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 â€“ and if they race them, all the better. An iron lion-motivated VL Calais is her road-going (and sometimes racing) steed, and sheâ€™s also home-building a Hemi-powered â€™34 Ford three-window coupe. Up-skilling is Carlyâ€™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

Anneke Schelfhorst’s 1964 Valiant AP5 & 1978 CL

Mopar girl Anneke has plans to give her AP5 Val a spruce-up and V8 swap, while her CL was initially bought as a project car

Home-brewed: Jason Hannam’s stunning LX Holden Torana

Two heart attacks jolted Jason Hannam to home-build this SL/R 5000-style hottie

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 Ford 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