Articles by: Craig Parker
Where are they now? Green Hulk HG Holden
An 80s original is back prowling the streets of Sydney
The benefits of stripping paint by soda blasting
Take several kilos of baking soda and throw it at your car. Really hard. It'll take the paint clean off. You think we're kidding?
Howard Astill’s Rock Solid XA Falcon in the build – part one
Howard Astill talks us through the evolution of his iconic XA Falcon
Glenn Munday’s 400-cube HQ SS survivor
Having retained both the same owner and much of its period character for nearly 35 years, Glenn Munday’s HQ SS is a true 80s survivor
Inside the Horsepower Heroes-winning IENIL8 Capri
Trick & Mansweto are the big names in any dyno cell. Here’s a look back at what made their 1200hp, 7sec Capri tick
Expression Session: NASCAR-inspired Aussie muscle
Giving Aussie muscle a tough-as-guts NASCAR makeover
Party animals: top ten Summernats specials
They're the high-impact, low-buck builds that always turn heads at Australia's biggest horsepower hootenanny. We pay tribute to the weird and wonderful tradition of the Summernats Special
Race relations: Ford Falcon GTHO Phase I – IV test
Street Machine presents the definitive GTHO test: Phase I through Phase IV
Mark Miocevich’s XB GT Falcon hardtop – FAT GT
Mark Miocevich's gut feeling to limit mods to his GT and concentrate on the detail was spot-on
Where are they now: Frank Rejtano’s 1993 SMOTY-winning Corvette Stingray
Frank Rejtano’s 1964 Corvette Stingray won just about every trophy there WAs to win, including 1993 Street Machine of the Year. Thirty years later, it’s still going strong
Allan Kirk’s Top 10 LC Torana
This silky-sweet LC has satisfied Allan Kirk’s life-long ambition of cracking the Summernats Top 10
Top 20 hero street machines – flashback
Some cars just stick in the mind; here's a selection of some of the best ground-breaking streeters that featured throughout the first 25 years of Street Machine
Where are they now? Rhonda and John Zelukovic’s pro street Studebaker Hawk
When it landed at Summernats 10, it was like something from outer space. Nearly three decades on, the Zelukovic Studebaker is still out of this world
Graham Oldfield’s blown big-block FX – FATRAT
454 cubic inches of blown, big-blocked brawn is enough to curdle anyone’s blood
Where are they now? Lorry Gatt’s XA GT hardtop
Nearly 40 years after it appeared in Street Machine, this tough Falcon hardtop is still dropping jaws
Interview: Rick Dobbertin on his Pontiac J2000 pro streeter
Twin superchargers, twin turbos and nitrous were just the start of the insanity housed within Rick Dobbertin's legendary Pontiac J2000 pro streeter
Ian Granger’s Top Retrotech VK Commodore
The family that builds a car together will go far together. This award-winning retrotech VK is proof
Livi Krevatin’s Porsche 911
Don’t let the badge fool you – this Porsche 911 is a muscle-bound street brawler in a designer suit
Where are they now? Janet Hough’s 1966 Mustang
Nearly 40 years after it featured in Street Machine, Janet Hough and Victor Reilly’s 1966 Mustang is still on the road and still turning heads
The 51 year history of Sydney’s American Auto Parts (AAP) store
Born from a passion of drag racing, American Auto Parts kept Sydney's street machiners stocked with speed parts for half a century