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 hasn’t stopped him from owning two LS-powered Holdens, a handful of Yank tanks and nine vintage Isuzu cars – 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.
SMOTY 2016 #5: LEIGH HAINTZ’S 1970 HG HOLDEN MONARO
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Leigh Haintz's blown & injected 1970 Holden HG Monaro
SMOTY 2016 #6: GLENN PROFILIO’S 1959 FC HOLDEN UTE
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Glenn Profilio's 1959 FC Holden ute
SMOTY 2016 #7: JOHN MAWHINNEY’S 1957 CHEVROLET 210
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: John Mawhinney's 1000HP blown 1957 Chevrolet 210
SMOTY 2016 #8: MARK SIRACUSA AND MATT COWAN’S HOLDEN LH TORANA – ONIT
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Mark Siracusa and Matt Cowan's blown big-block Holden LH Torana ONIT
SMOTY 2016 #9: JAMIE MCKAY’S 1970 HT HOLDEN MONARO GTS
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Jamie McKay's 1970 HT Holden Monaro GTS
SMOTY 2016 #10: GRAHAM LAITY’S 1969 CAMARO RS PRO TOURER STREETER: REEMED
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Graham Laity's 1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS Pro Tourer streeter REEMED
SMOTY 2016 #11: RAELENE DREW’S HOLDEN HR PREMIER STREETER
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Raelene Drew's 1966 HR Holden Premier
SMOTY 2016 #12: MAL APPS’S SLAMMED 350-CHEV FC HOLDEN
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Mal Apps's slammed 350-Chev powered 1959 FC Holden elite show car
SMOTY 2016 #13: GRANT CONNOR’S BAD APPLE 1967 FORD XR FALCON
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Grant Connor's award-winning Bad Apple 1967 XR Ford Falcon
SMOTY 2016 #14: DENNIS & LUKE DEANE’S 1962 PONTIAC LAURENTIAN
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Dennis & Luke Deane's slammed, bagged & blown 1969 Pontiac Laurentian
SMOTY 2016 #15: Dave Guilfoyle’s Holden HQ Monaro GTS
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Dave Guilfoyle's blown big-block 1973 HQ Holden Monaro GTS
SMOTY 2016 #16: RHYS CHRISTOU’S 1967 FORD XR FALCON
Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Rhys Christou's immaculate windsor-powered 1967 XR Ford Falcon
Turbo 1980 Ford Escort Sundowner van
Having twice been brought back from the dead, it's finally time to rise and shine for Glenn Grant's Escort Sundowner
ELECTRIC DREAMS – BLOWIN’ GASKETS
Dave Carey peers into our electric automotive future – and he likes what he sees
SPECIAL EDITION HOLDEN GEMINIS
These are some of our favorite special edition versions of the humble Holden Gemini
440CI 800HP PRO TOURING LSX ’69 CAMARO
Beautifully detailed 440-cube LSX-powered '69 Camaro pro tourer from Western Australia
RUSTY EH HOLDEN WAGON FOUND ON A BEACH-SIDE CLIFFTOP
One-owner, granny-spec EH Holden wagon lovingly stored - yeah right! This rusty Holden is long past the 'that'll buff out phase'
Matt Hart’s 1966 Plymouth Barracuda
Matt Hart applies aching amounts of cool to every ride he builds; his 1966 Plymouth Barracuda is no different
BLOWN BIG-BLOCK HQ MONARO GTS
Dave Guilfoyle's HQ Holden Monaro GTS packs a 6/71-blown big-block behemoth and rare factory Purr-Pull hue
STUNNING 383-CUBE HOLDEN EJ WAGON CRUISER
Matt Christodoulou’s dad initially bought this EJ Holden for spare parts. Instead, this Aussie classic was transformed into an immaculately appointed cruiser