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.
Big Banger HDT Group C tribute
They don't get much more desirable than this Group C replica
Trilogy: Peter FItzpatrick’s FC Holden
Fitzy doesn't have a thing for Holden FCs. He has a thing for his wife's FC
CLASSIC CAR HUNTER: THE MUD RUN – VIDEO
In the new episode of Classic Car Hunter, Glenn ‘GT’ Torrens gets dirty at The Mud Run!
Bare-metal 1950hp blown big-block 1969 Holden LC Torana
Castlemaine Rod Shop's ground-hugging, real steel Torana with a 1950hp tyre-trashing big-block
TORANAFEST 2008 – FLASHBACK
As well as being nothing short of bliss for Torana-heads, the 2008 event also hosted the A9X Nationals and a 90th birthday tribute dinner for Harry Firth
Howard Astill-built Ford Falcon XB GT hardtop
Take one rooted Ford Falcon XB GT, apply Astill bodywork and perfect paint, stand back, admire
CLASSIC CAR HUNTER: KURRI KURRI NOSTALGIA FESTIVAL – VIDEO
Glenn Torrens checks out the best classic metal the Hunter has to offer
Anthony Fabris’s 1968 Holden HK Monaro
Built as a streeter, Anthony Fabris's Holden HK Monaro ended up so good he barely drove it
Peter Fitzpatrick – My Life With Cars
Peter Fitzpatrick is on of Australia's street machining's elder statesmen. Here's six cars that he says changed his life
Aaron Fitzpatrick’s Datsun 1600
Looking back on Aaron Fitzpatrick's 2006 Summernats Grand Champ winning Datsun1600
RETROTECH LS1-POWERED 1958 CHEVROLET CORVETTE C1
Carey McMahon mixed fashion with technology to build his ultimate Corvette
TURBO LS-POWERED VT COMMODORE SALT LAKE RACER
This VT went over 200mph with a V6 in it! Now it has a boosted iron-block LS under the bonnet, and it's faster than ever
EIGHT-SECOND TWIN-TURBO 2003 HSV WK GRANGE
There were lots of blow-ups before the blown LSX went in to Josh Galgaro's HSV Grange
LS1-POWERED 1985 HOLDEN VK COMMODORE RACER
Attacking the Mountain in an LS1-powered VK Commodore
Interview: Legendary street machine builder Rex Webster
Rex Webster blew our street machining minds back in 1986 with his FJ Holden, then disappeared from the car scene for more than 20 years
NINE-SECOND TURBO LS-POWERED HOLDEN VC COMMODORE SLEEPER
One of the stealthier sleepers at Street Machine Drag Challenge this year was Dusty Benson’s white VC Commodore sedan
HOWARD ASTILL’S ROCK SOLID 3 FALCON AT SUMMERNATS 30
Howard Astill's legendary Rock Solid 3 at Street Machine Summernats 30
CASTLEMAINE ROD SHOP BLOWN TORANA AT SUMMERNATS 30 – VIDEO
We strap into the new Castlemaine Rod Shop blown LC Torana for a ride around Summernats 30
Callaway C4B-powered 2000 HSV VTII GTS
Sacrilege or super-cool? This VTII GTS Callaway 'C4B'-coded Commodore is in limited company
LS3-POWERED 1982 MITSUBISHI L300/FARGO REPLICA
Rod Garnett turned an '80s Mitsubishi Express L300 into a horsepower-heavy little monster truck, courtesy of a mid-mounted HSV 6.2-litre V8