group of friends as crew we have had great fun & some adventures racing at many tracks with a current best of 7.04 / 194.4 mph. Around 2012 I was retrenched & decided to start Mobile Custom Metal Fab offering all types of metal fabrication services for race cars, rods & resto mods either at the customers’ site or mine.

A massive congratulations to Richie Crampton for winning the US Nationals!
09/09/2026

A massive congratulations to Richie Crampton for winning the US Nationals!

Australian Richie Crampton has completed one of the more remarkable comebacks in NHRA racing, winning the US Nationals Top Alcohol Dragster title in the same chassis he drove to Top Fuel victory at Indianapolis 12 years ago.

Read the full story. Link in comments

A few projects have been working on! 
22/08/2026

A few projects have been working on!







 Not a bad way to start the day at 🌈🌈Double rainbow over the workshop this morning.
11/08/2026

 Not a bad way to start the day at 🌈🌈
Double rainbow over the workshop this morning.

07/08/2026

🫣🫣…😂😂😂😂

🤭🤭🤭
06/08/2026

🤭🤭🤭

Got to Hot Rod Haven this morning and let the kids take some photos they did well I thought
02/08/2026

Got to Hot Rod Haven this morning and let the kids take some photos they did well I thought

Finished off the engine mounts and all the welding on Martin’s 56 Chevy chassis yesterday.
01/08/2026

Finished off the engine mounts and all the welding on Martin’s 56 Chevy chassis yesterday.

Hot Rodding legend Kevin Johns called in yesterday to check out the new shop! He has such a wealth of knowledge, was gre...
01/08/2026

Hot Rodding legend Kevin Johns called in yesterday to check out the new shop! He has such a wealth of knowledge, was great to get his thoughts on things.

We’ve had plenty happening in the workshop lately.We’ve been busy making another set of ’33–34 Ford chassis rails for a ...
26/07/2026

We’ve had plenty happening in the workshop lately.

We’ve been busy making another set of ’33–34 Ford chassis rails for a local Adelaide customer, putting a big rear kick-up into a ’56 Chevrolet pickup chassis and fitting a Rod-Tech IFS up front. We’ve also been making good progress on a 1948 Studebaker project.

If you’ve got a chassis project in mind—whether it’s a complete chassis, modifications, repairs, or a custom build—feel free to get in touch. I’m always happy to have a chat about your project

53-56 F100 chassis all ready for pick up! Massive shout out to Scott Lane for sorting out the protective coating at shor...
22/07/2026

53-56 F100 chassis all ready for pick up! Massive shout out to Scott Lane for sorting out the protective coating at short notice 😁

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