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 aÂ Harrop-blown, plastic-powered weapon.â€‹

David Graham’s Chevrolet-powered 1959 FC Holden – FATFC

David Graham's orange beast sounds like a Chevy and looks like an FC. It's the best of both worlds

Blown 1969 Holden HT GTS Monaro

Michael Galeski’s 1969 Holden HT GTS Monaro is bagged, blown and bad-arse

2010 HSV VE MALOO WITH TWIN-TURBO SMALL BLOCK AND IRS REAR END – PRO IRS

Michael Arnold's VE Maloo is Australia's quickest IRS Commodore

1000RWHP TURBO LS VL COMMODORE CHASING SEVENS

Goran Ivanovic is gunning for sevens in street trim with his turbo LS-powered VL Commodore

830hp blown LS-powered 1970 Holden HT Kingswood

Matt Cowan's killer 830hp Holden HT Kingswood has been in the family since new

304-cube injected V8 1960 Holden FB

We all love a sweet Holden FB on whitewalls. So how about Jason Fuller's stunner, that's packing an injected V8?

1500HP BLOWN INJECTED VE COMMODORE SPORTWAGON – WONAGO

The only thing better than a meth-chugging, blown, injected skid car is two meth-chugging, blown, injected skid cars

XB GS Fairmont – GSHOON

After a collision with a concrete block, Michael Stivala's Ford XB GS Fairmont GSHOON is back and better than ever

Dustin Goldsmith’s 14LOZ VE SS ute

Dustin Goldsmith built a crazy blown LS-powered VE Holden ute with a custom chassis in tribute to the legendary Laurie Starling

355-CUBE HOLDEN-POWERED VH COMMODORE

Yep, Benny Leat's VH Commodore has a real Holden V8 in it

Luke Green’s twin-turbo Chev-powered LH Torana

Luke Green's dream of a 1000hp street car comes true, thanks to his twin-turbo small-block Chev-powered LH Torana

Bare metal, blown LSX-powered Holden HT Kingswood

Chris Willett's full-custom-chassis Holden HT Kingswood is being built to order from raw materials

6-SECOND 557-CUBE TWIN-TURBO PRO-STREET TORANA

After debuting this show-quality Pro Street weapon at MotorEx 2014, Paul Todarello's Torana has done a 6-second pass

Retrotech Holden FJ ute

While Trevor Floyd worked to finance the build, his custom 1954 Holden FJ ute was being pieced together on the other side of the country

TROPHY-WINNING HOLDEN LH TORANA STREETER – 6APEAL

Alison and Gareth Lougher's award-winning 1975 Holden LH Torana 6APEAL proves you don't need a bent eight or heavy mods to compete against some of the finest show cars in the country

400ci chev-powered Holden HT Monaro

After falling in love with the Holden Monaro as a kid, Jamie McKay finally has his own – and it’s a stunning 400-cube Chev-powered street cruiser

502-CUBE BIG-BLOCK 1957 CHEVROLET BEL AIR

David Martin set out to build a neat, street-driven '57 Chevrolet Bel Air two-door - in candy orange. The end result is a 540hp big-block elite show stunner

Razor-sharp HD Holden panel van

Ian Saxby's cool Holden HD panel van proves the old adage that less is more

LEYLAND P76 40TH ANNIVERSARY CANBERRA

Back in 2013, enthusiasts gathered in Canberra to celebrate 40 years of Australia's most controversial car, the Leyland P76

THE ULTIMATE HOLDEN 186 AND THE BRUMBY FJ UTE

Jeff and Matt Ramsay have built the Holden 186 to end all Holden sixes