Articles by Glenn TORRENS
A life-long car nut, GT has been writing about cars and the lifestyle around them ever since a 1992 photoshoot with his self-built 1956 VW Beetle led to a role with Fast Fours & Rotaries magazine. Six years at Street Machine fuelled his passion for performance cars – especially Aussie ones – and inspired him to conceive Australian Muscle Car magazine. GT has also contributed to other Australian motoring titles including Wheels, MOTOR, Unique Cars and 4X4 Australia. His garage houses road, track and off-road project cars including a Mazda MX-5, a Mitsubishi Pajero and several V8 Commodores – and the ’56 Bug that started it all.
Craig Bartlett’s blown 460-cube XT Falcon
This cool XT stole 12 years of Craig Bartlett’s life, but he doesn’t regret a single moment
Slammed 1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
Ben Crombie may well have sent the values of 1960s Rollers through the roof with his slammed Silver Shadow
Joe Cauchi’s blown 454-cube HK Monaro GTS
Joe Cauchi dreamed of owning a tough Monaro. With a 900hp, 8/71-blown 454, they don’t come much tougher than this!
You could own the world’s coolest Magna
It was a long time coming, but Darryl McBeth's sensational Magna exceeded expectations
CAE’S LS1-powered Holden HT panel van
Ever dreamed of mating a Gen III engine to an older Holden body? Here’s how Con Soldatis did it
Beauman Jones’s Chev C10 pick-up
Mark Jones won SMOTY with his Chev, FAT57. What would you expect his son to drive?
Wheel alignment basics: what toe, camber and caster mean
We explain the three common terms used in a wheel alignment and how they affect your car
Grant Page, iconic Australian stuntman dead at 85
Stunt legend Grant Page passes at the age of 85
Where are they now? Ben Bray’s 2000hp VY Commodore ute
Look what happens when Australia's favourite drag racers build a street-styled burnout beast!
Dusan Zec’s budget-built, award-winning VH Commodore
An award-winning Commodore, built on a budget and driven on the street
Blown Holden six-powered EK sedan
After more than a decade dismembered, this cool EK was brought back, body and soul
Damien ‘Chubby’ Lowe’s VB Commodore
Just like Ian Hazel’s HG Premier in the 80s and Ron Barclay’s HQ ute in the early 90s, Damien Lowe’s VB Commodore set the standard for his own generation of street machiners to follow
Mark Else’s blown 1999 VT HSV GTS
The Gen III made Holden's iron V8 obsolete. Except this one
Frank Pudarich’s Violet Kandy LH Torana
The old saying goes that plumbers’ taps leak. No such problems for Frank Pudarich’s Torana
Rusty FX Holden ute goes blown at Summernats 36!
Mark Taylor has turned his granddad's FX ute into a tyre-frying fun machine
Top 20 craziest Street Machine feature cars
Not all car builders follow the same rules - here's a collection of 20 of the more bizarre creations that we featured during the first 25 years of SM
Dick Tracey’s blown V8 FJ Holden
The curves of an olden Holden and the shrill cry of a blown Chev… Ain’t nature wonderful?
The Wild Child + Sony Scorcher project cars
Glenn Torrens takes us through two of Street Machine’s most memorable project cars
Garth Bell’s 20B rotary-powered FJ ute
Not everything is as it seems with Australia’s most radical FJ ute
Alan ‘Bundy’ Lucas’s pro street HQ Monaro
This is what happens when your mum says motorbikes are too dangerous