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 â€“ especially Aussie ones â€“ 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 â€“ and the â€™56 Bug that started it all.

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

Twin-turbo 440-cube CL Charger

Russ Scougall won’t be slowing down when he quits the nine-to-five; he plans to go faster, chasing eights in this twin-turbo V8 CL Charger

Anthony Fabris’s Grand Champion-winning 1955 Chev Bel Air

Acceleration and braking performance to match its Top 10 build quality are the secrets behind the 2001 Street Machine Summernats Grand Champion. Take it away, Anthony

Blake Evans’s NASCAR-powered LX Torana hatch

This NASCAR-motivated LX Torana streeter blends brawn with bright for a Summernats Top 60 finish

Borgward Goliath by Paul Bennett

There’s far more to this astonishing street machine than meets the eye. Debuted at MotorEx in 2012, the car was an on-and-off project for more than a decade

Dean Fiumara wins the 2023 Laurie Starling Memorial Scholarship

We chat to 25-year-old Dean Fiumara, recipient of the Laurie Starling Scholarship for 2023

Porsche 911 SC wins Street Machine Summernats 35 Grand Champion

A scorching performance in the driving events sealed the deal for Livi Krevatin's Porsche in the Summernats 35 Grand Champion chase