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€‹

HOLDEN LX TORANA HATCH WITH A BLOWN EFI V8

You can keep your Golf GTi or Civic Type-R. George Cooper's Vortech-blown 10-second Torana is well worthy of the hot hatch title

HOLDEN HZ PREMIER RUNS 10S

Steve MacGregor's stunning Holden HZ Premier runs tens with an aspirated Holden V8

HOLDEN LJ TORANA COUPE STREETER WITH A TURBO SIX

Vince Padanis picked up his grandma-spec LJ Torana coupe for a bargain back in '98. Three budget rebuilds later, it's a stunning, turbocharged weapon

Pete Robins’s ultimate petrol head backyard – My Shed

Pete Robins' backyard is chock-a-block with vintage metal

Holden HJ Statesman big-block streeter

Danny Cachia's Holden HJ Statesman is a 700hp big block-powered lounge room

355CI HK PREMIER ‘GTS’ WAGON – GTSWGN

Matt Gibbs's 1969 Holden HK Premier wagon is a potent cocktail of muscle and style

Justin Ellis’s KINGGM VY Commodore

It might not have steel bumpers, but Justin Ellis’s KINGGM Commodore is every inch a right royal kick-arse street machine

INTERVIEW: 2014 DRAG WEEK WINNER JEFF LUTZ

We chatted to Drag Week and Street Outlaws legend Jeff Lutz during his recent trip Down Under

TWIN-TURBO LS2-POWERED JAGUAR E-TYPE

We look back to 2010 at a classic Brit that's no ordinary Jaguar. With a twin-turbo Chev LS2 heart, this 1970 E-Type goes like a scalded cat

Black, blown Holden HQ Monaro

There's nothing quite as sinister as a black on black, blown, tubbed and injected Monaro

1961 Plymouth V200 V8 hardtop

It might appear to be an Aussie-built R-series Val, but it's actually a Plymouth V200 coupe jammed with a mean little 273ci V8

TWO SEVEN-SECOND FALCON XW STREETERS

The crew from Dandy Engines deliver a pair of hard hitting seven-second XW Falcon streeters

SUPERCHARGED LS3 TORANA NINE-SECOND STREET WEAPON

Luke Grima's neatly restored LX Torana is a genuine nine-second street weapon

FEATURE: SAM BAGHDADI INTERVIEW

Sam’s Performance has long been an LS performance powerhouse, so when boss Sam Baghdadi speaks, we STFU and listen

351 Clevo-powered XY GT replica

Paul Cassar's XY Falcon is a stunning GT replica with a cool rest-mod bent. We look back to our June 2014 issue

John Faraone’s monster Valiant R/T Charger

Meet John Faraone's 1972 Valiant R/T Charger, a 2500hp twin-turbo beast

Supercharged 1972 Holden HQ Monaro coupe

From first love to heartache and a loving reunion, Lennard Vidot and his HQ Monaro have been through it all.

TURBOCHARGED RESTOMOD HOLDEN FX UTE

Boost breathes new life into Mark Riek’s 138ci grey-powered Holden FX humpy ute

PROCHARGED 355-CUBE HOLDEN LJ TORANA

Under the bonnet of Lee Murray’s WEPN LJ Torana is ProCharged Holden motor capable of 1000hp