About Us

THERE’S A REASON WHY OUR CUSTOMERS BECOME GOOD FRIENDS

Here at The Toy Shed we’re all about achieving the result you’re looking for within your budget.

Advice is free and coming up with “the plan” before the job starts is the key. As is good communication. With a vast and varied knowledge in the automotive industry, the team here love a challenge.

Most of our customers have an end goal in mind, so it’s our job to guide them with advice and options on how to achieve that while keeping everyone involved happy with the outcome.

We’re always here to help and get a lot of satisfaction from being involved in some awesome projects for great customers.

I’ve been in business for over twenty years and always worked on the theory that your name is your business, and the best advertisement in the world is word of mouth from happy customers.

But don’t just take my word for it, Checkout some of the projects we’ve worked on, and what our customers have to say about us.

- Russell Lowe, Owner

CARBURETTOR MOTORS

Now part of The Toy Shed, this business has been running since the early eighties, and with two of the previous owners part of our team there’s years of experience on tap. We carry a great range of new and rebuilt carbs, along with hundreds of rebuild kits and parts, many of which are no longer available. We also have a huge range of secondhand carbs to help people out of sticky situations when parts have been lost or damaged.

Meet the Team

  • Russell Lowe

    Owner/Workshop Manager

    Russ is a mechanic by trade, and a car guy by nature.

    He still has his first hot rod, a 1938 Ford Coupe which he’s owned for over 25 years and still drag races.

    Drag racing is his passion and he’s raced everything from a Flat Head V8 Model A Coupe to a 2500hp 69 Camaro top door slammer. He’s currently having fun in “Strange Magic”, a wheel standing 56 Chevy gasser the Toy Shed team built in 42 days! It runs a 555 big block and Jerico 4 speed.

  • Sean Lemon

    Affectionately known as ‘Santa’, Sean specialises in engine building and fabrication.

    He’s a machinist by trade and has been building and racing cars since before most of us were born! Sean gets landed with a lot of the “can’t be done” type jobs we get to keep his brain busy.

    He currently drives a 63.5 Galaxy with a 408 Cube Windsor.

  • Les Holland

    Les has been part of the team for around 7 years and specialises in transmission and diff rebuilds, fabrication, and engine transplants.

    He’s been involved in super stocks and is currently building a Holden HZ s/w with LS1/4L60e for himself.

  • Glen Eggleton

    Glen joined the team in January 22. He’s a qualified auto sparky but has been brought up in a hot rodding family so he has had plenty of experience with all things mechanical. 

    Glen’s built many cars including his ‘71 blown big block Chevelle featured on the cover of NZV8 which he’s sold on. His current driver is an award winning 1960 Buick LeSabre.

    He has in the build a ‘64 2 door Impala with a Supercharged LS and 6 speed manual, among other side projects.

  • Kelly Rogers

    Kelly is an engineer by trade and does chassis and diff builds, modifications, and general fabrication.

    He drives a 66 Chevy pickup with an injected/super charged 350. He also owns a 68 Mopar GTX with a 532 Big Block.

  • Zak Smith

    Zak is nearing the end of his automotive apprenticeship. He carries out mechanical work, but specialises in electrical. His wiring work is outstanding.

    He’s currently rebuilding his VK V8 Commodore.

  • Johno Huff

    Johno’s an auto machinist by trade and works mainly in our engine building department.

    Johno owns a mint XB Falcon and has blue blood!!

  • Tony Gallacher

    Tony is our Parts guy. He’s been a car enthusiast for as long as he can remember.

    He’s owned and modified over 100 cars. And while he won’t admit it around the workshop, his passion is early Rotaries, and currently has a Mazda 100R, RX2 Sedan, 808 Wagon and an RX7 Track Car. Tony’s been involved in racing Stock Cars and Super Stock, so is the man to talk to if you need parts for your Race Car.

  • Michelle McDonald

    Michelle is our Office Manager, and she’s awesome at handling all the accounts—nothing gets past her!

    She started with us around Christmas 2023 and admits she didn’t know much about cars back then. But the job we had open really caught her interest.

    She drives a 2010 Holden SS V8, and after working here, she’s realized she wants to make it even louder!

  • Sam Eggleton

    Sam has joined the team in the Parts department.

    She’s into VW's, and has a 1963 Beetle project on the go at the moment.

  • Allan Corcoran

    Al is our dyno operator, mechanic, and carb guru. He’s our resident Chrysler nutter and owns an array of Aussie Chryslers. He previously owned Carburetor Motors and a mechanical workshop, plus did a stint as an automotive tutor at the local Polytech.

  • Angus Huff

    Angus is our newest Apprentice, a keen and young mechanic in the making, he has been with us a little over a year now, and is well into his training.

    He loves hunting more than anything else and you will find Angus most weekends in the bush.

  • Eddie Pinkham

    Eddie’s known as ‘The Mad Scientist’. He runs his own electrical business but contracts to us for a lot of our unusual EFI projects, and does a chunk of our Dyno Tuning also.

  • John Furniss

    Our new panel beater John has been in the game for 10 years or so. In that time he’s learnt some excellent metal working skills. Prior to joining the team here John.....

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  • James Morgan

    James is a qualified motor cycle mechanic but has been working on cars all his life.

    He currently owns a ‘70 Camaro, ‘02 Monaro and a ‘90 C10 Pick Up.