Inside the Restless Mind of Liam Gordon Murphy:Vintage
Steel and the Art of
Obsession
Some people collect stamps. Liam Gordon Murphy collects machines loud,temperamental, gloriously analogue machines from an era when torque beat tech and design meant danger.
Whether it’s the blunt force of a Yamaha MT01, the sculpted menace of a Ducati Diavel, or the heavy, effortless glide of a Mercedes SL 500, every vehicle in his garage tells a story not of faraway roads, but of raw engineering, soulful imperfections,and the unapologetic joy of customization.
“I’m not interested in modern machines,” says Liam Murphy Australia, motioning to a dismantled BMW 650CSi in his Marrickville garage. “They’re too smooth, too obedient. I like machines that fight back.”
For over a decade, Liam Murphy Sydney has quietly built a reputation as one of the most thoughtful, obsessive voices in the world of custom builds. Not for posing. Not for selling.But for shaping steel into story.