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.


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

Jake Willis’s 6/71-blown, Chev six-powered EH
Jake's got 10-second dreams for his killer patina'd wagon

Howard Astill-built XC Falcon unveiled at Summernats 35
Peter Lewis's stunning XC seamlessly marries an iconic Falcon shape with 21st-century equipment

Meguiar’s Great Uncover at Summernats 35 part two
Round two of the massive 24-car unveil session at Street Machine Summernats 35

Meguiar’s Great Uncover at Summernats 35 part one
The first batch from a huge field of epic Elite Hall unveil cars

Satin-smooth Ziggy Sadler-built 1968 Mustang
Classic paint on a classic body is just the start of a winning formula

Peter Brock’s HDT Monza
Flushed with the success of HDT's VC and VH Commodores, in 1983 Peter Brock built an exclusive high-performance two door hatch based on the Opel Monza. This is its story:

Ultimate EH Holdens: Twin-turbo Godzilla-powered Premier and V8 Crewman custom
First, Luke Johnson created his ultimate EH Holden – a twin-turbo, Godzilla-powered sedan. Then he did it again with his 5.0-litre V8 Crewman!