Articles by Simon TELFORD
Simon landed his dream job on Street Machine magazine in 2002 as features editor, under the tutelage of publishing guru Geoff Seddon. Moving up to editor in 2013, Simon and his team expanded the footprint of the brand to include the online build series Carnage, Drag Challenge events and e-commerce. These days, Simon oversees the teams behind 4X4 Australia, Unique Cars and Street Machine. Besides motoring titles, Simon has written for Qantas Magazine, Australian Guitar and the Sydney Morning Herald. Simon’s personal fleet includes a custom EJ Holden, a 1973 Triumph Tiger motorbike and a 1977 HZ Holden One Tonner. He also has the privilege of piloting a 600hp FX Holden at nostalgia drag racing events.
Surf’s up! FX Holden woody wagon
Want unique? Gary Schulz threw a blown 350 Chev into the only FX woody in the world
Twin-turbo 1965 Ford Mustang
Chosen by the punters as the coolest ride at Summernats 20, this stunning Mustang was built to be driven, not hidden
Summernats 36 Top 60 Elite awards
All the award-winners from the Elite judging at Summernats 36
Summernats 36 street awards
Presenting the winners and grinners of the street awards at Street Machine Summernats 36
Tom Warr wins Motorvation 38 Grand Champion
Tom Warr takes out the big one at Motorvation 38 in his late father's HQ ute
Richard Kimber’s Top 60 EH Premier
A ‘resto-tech’ EH that’s equally at home in the Summernats Elite Hall as she is on the open highway
HSV GTSR W1 with 32km reaches $350K at auction
GTSR W1 auctions have been few and far between of late, but an example with just 32km on the clock is going over the auction block this arvo
Video: Summernats 36 day four
Street Machine Summernats 36 came to a close yesterday at Exhibition Park in Canberra in fine style. In today’s video, we check out the gold in the PPG Supreme display, follow the Grand Champion shoot out, meet this year’s Street Champion and watch the Haltech Horsepower Heroes finals. On the burnout pad, the action was […]
Video: Summernats 36 day three
Day three of Street Machine Summernats 36!
Summernats 36 Elite Top 20
The 20 best elite builds at Street Machine Summernats 36
Video: Summernats 36 day two
Killer action from day two of Street Machine Summernats 36
Three insane builds to watch out for at Street Machine Summernats 36
Here are three killer builds to watch out for at Street Machine Summernats 36
Street Machine awards 2023!
A quick look back over the highs and lows of 2023
Big cubes, massive creativity: the rolling artworks of Neville Morris
A place where talent, hard work and what others might call junk form the stuff of dreams
Video: Turbo 1UZ V8-powered Toyota Lexcen hits the dyno
Our turbo 1UZ-powered Toyota Lexcen wagon hits the dyno
Metallica’s Kirk Hammett’s 1936 Ford coupe
Metallica's Kirk Hammett makes heavy music and drives a beautiful '36 coupe
Family-heirloom Falcon XM ute
Oozing 60s cool and burbling with latent V8 muscle, Bradley Donaldson couldn’t let his uncle’s XM ute leave the family
Jason Brown’s VR Commodore BT1
How to build a traffic-stopping street machine and not get hassled by the man
One of only two surviving Holden Torana GTR-X sports cars up for sale
The Holden GTR-X was a home-grown sports car that came ever so close to being a production reality. Now, you could own one
Back 2 the Max: Mad Max II 20th anniversary reunion 2002
When the gangs take over the highway, pray he’s out there somewhere