Stories of Carlton: Kingpin Kuztums

Kingpin Kuztums brings grease lightning to Carlton!

Old traditions die hard and the good ole Rockabilly culture is one tradition that graced the Carlton streets recently.

Rob started Kingpin Kuztums about four years ago, as he has real passion for Kustom culture and Kustom cars/Hot Rods. It’s a great social group that embraces a gone by era.

Rob also loves the vibe of Lygon St, in Carlton, that’s why you can see dancing on the streets, vibrant live music and all those sexy classic hot-rods cruising up and down.

Kick into cruise control, roll down the window and turn up the radio, please.

Chevrolet Coupes, Dodge Charges and even a little bit of Grease Lightning with a Ford Convertible Delux- A Palomino dashboard and duel muffler twins, oh yeah!

Rob has great memories of Carlton from the good old days and wanted to inject a little bit of that vibe back into the street, so we can get together, enjoying each other’s company and reminisce of those days gone by.

Tattoos, petrol fumes and studded belts add to that Rockabilly vibrancy.

For a few hours, we got to emerge ourselves in the streets of Carlton and daydream of when we owned our own “Bad Wolf” singlet, whilst swinging around our partner outside a local café.