Articles by Carly DALE
Born into a racing family, Carly feels most at home among a throng of revvy V8s. Having spent many years as an active enthusiast, in 2007 she found her niche as a writer for Street Machine, allowing her to chat with amazing people about their cars – and if they race them, all the better. An iron lion-motivated VL Calais is her road-going (and sometimes racing) steed, and she’s also home-building a Hemi-powered ’34 Ford three-window coupe. Up-skilling is Carly’s jam: from lathe work, MIG and TIG welding and metal-shaping, to automotive painting, mechanics, graphic design and stringing together a decent yarn.Instagram @carlys_garage
Top 10 twin-turbo LS-powered LC Torana GTR
Rob De Sciscio's BLNKCHQ LC GTR has show-stopping style and enough grunt to run sevens
Samantha Holden’s 1965 Impala & 1940 Ford coupe
Samantha Holden grew up immersed in car culture watching her dad build street machines. Her two current rides are a race-look '65 Impala and '40 Ford coupe hot rod
Barra-swapped XF 25th Anniversary Ford Falcon
Mike Bowden's had an itch for modern EFI mumbo for nearly 30 years, and he finally scratched it with this drag-spec, Barra-powered XF Falcon
Chopped & Chev-powered 1948 FX Holden
West Australian Les Rogers sent his humpy to SA for a radical makeover - and a haircut
Reader’s Rocket: Chantelle Loveday-Lamont’s VY ClubSport
Commodore devotee Chantelle has owned her Clubby for around 10 years and taught herself how to do burnouts by using track time at events
Leanne Bernhard’s drag-and-drive VC Commodore SL/E
Former drag racer Leanne Bernhard is preparing to get back on the track with her street-and-strip VC Commodore
AFLW star and boxing champion Tayla Harris’s XB coupe
AFLW Premiership winner and boxing champion Tayla Harris is also a muscle car enthusiast, and she's got the XB coupe to prove it
Reader’s Rocket: Rhianna Lougher’s 308-cube LC Torana sleeper
17-year-old Rhianna Lougher's LC Torana might look grandma-spec at first glance, but there's an iron lion nestled in the engine bay
Nine-second, 418ci Chrysler VH XL Charger
When Billy Papas witnessed the might of a W9-headed R3 Mopar donk, he bought a VH Charger to house one
Zsa Zsa Biacsi’s chopped and channelled 1926 Model T coupe
Zsa Zsa Biacsi has been a revhead from an early age and has several rad rides in her stable. Here she talks about her beloved 316-cube '26 Model T coupe, dubbed FIDDY
Nicole Jaggs’s carby-fed LS-swapped LH Torana
In her third year attending Rockynats, this time Nicole Jaggs and her trophy-winning Torana took on the Grand Champion battle
410-cube Valiant VF Regal 770 coupe
Stelio Birbas began his VF Valiant coupe build as a teenager. Twenty-five years and many missed deadlines later, the car is finally complete - and worth the wait
Emma Bell’s 1971 Datsun 1600
Emma Bell has big plans for her cool survivor Datto
Deb O’Connell’s AU Falcon racer
Deb O'Connell grew up in a drag racing family and has been competing for many years. She's currently aiming for the nine-second zone in her turbo Barra-powered AU Falcon racer, dubbed SONIC
615-cube twin-turbo 1968 Camaro
Joe Esposito's twin-turbo big-block 1968 Camaro will soon be a street-driven powerhouse
Blown Gen III Hemi-powered CH Chrysler By Chrysler
Scott Lawrence catapulted his 1972 CH Valiant into the current century with a blown, Gen 3 Hemi powerplant
Lorella Burns’s 1969 XW wagon
Lorella Burns has been around cars her whole life, so it's no surprise the family wagon is an old-school, V8-powered cruiser
Harrop-blown LH Torana – WLDFUN
Matt Lomas's LH Torana may look the business now, but over four long years, it went out of its way to try his patience
Roxy Marshall’s HR Holden panel van
Former mechanic Roxy Marshall has more than one HR Holden in the shed. This one she says takes her back to her youth and is affectionately dubbed Penelope Panelvan
Christine Cini’s LJ Torana GTR XU-1
Christine Cini's intentions for a quick respray of her numbers-matching Torana XU-1 turned into a show-worthy nut-and-bolt resto