Articles by Andrew BROADLEY
Mudgee-born Broads cut his teeth in the publishing game at Street Commodores in the mid-2000s, followed by stints on both Australasian Dirt Bike and The Picture. After working in a coal mine for a few years (all the while moonlighting for Street Machine), he was lured into a full-time gig at SM in 2017, before securing the editor's chair amongst the chaos of 2020. Broads has had plenty of toys over the years, the most enduring of which is the LC GTR Torana he bought at age 14. After a full rebuild and umpteen engine and gearbox swaps, it is now a Harrop-blown, plastic-powered weapon.​
Torque-Power Big Paw-blocked Holden 488-cube V8
Despite having massive cubes for a small-block engine, this Big Paw block is a torquey, street-friendly mill built for a client who wasn't chasing huge power but wanted loads of torque
Video: Cam Waters’ XB Falcon hardtop at MotorEx
Part three of our Meguiar's MotorEx unveils for 2024
Ron Barclay Camaro and more MotorEx unveils: part two
Part two of our Meguiar's MotorEx unveils for 2024
PROST1 Torana, Hillier Bros Mercedes and more: MotorEx unveils part one
PROST1 heads up a killer selection of unveils at Meguiar's MotorEx 2024
Street Machine May 2024 issue on sale now!
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Check out some of the banger rides in the newest mag
Phil Rillotta’s Pro Street Torana heading to MotorEx
Phil Rillotta's Raging Bull Torana is set for a comeback at Meguiar's MotorEx
Joel Smith’s Summernats Street Champion-winning HQ Premier
Joel Smith's classically themed, exquisitely executed 355ci HQ Holden claimed the coveted Street Champion gong at Street Machine Summernats 36
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Huge! Street Machine Summernats 36
Street Machine Summernats 36 was the largest car show ever staged on Aussie soil
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Street Machine February 2024 - what's inside this issue
ProFlo Performance-built 403-cube blown LS combo
This combo out of ProFlo Performance uses a cast-iron LQ9 block plus as-cast LS3 heads with stock valves and is destined for staffer Brodie Ward's VL Commodore
1000hp Sonny’s big-block-powered LX hatch
Rob took one of Australia’s most iconic muscle cars and stuffed it with 1050hp of all-motor thump
Street Machine January 2024 issue on sale now
The January 2024 edition of Street Machine is on sale now
BG Engines blown 355ci Holden V8 combo
Destined for a customer's street/Powercruise VK Commodore, this Holden V8 combo pieced together by BG Engines is an absolute screamer
HQFORU at Summernats 36
Our famous HQ giveaway car from the 80s was on show at ’Nats 36 under the custodianship of Rod and Judith Menso
3000hp 1968 Dodge Charger wins Summernats 36 Grand Champion
Joe Bauer steered his ballistic, elite-level Charger to a memorable Grand Champion win at ’Nats 36
Summernats 36: Barra-powered John Goss Special on muddies!
It might upset some purists, but the Corish brothers’ twin-turbo Barra-motivated XB sure has been turning heads at ’Nats 36
Ratty HK Monaro at Summernats 36
Rod Cordingly and his son thrashed long and hard to get this wonderfully weathered, methanol-chugging Monaro to ’Nats 36
Ron Ziessler’s timeless HQ Holden
Ron Ziessler breathes new life into his epic HQ Holden after it sat idle for 23 years!