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.
Richard Rawlings Hellcat crash at Roadkill Nights
Richard Rawlings hits the wall while racing NHRA Top Fuel pilot Leah Pritchett
Norm Hardinge’s Aussie assault at Bonneville – flashback
Back in 2009, Big Knob Racing hit Bonneville to crack the 200mph mark in a big-block Ford. Street Machine was part of the crew
MotorEx 2018 – gallery
Melbourne turned it on for the biggest and best MotorEx yet
Big-block 1936 Ford Tudor
Less is more when you’ve got a big-block, four-speed and a whole lot of red paint!
1927 Ford Model T roadster – flashback
Tracy and Michael Ahrens's traditional-style '27 roadster is hotter than curray and twice as tasty
Quentin Feast Torana runs mid-sevens and hits wall in Grudge Kings testing
A look at Grudge Kings testing and a massive gallery
Cooly Rocks On 2018: Top Ten and Gallery
A massive gallery of hotties from this year's Cooly Rocks On
XC Falcon coupe at Hot Rod Power Tour 2018
Grant Hodgson took his blown XC Falcon coupe for another big blast through the USA
Drag Challenge Weekend winner runs a seven
Mark Van Der Togt's twin-turbo XW Falcon cracks the seven-second zone
Twin-turbo Lexus V8-powered FB Holden
A wild FB Holden custom with twin-turbo, quad-cam Lexus V8 power
Carnage Plus Episode Six – TRE Automotive and LSXWAR
Scotty checks out Mark Sass's monster Vortech-blown LSXWAR Commodore
Bruce Swallow’s hot rod and street machine 1/25 scale models
Scratch a street machiner and it's a pretty good bet you'll find a modelmaker underneath
Barra-powered HZ ute at WA Hot Rod and Street Machine Spectacular
We check out Chris Dicker's Sand Barra ute
Blobak HQ Holden ute chasiss up for auction
The chassis from Alan Cooper’s famed twin-engine BLOBAK ute is up for auction this weekend
Americans and Swedes attempt to take the burnout world record
Two Guinness-certified attempts are being made on the burnout world record title
Ted Krolo’s 1957 Chevrolet Sports Coupe
Looking back on Ted Krolo's ground-pounding '57 Chev
Carnage Plus Episode One – Herrod Performance and McDonald Bros Racing
A behind the scenes look at the places we visit when preparing to shoot episodes of Carnage
Drag Challenge entries close Friday
With total entries for Street Machine Drag Challenge 2018 approaching the 250 mark, entries are set to close Friday night
The world’s most beautiful Hudson
PAUL McKennariey’s famous ’48 Hudson just placed in the Top Five at the prestigious West Coast Kustoms Cruisin' Nationals in Santa Maria, California
Nostalgia Lane at the 2018 Sydney Hot Rod and Custom Show
We take a tour through the first Nostalgia Lane display at the Sydney Hot Rod and Custom Expo