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.

Jason Cooke’s restomod XP Falcon coupe

Jason Cooke swaps skydiving for fast driving in his immaculate - and very brown - Ford Falcon XP coupe

LS1-POWERED 1977 HOLDEN LX TORANA SS HATCH

David Street applies some new-school tech to an old-school classic and liberates 360 horses!

BLOWN 1957 CHEVROLET PICK-UP

Wayne Donald’s blown LS1-powered ’57 Chev was just supposed to be a rat rod, but fate had other ideas

Norm Hardinge’s Lincoln V12-powered ’34 coupe

Norm Hardinge's Bonneville-bred hot rod Lincoln

FORD BOSS V8-POWERED 2014 ROARING FORTIES GT40

How a bunch of mates turned a giant box of parts into a killer GT40 replica in six months

Four badge engineering disgraces

Four of the most ridiculous badge-engineered cars to disgrace the Australian market

The story of Bill Bourke’s 428 Cobra Jet XW GT Falcon

We take a look back at the one-off Ford XW Falcon 428 Cobra Jet GT built for Bill Bourke

CUSTOM HOLDEN FB NOMAD

The second part of our series on Aaron Bray's custom Holden obsession

CUSTOM HOLDEN FX COUPE

We take a closer look at one of Aaron Bray's custom Holden's, and it's a real beaut

V10 DODGE VIPER-POWERED PLYMOUTH GTX UNVEILED IN NZ

Kiwi car builder Ian Neary debuted his ballistic muscle-car concept, Eruption, at the National Mustang Convention in Auckland

REPLICA FORD FAIRLANE THUNDERBOLT

The limited edition Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt was built for the drag strip and it shows

BLOWN HOLDEN FX UTE

Glenn's Holden FX ute packs blown L67 V6 power, it's a true sleeper steeped in history.

AUSTRALIA’S UNRESTRICTED-SPEED ‘AUTOBAHN’ IS KAPUT, AGAIN

The on-again, off-again derestricted section of the Stuart Highway is off again

Blown big-block Chev-powered Holden SS ute

Set to run high sevens at the strip and torch tyres at Powercruise, this blown Chev-powered SS ute is a show-and-go big gun

Insane Two-stroke marine V8-powered Volvo Amazon

Two crazy Swedes have jammed an Evinrude 300XP outboard V8 motor into a Volvo Amazon

Street Machine of the Year

SMOTY 2016 #1: BRAD PIZZI’S HOLDEN EH PANELVAN

Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Brad Pizzi's Holden EH panelvan packing an L34-spec V8

Street Machine of the Year

SMOTY 2016 #2: BRENT MURRAY’S 1968 DODGE DART CLONE

Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Brent Murray's 1968 Dodge Dart Clone

Street Machine of the Year

SMOTY 2016 #3: CHRIS BITMEAD’S FALCON XB XBOSS

Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Chris Bitmead's 1976 Falcon XB Falcon coupe XBOSS

Street Machine of the Year

SMOTY 2016 #4: GREG HOGAN’S PRO TOURING LSX ’69 CAMARO

Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Greg Hogan's 440ci 800HP Pro Touring LSX 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

Street Machine of the Year

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