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


Anika Hodges’s 355-cube VC Commodore
Anika Hodges inherited her passion for modified cars from her father and has used her mechanical skills to transform this once pristine, stock VC Commodore into a 355ci V8-powered stunner

Jacinta Locke’s Candy Fuchsia LS1-powered HQ One Tonner
Jacinta Locke’s HQ Tonner underwent a 14-year, beater-to-beauty transformation to steal every heart at Rockynats

Natalie McClelland’s 1923 Ford T-bucket
Natalie McClelland grew up in the world of hot rodding, and her V8-powered 1923 T-bucket was a DIY project with her dad, built in just 11 weeks

Wendy Cockroft’s HQ GTS Monaro
Wendy Cockroft has owned her HQ Monaro for an incredible 39 years. After a recent five year resto, it's back to its original colours and now serves as her cherished weekend cruiser

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 Tayla Harris’s XB Falcon coupe
AFLW Premiership winner and boxing champ 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