Castle Hill Auto Repairs

Widely regarded as Australia’s answer to George Barris, Dale Fisher was a trailblazing customizer whose career stretched from the 1950s into the 1980s. Based in Sydney, Fisher became famous for turning ordinary cars into clean, factory-style customs, with a specialty in convertible conversions. His builds weren’t wild showpieces; they were tasteful, well-proportioned, and engineered to perfection, always giving the illusion they could’ve rolled off a Detroit assembly line. Raised in Gundagai, Fisher’s fascination with design led him to Sydney at 16, where he apprenticed as a panel beater and began experimenting with fender skirts, trims, and body mods. His first big breakthrough came with Rolly Huyshe’s FJ Holden convertible, a backyard build that helped ignite a local trend. From there, Dale built hundreds of customs, Holdens, Plymouths, Pontiacs, Falcons, often creating his own tools and steel panels from scratch.