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

BOOGALOO TOP 12 HOT RODS

Our favourite hot rods from Boogaloo 2017

BOOGALOO INVITATIONAL 2017: POST-1948 PICKS

Photographer Chris Thorogood's top post-1948 picks from the second Boogaloo invitational, held at Wattle Flat Recreation Reserve in Castlemaine, Victoria

Heirloom 1966 VC Valiant cruiser

This sweet VC Valiant unites three generations of the Navacchi family. And it makes coffee!

TOYOTA-POWERED ’27 T-MODEL ROADSTER

Lana O'neil isn't your average 16-year old girl, check out her cool 1927 T-model Roadster!

598-CUBE BIG-BLOCK 1971 FORD XY FALCON GT REPLICA

Simon Madigan’s stonker 598-cube XY GT replica is more than a monster streeter. It’s the grand finale to a long rambling journey of car building and mateship, tinged with tragedy

FLATHEAD V8 FANATIC AND DLRA LEGEND MIKE DAVIDSON – INTERVIEW

DLRA legend Mike Davidson talks nostalgic hot rods, salt-lake racing and flathead V8s

Karen Howarth’s chopped FX Holden ute

Karen Howarth’s beautiful chopped black FX Holden ute hits the mark

Rachael Durbidge, auto technical paint advisor – profile

Rachael Durbidge turned a burning passion for art and cars into a thriving career wielding the spray gun

600HP 1983 FORD XE FALCON

Mario Mazzeo is a flashback trendsetter with this super-tough Atomic Green 1983 XE Falcon

1957 CHEVROLET WAGON – READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK

Sandra Horne has a few cars to her name, but her love of '57 Chevs is long-standing

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STREET MACHINERS SCORE IMPROVED CONDITIONAL REGO SCHEME

Modified car owners in South Australia score a big win with monumental conditional rego changes

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FAMILY HEIRLOOM VC VALIANT – VIDEO

We chat with Frank Navacchi about the restoration of his grandad’s VC

ADELAIDE AUTO EXPO & HOT ROD SHOW 2016

Some of our favorite modified cars from the Adelaide Auto Expo and Hot Rod Show

GRINDERS CBB HOT ROD & KUSTOM SHOW

Cool cars and bikes gathered for a worthy cause at Auto Transformers in Adelaide for the Grinders CBB annual Hot Rod & Kustom Show

383 stroker LC Torana streeter

At 12 years old Blake Evans bought this 1971 Holden LC Torana for a mere $5000. A decade later he’s turned it into a jaw-dropping 10-second streeter

Chrysler VJ Valiant Charger XL: Reader’s car of the week

Corinne Miller's VJ Charger XL may look grandpa-spec, but with a 340 up front, it's no slouch

1966 Ford XP Fairmont – reader’s car of the week

Ford nut Melissa Davis wanted a modern colour for her XP Fairmont, but it had to suit the classic look of the original hubcaps and whitewalls

Slick 396-cube Holden FJ ute streeter

With eight throttlebodies and 396ci of Holden grunt, Darren Ryan's FJ ute is a dream come true

INSANE TURBO BIG-BLOCK ’29 MODEL A ROADSTER PICK-UP

Jesse Kalb dares to be different with one wild turbo big-block powered ’29 Model A Roadster Pick-up hot rod

383-cube street-and-strip 1971 HoldenHQ Monaro

Check out the curves on Michael Garner's beautiful 383-cube Chev-powered '71 Holden HQ Monaro streeter