Roleystone Resident Frank Huber with the 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback.
Camera IconRoleystone Resident Frank Huber with the 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback. Credit: Supplied/Jon Hewson        www.communitypix.com.au d442406

Passion in top gear

Francis CurroComment News

Huber and his 1965 Ford Sprint finished in 14th position in the rally after having fuel pump issues earlier in the event.

The 57-year-old racing driver said he would be back for a 10th year.

"All the cars came back, which was the main thing, and every one had a good time," he said.

PerthNow Digital Edition.
Your local paper, whenever you want it.

Get in front of tomorrow's news for FREE

Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion.

READ NOW

Huber, who is the owner of Frank's Classic Garage in Kelmscott, helped build three of the cars in the rally which race under Frank's Classic Garage Racing Team.

The rally, which took place from August 13-16, is an annual event where more than 60 cars " from classic Fords to modern day supercars " compete across stages in Perth.

Stages were held everywhere from Toodyay and Wanneroo, to Kalamunda, and finished in the Perth CBD.

The two other members of the Frank's Classic Garage Racing Team, Kim Stewart in a 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback GT350 and Paul Crute in a 1965 Ford Mustang Coupe, finished fifth and 12th respectively.

"Kim in the 65 Fastback Mustang finished fifth outright in the classic comp with only four seconds in the end that split it," Huber said.

Huber is a fan of anything with a V8 in it and "caught the bug" a long time ago.

"Started off doing runs around York and then got more competitive into races," he said.

�Ford is my first passion and anything muscley after that.

"We at Frank's Classic Garage specialise in Mustangs and anything from the 1960s and 70s."

The race cars that Huber built runs under a racing licence and therefore cannot be driven on the road.

Instead, when he is not racing, he has a Ford XR8, a 1965 Ford Falcon Coupe and he is doing up a 1965 Falcon Coupe Convertible for the summertime.