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

Warspeed 427ci LS built for Finke Desert Race torture

Troy Worsley built this LS-based combo for a client's Trophy Truck to handle the extremes of off-road desert racing

Does this man have the world’s best job?

Just ahead of the Furious 7 launch in April 2015, we spoke with Dennis McCarthy; the bloke who finds, builds and maintains the coolest cars that feature in Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters

Bruno Cavallo’s blown LS-powered HK GTS Monaro streeter

Having stepped out of Pro Stock racing, Bruno Cavallo built this blown HK GTS Monaro streeter to help fill the 195mph void

Warspeed 1520cc Toyota 5K combo

Warspeed's Troy Worsley has rebuilt his KE38 Corolla wagon mill into a 1520cc monster

Mechanical Stig’s Drag Challenge tips

Drag Week and Drag Challenge veteran Ben Neal gives you the lowdown on what to pack to help your Drag Challenge experience run smoothly

BLOWNK: Brendan Simpson’s HK Holden Premier

Brendan Simpson kicks his goal of owning a blown HK Prem streeter

Adrian Donohoe’s 1UZ-FE-swapped Holden EH ute

A Japanese heart in an Australian icon

How to swap an LS1 into your HQ-WB Holden

How to get an LS into your Kingswood in 21 easy-to-follow steps

Eddie Khazi’s 1700rwhp HQ GTS streeter

Think building an elite car is tough? Try doing a 1700rwhp HQ Monaro streeter at the same time

Carpocalypse now: Shed fires and how to prevent them

The ultimate nightmare for any street machiner is a garage fire, as SM’s Iain Kelly discovered

Dave Andrews’s pro street LC Torana

Summernats 17’s Best Tuff Street car has some serious mumbo

Bare-metal, blown Noonan Hemi-powered HT Monaro build

Slammed, tubbed and dressed in its birthday suit, this in-the-build, blown Noonan Hemi-powered HT Monaro has attitude for days

Fitting airbag suspension to your street machine

Modern, computer-controlled airbags aren't just for the low 'n' slow crew. Here's what's involved in fitting airbag suspension to your car

Optima Ultimate Street Car

LS-swapped BMW E30 taking on Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge

BMW's E30 is a small, light, rear-drive platform begging for some proper grunt, which Shayne coote was only too happy to provide

Grooty’s Race & Resto-built BMW M20B25 six combo

Danno ‘Grooty’ Groot built this BMW hot six combo for his partner's '85 E30 race car

1100hp blown LS-powered HG wagon reborn

This 1100hp HG wagon was raced to death, but it's now been given a whole new life back on the streets

1000hp blown TRIGGA XY Fairmont

Tim McDonald and his dad brought a sad XY Fairmont home nearly 40 years ago. Neither could have believed it would turn into this 1100hp monster

Home-brewed crusty L98-powered HQ sleeper

Brian Petrass had never built a car before, but his patina-cloaked, 409hp HQ is all killer, no filler

Suicide-door Holden VE SS-V ute

With a turbo 403ci stroker LS up front, race car underpinnings and a Summernats elite-winning finish, Peter Robson's VE ute is one of Queensland's coolest streeters

Alan Butler’s Harrop-blown, Chev big-block-powered 1968 Toyota Crown

This 900hp, blown big-block Chev-powered Toyota Crown was over a decade in the making