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.

07/06/2026
Hot Rod Haven this morning
07/06/2026

Hot Rod Haven this morning

27/05/2026

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We have been busy with establishing the new workshop over the past few weeks and although we are still fine tuning the l...
24/05/2026

We have been busy with establishing the new workshop over the past few weeks and although we are still fine tuning the layout we are back to work! We are still located in the Port Adelaide area at 1a Portsmouth Ct, Gillman.

09/05/2026

Custom Metal Fab has officially moved into its new home/workshop!

This is something we’ve been working towards for a while now, and yesterday was a massive step getting everything moved across.

A huge thank you to everyone who came and helped with the move. I really appreciate everyone giving up their time, bringing trailers, lending a hand, and helping make a big job a lot easier.

There’s still plenty to set up, but we’re excited for this next chapter and looking forward to getting stuck into it in the new workshop.

Jenna Medlen, Neville Roylance, Andrew Simunsen, Mike Methanol Bowden, Rob Flyndn, Gary Medlen & Wayne Shegog — it means a lot.

While going through one of the pallets a little while back I came across Neil’s welding apron that had hardly been used....
17/04/2026

While going through one of the pallets a little while back I came across Neil’s welding apron that had hardly been used. I asked Troy if he would use it and he said no, so I suggested I could and he said if that’s what you want to do !!!

Hope you can forgive me Neil, I dyed it to make match the rest of my Uniform & PPE 🤭🤭🤭🤭

13/04/2026

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Jag front shocker mount towers $250.00 a pair
15/03/2026

Jag front shocker mount towers $250.00 a pair

Address

1A Portsmouth Crt
Adelaide, SA
5013

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

Telephone

+61418816932

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