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.
451-CUBE PRO TOURING FORD MUSTANG COUPE
Father-and-son team Terry and Adrian Morton built this street-class 1968 Ford Mustang coupe in their shed - and they didn't spare the horses
Flashback: Damien Lowe’s VB Commodore
Driven to Summernats in 2008 where it won Best Overall Street and driven home, Damien 'Chubby' Lowe's VB Commodore is a true street-driven show car
LEIGH HAINTZ’S BLOWN 1970 HG HOLDEN MONARO
There's close to 1000hp in Leigh Haintz's blown, EFIed Holden HG Monaro - just enough to cruise the mean streets of Geelong
TOYOTA HILUX PACKING A BLOWN & INJECTED 540-CUBE BIG-BLOCK CHEV
Built for burnouts, Brett Battersby's monster high-rider Toyota Hilux BLWNLUX is a work of art from top to bottom
SLAMMED MORRIS J2 UTE: THE SLUG
Found in a paddock on its belly and without wheels, Ryan O'Hara's mutant Morris J2 ute 'The Slug' has been reinvented as a Summernats fun machine
SATIN-SMOOTH 1966 FORD MUSTANG COUPE
Built to a budget, Martin Agius' sharp, satin-smooth Mustang is a testament to detail and diligence, not dollars
PHIL MIZZI’S BLOWN 1954 VW KOMBI
Phil Mizzi's antique, ratty-looking Kombi is no joke. This tasty bread bus named 'Grover' had the nine-second zone in its sights when we featured her in our June 2014 issue
THE SNOWY 1000 2015
The 1000m airport sprint at the Snowy 1000 is one of the few places where really fast cars can go really fast
Darren Blackman’s Blaze Blue XB GT hardtop
We join Darren Blackman on his first cruise in his show-spec XB GT Falcon coupe
FIVE DECADES OF FAST FAMILY FUN
With HSV soon to release the 400kW, LSA-powered ClubSport R8 Tourer, let’s look back at Holden’s on-and-off relationship with hi-po wagons
Weiand blown, 347-cube 1970 Ford Cortina
Paul Rockes’s 500hp Ford V8-powered Cortina is a car with hidden talents
Howard Astill’s Sweet Sixty Six Mustang
Howard Astill's '66 Mustang is a practical pro tourer that rakes in the tinware
1965 Chevelle Malibu show car – Malibu Magic: The true story
After a long slumber, one of Australia’s most iconic show-and-go cars is back
VW BUG LIFE: SLAMMED BEETLES
Two of the coolest Volkswagen Beetles in Australia! How to get your VW bug down nice and low and still cruise with impunity
GALLERY: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? OVAKIL
The surprising fate of the engine that powered one of Australia’s most famous street machines
GALLERY: KANDOS STREET MACHINE & HOT ROD SHOW
For the small town of Kandos, NSW, the Australia Day long weekend means it’s time for a horsepower hoedown
GALLERY: Nambucca VW Spectacular
A veritable mecca for Volkswagen nuts, the bi-annual VW Spectacular at Nambucca Heads celebrated its 30th birthday in 2014
KA-POW! BLOKE TURNS HIS VALIANT INTO A BATMOBILE!
Car nut Marke Kemp decided to recreate the caped crusaders cruiser after he tired of building and selling Mad Max replicas
Shell Shocked
AWESOME wide-body 1968 Mustang built from a brand-new body