Articles by Iain KELLY

Iain (or Marv, as heâ€™s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machineâ€™s work experience kid.He has contributed to a range of titles, focusing mostly on modified late-model cars, street machines and hot rods. Following his time as editor at MOTOR, Marv returned to freelancing in 2014.He has also worked with Mighty Car Mods to build cars and write two books for them, and authored the 10th anniversary book on the World Time Attack Challenge.Instagram @aka_marv

Touring Car Masters 351ci Windsor mill

What goes into building an engine for the Touring Car Masters series? We take a look at the donk in Cam Mason’s ’69 Mustang – a 351 Windsor built by the guys at Synergy Race Engines.

NSW Classic Vehicle Scheme explained

Don’t know your D-plates from your H-plates? Read on

LS-powered 1996 Daihatsu Feroza – HAMMERTIME

We caught up with the husband-and-wife team of Brad and Britt Kilby and their HAMMERTIME Daihatsu at Summernats Slam

Slammed 1965 Chevrolet C10 Fleetside

With killer lowrider-inspired paint, luscious trim, 420hp underfoot and a worm-burning stance, this C10 sure makes a sweet streeter

Young Gun Seduce Red XY Falcon 500

Nineteen-year-old Rowan Ward brought his slick 1970 XY Falcon 500 to Drag Challenge Weekend 2020

Street Machine of the Year

Dean Rickard’s 1969 Holden HT Monaro GTS

Dean Rickard's Holden HT Monaro is no small feat of custom building excellence

General Motors 6.6L L8T engine

With its new 401ci iron small-block, General Motors makes 6.6 the number of the beast

XM Falcon with turbo LS built for $8K

Drag Challenge legends prove you can go silly-fast and have ridiculous fun with their $8k turbo LS Falcon

Procharged 347ci Windsor Ford V8 – Mill of the Month

This stout small block is the perfect mill for Matt Hourigan's '71 Mercury Comet

540ci twin-turbo big-block Chev

This twin-turbo big-block Chev is poised to transform the Aussie street car game

Ford Godzilla 7.3L V8

A new big-inch, pushrod production motor from Ford is here to hurt feelings

Brad Zammit’s V8-swapped Holden Torana LC GTR tribute

We caught up Brad Zammit to find out more about his tough LC GTR tribute as well as what's happening with his epic PROGAS Torana

4/71 supercharged Holden 186 – Mill of the Month

This pump-fed 186 might look old-school, but it packs some killer tricks to make far more power than grandpa’s HR ever had!

1JZ-powered 1981 Toyota Corona

A 700rwhp 1JZ means this nine-second Toyota Corona will never be late for a round of lawn bowls

Kaase Race Engines 429ci big-block Ford combo – Mill of the Month

Howard Astill has been tasked with fitting this monster 8.6-litre donk into a street-driven retrotech XC Falcon

Street Machine of the Year

Twin-turbo Coyote-powered 1974 Ford XB Falcon

This Townsville XB Falcon went from sad GT replica to Falcon 500 tuffy, packing a pressure-fed Coyote!

Stripping 440kg from a BA XR6 Turbo

Cutting up a mint BA XR6 Turbo Falcon in the service of go-fast fun

Chrysler SRT’s greatest hits

A tour through the finest rides created by Chrysler’s SRT division

Is Chrysler’s SRT division really dead?

Has Mopar’s SRT division been shut down, and does this mean the death of V8 muscle cars?

Interview: Phase III Falcon sells for a record $1.15 million

We speak exclusively with the winner of an online muscle car auction so fierce it crashed the website!