Articles by Curt DUPRIEZ
Curt stumbled into the former ACP Sydney offices in the late ’90s, becoming part of the Street Machine furniture as Deputy Editor prior to steering the helm as Editor at tuner title Speed.He played dutiful 2IC at MOTOR through much of the Bauer Sydney era, sidestepping the Big Chair like greased Teflon while inflicting a litany of superlatives across Wheels, Top Gear Australia and Unique Cars – while also steering colourful motoring prose for men’s title Ralph.His copybook of ignominy includes crashing the first Nissan 350Z Track in Australia and narrowly avoiding decapitation by barbed wire fence in an Elfin Streamliner misadventure. Despite one longest-burning Chinese whisper, no, he never actually auditioned to play guitar in the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Road test: Tickford Falcon TS50
Back in 2002, Curt Dupriez lapped Tassie in Tickford’s ground-pounding, then-new TS50 and discovered a cure for the blues
Matt Brown’s HK Holden Premier
Just to be different, Matt Brown built his streeter the old fashioned way
Adam Housler’s EFI V8-powered EH Holden
Adam Housler was a teenage apprentice when he bought his first EH
Mark Blekic’s EFI 250-powered XP ute
A lesson in subtle car craft, by a genuine Ford master
LS1-powered 1971 Ford Falcon XY GT replica
Blue Oval fans better brace themselves for what's under the bonnet
Chev V6-powered 1958 Holden FC sedan – flashback
Peter Dean's trophy-winning FC sedan was in the build for 13 years
Eddie Van Halen’s amazing car collection
The late Eddie Van Halen was both a guitar and tyre-shredder
Home-built blown 1970 Holden HG Monaro GTS – flashback
Long nights for four and a half years created this HG Monaro GTS in the Micallef family shed
500hp 1967 Ford Mustang fastback – flashback
Troy Trepanier was the inspiration for this Aussie-built classic
500hp 1971 Ford XY Falcon GTHO replica
You know someone has the speed but when their cruiser is a 500-horse Falcon XY GT
Blown Holden EFI V8-powered VL Calais
Looking back on Steve Santos's trendsetting VL Calais
Mark Sullivan’s 1972 Holden HQ Monaro
This 1972 Holden HQ Monaro Coupe started as a cruiser for the missus until Munro builder Mark Sullivan gave it some real punch
1962 TURBO FORD XK FALCON DELUXE STATION WAGON
Cameron Harris's Ford XK Wagon is too cool for school
HOLDEN HZ SANDMAN WITH A 502-CUBE BIG-BLOCK
Sanding 'til your fingers bleed is part of the lifestyle. As is dropping a big-block V8 in your Sandman panel van