Articles by Dave CAREY

A lifelong car enthusiast, Dave was identifying makes and models before he could read. Obsessed with automotive history, he entered the world of freelancing in 2014, contributing features and retrospectives to Street Machine and Unique Cars. A skillset more suited to writing than spannering hasnâ€™t stopped him from owning two LS-powered Holdens, a handful of Yank tanks and nine vintage Isuzu cars â€“ mostly at the same time. In his spare moments, he ensures his housekids are fed and watered, buggerises around with Classic Space Lego and creates content for online entity Garage of Awesome across Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

History of the Holden Commodore Part One: VB – VL

No, the Holden Commodore isn't just a rebadged Opel. With this three-part history, we'll show you why

400-cube small-block Chev-powered 1970 Holden HT Monaro GTS

George Stathopoulos creates a 400ci stealth missile from an unloved HT

JAF’S LAST CRUISE 2017 – GALLERY

A cruise that's less of an event and more a bunch of mates getting together

Mild custom 1962 Holden EK Special wagon

Lisa Bradford's Holden EK longroof wags style

Farewell Holden, Australia’s own car

Dave Carey delivers the eulogy for locally built Holdens

Procharged 1968 Holden HK Belmont ute streeter – FATTHK

A Holden HK Belmont ute with ProCharged Holden V8 power and much more

Lego built my hot rod!

Andrea Lattanzio has built a bunch of killer hot rods, all without lifting a spanner

Family heirloom slammed 1955 FJ Holden ute

A family heirloom humpy ute that's steeped in history, but dressed in contempory cool

Tank V12-powered modified lawnmower

Wanna brain the competition at your local mower pull? Jamming a tank engine in your mower is a good start!

1976 Toyota RA23 Celica LT GT tribute

Troy Barker's wild four-pot Toyota RA23 Celica is overflowing with old-school cool

CARS 3 (2017) – RIPPER CAR MOVIES

Third dose of Pixar chrome takes Lightning home

ELITE-LEVEL 1969 FORD XW FALCON – BLUE RAY

This XW Falcon was unveiled at Summernats 30 and zoomed straight into the Top 20

INSIDE MASON’S SIGN WORX

This shed on Tasmania’s northern coast tells the story of Dave Mason’s life – if you know how to read the signs

VIPER V10-POWERED AC COBRA

Troy Hansen combined the legendary AC Cobra with Dodge’s modern Cobra tribute, the Viper. Now this 8.4-litre V10-powered snake is ready to strike

TURBO LQ9-POWERED HOLDEN VL CALAIS IN NZ

When Shyam Patel’s BT1 VL Commodore got pinched, he considered getting an import but he couldn’t resist the temptation of a boosted LS

Harvey Miles’s Holden EH S4 and GM tribute shed

Harvey Miles's shed is a veritable shrine to classic General Motors - Holden machines - and they have plenty of tales to tell

NINE-SECOND 434-CUBE 1963 CHEVROLET NOVA SEDAN

Four doors, two gears and 434 cubic inches make for a nine-second bruiser that's also a cool cruiser

Anthony Palazzo’s Ford XY Fairmont sedan

When Anthony Palazzo built this Ford XY Fairmont as a teenager, he never dreamed he’d do it all again – bigger, better and with room for the kids

572-CUBE 1972 PONTIAC FIREBIRD

Veteran street machiner Mark Sullivan rights some wrongs by taking an emissions-constrained ’72 Firebird and giving it the big-cube, high-horsepower donk it always deserved

1964 FORD XM FALCON FUTURA

Mike Blackmore’s Boss-powered Ford XM Futura coupe hit 5.4 on the Richter scale before the engine was even installed