FAMILY FIRST

A LOVE of cars can come from many places, but for a lot of us, our earliest roots in this hobby stemmed from our fathers and close family relations. A shared interest tightens bonds like little else, and when that person is no longer with us, we can find solace and comfort in happy memories of them hurling spanners across the garage because that blasted, infernal, stupid doohickey failed again.

Chad Ribbons doesn’t just have memories. Following the sudden passing of his dad, Scott, Chad spent 12 months rebuilding the ’65 HD Holden ute that his father had spent many years piloting – often with a young Chad