Articles by Iain KELLY
Iain (or Marv, as he’s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machine’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


700HP 440-CUBE FORD XY FALCON UTE
Two years of hard slogging turned this XY Falcon Ute from a rust bucket into a 700hp stunner

Slammed & chopped, LS1-powered Holden Rodeo mini-truck
Chopped, dropped and stuffed with an LS1, you've never seen a Holden Rodeo like Michael Ellard's elite-level masterpiece

RESTOMOD PRO TOURER 1969 FORD MUSTANG FASTBACK
Melbourne's RestoMod Performance blends the best bits of 1969 and 2015 Ford Mustangs to create a wild pro touring pony car

BARRY ALGIE’S HT MONARO SPORTS SEDAN
New Zealand racer Barry Algie spent 10 years turning a burnt-out HT Monaro into this monster Sports Sedan

640hp Camaro ZL1 debuts in the US
Chevrolet brings out the big gun of its sixth-gen Camaro range, powered by a supercharged 6.2L LT4 donk good for 640hp

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD – THE CARS
Now that Fury Road has scooped a bunch of Oscars, let’s look back at some of our favourite rides from the film

Sleeper: Turbo LS-powered HT Holden
Ricky Fenwick took his HT Kingswood from grandma-spec to 1000hp monster in just a month

V8 SUPERCAR CHAMP JAMIE WHINCUP VISITS SUMMERNATS
We chat to six-time V8 Supercar champion Jamie Whincup who brought his company car to Summernats and didn’t disappoint

DOWN TOWN KUSTOMS’ WILD LS3-POWERED FC UTE
Glenn Profilio asked Down Town Kustoms to imagine that Holden introduced an FC ute in 2015 instead of 1958 – and then build it for him

PRO TOURER PONTIAC GTO JUDGE
Don Nickelson’s GTO Judge tribute combines modern detail with old school mumbo

980hp RECOIL pro touring Chevrolet Chevelle
Up close and personal with the incredible Ringbrothers Recoil Chevelle pro-tourer

427-CUBE BLACK OPS FORD FAIRLANE
Steve Strope talks us through the SEMA-stopping Pure Vision Black Ops 1967 Ford Fairlane

8/71-blown 426 Hemi-powered 1968 Dodge Charger
Terry Mourched’s stunning ’68 Dodge Charger might be the ultimate Mopar street car

PISSED OFF PRO-TOURING PLYMOUTH VALIANT
Awesome Hemi-powered Valiant combines crazy attention to detail with classic patina

BOOSTED 9-SECOND FORD LTD SLEEPER
It might look like a perfectly-preserved 1980s businessman’s carriage, but this LTD conceals a high-horsepower secret

TROPHY-WINNING HOLDEN HT MONARO
Trophy-winner, cruiser and family runaround, Ricky and Tanya Allen’s slick HT Monaro epitomises the term ‘street elite’

SUPERCHARGED LS-POWERED ICON ’53 CHEVY PICK-UP IN CALIFORNIA
Icon gives the ’53 Chev pick-up new bones and organs to create one epic pro-tourer

SLAMMED MODEL A FORD HOT ROD
Graeme Brewer doesn’t mince words. He is a straight shooter in the classic sense of the term, especially when it comes to his ’31 Ford tudor

Mark Hayes’s 763ci nitrous LC Torana selected for Street Outlaws v Australia
Torana guru and Pro Street legend Mark Hayes is ready to take on the Street Outlaws NPK crew at Sydney Dragway

GALLERY: SUMMERNATS HORSEPOWER ZEROS
While Jake Edwards’s 2000hp Torana stole the headlines at Summernats 28, there was a fearsome dyno battle going on at the opposite end of the scale