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

Lila Thompson’s Holden HQ SS

Lila Thompson has been an HQ SS tragic for 25 years and her passion for cars is also shared with her 15-year-old daughter Grace

Frenzel Supercharger – Mill of the Month

Only 12 Frenzels were originally produced back in 1949, making them an esteemed early blower for Henry’s venerable sidevalve V8, the ‘flathead’

Kody Booms’s HX One Tonner

Kody got to work building his dream P-plate rig at just 16

Anthony Barone’s 1967 VC Regal Valiant

Anthony Barone has owned his VC Valiant Regal for 34 years, but the car's latest build has it truly living up to its name

Anna Smith’s XY GS Fairmont

Anna Smith from Melbourne has been a revhead since she was a teenager and especially always loved XY Falcons

Brodie Francis’s 1977 LX Torana

Brodie Francis from Port Lincoln, South Australia, managed to punch out her LX Torana build just months before her wedding

392 Hemi-powered 1971 Barracuda with hand controls

With some family assistance, Matt Mitchell & Katie Bourke created the hand-controlled Barracuda of their dreams

Home-built Holden 355-powered 1965 HD Premier

Green with envy - that's the reaction Darren Young's neat-as-a-pin, 355 V8-powered HD Holden tends to inspire

Cottonvale Digout 2021

Pete's Hot Rod & Resto shop's sixth Cottonvale Digout offered a weekend of dirt drags, cruising and frivolity with mates old and new

Custom 1962 F-100 pick-up

One mate built it, another splashed it with wild candy paint, and now new owner Curtis Grima gets to drive the wheels off this '62 F-truck

Tess MacDonald’s 1966 Mustang

Tess MacDonald's all-original, blue-on-blue ’66 Mustang is the apple of her eye

Maz Romandini’s 1966 Mustang coupe

Maz Romandini is entrenched in the Melbourne car scene, not only as a member of several clubs but also through the Facebook page she runs, Melbourne Muscle Car Girls

Pro street big-block VC Commodore SL/E – PROVC1

Built as a drag car in the 90s, this VC SL/E has been reborn as a fierce street-legal cruiser

Tough CL Valiant ute ready for Drag Challenge

Tony Jones transforms his late dad's knackered CL Valiant ute into a zesty pro streeter

Dee Pittman-White’s Mustangs and HSV racecar

We chat with manager of the Spartan 1 racing team, Dee Pittman-White, about her 1968 and 2018 Mustangs and 2008 HSV GTS race car, as well as her work with The Blue Tree Project in aid of men's mental health

Judith Menso’s Whipple-blown LX Torana hatch

Over nearly three decades, Judith Menso's Iron Lion-powered LX hatch has morphed into a home-built elite show car

Adelaide Auto Expo highlights

The second of two Adelaide Auto Expos for 2021 brought forth a battalion of automotive treasure. Here are a few of the cars that caught our eye

Supercharged, EFI 202-powered HJ Kingswood

Ex-mechanic Amy Hopkins built herself a weed-burning ’74 HJ Kingswood that stands apart from the rest, all while recovering from brain surgery

Matt Carey’s Drag Challenge-ready HQ Premier

Matt Carey's next Drag Challenge quest will be a family affair thanks to his dad Russ and his Grandpa Fred's HQ Premier

Cruising For Catherine House car show in Adelaide

Plenty of Adelaide’s finest rides rocked up to Gaza Oval to show off for a good cause