Articles by: Craig Parker
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
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
Paul Cundy’s iconic VB/VK Commodore
Grab a comfy chair and admire one of the neatest Commodores ever crafted
Flashback: Inside FPV’s supercharged Miami V8
Under the skin of FPV's 335kW blown Miami V8
Sydney Hot Rod & Custom Auto Expo 2023
The Hot Rod & Custom Auto Expo is always a damn good time. Here’s how it all went down for 2023
855hp Raw Orange XY Falcon – PRO430
Serdar Karabulut is used to buying a car, doing it up and selling it off. But this 855hp XY Falcon ain't going anywhere
1000hp blown & injected Windsor-powered 1965 Mustang
When a 782hp aspirated combo isn't enough, you cook up a 1000hp blown and injected bent-eight!
Blown 410-cube VF Valiant Regal 770
A who’s who of Sydney’s hot-car scene band together to transform this rare VF Regal 770 hardtop from an abandoned clunker to a trophy-winning stunner