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.
EH HOLDEN: READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
Kevin Brown’s 202-powered EH Holden runs the quarter in the elevens
Turbo LS-powered Holden HQ One-Tonner
Stunning shed-built turbo LS-powered One-Tonner HQ has its sights set on a nine second quarter
TELFO’S MOTOREX TOP 20, PART TWO
Telfo's top picks from the fantastic Meguiar's MotorEx 2015
TELFO’S MOTOREX TOP 20, PART ONE
Telfo's top picks from the fantastic Meguiar's MotorEx 2015
WHAT THE? 20-INCH WHITEWALL ALLOY WHEELS
We've seen whitewall tyres, but a whitewall alloy rim? Sounds crazy but it might actually work
VIDEO: WIDE BODY SHQRP HQ MONARO
Peter Sharp's SHQRP HQ wide-body Monaro at Meguiar's MotorEx
VIDEO: DRAGULA MUNSTERS CAR AT MEGUIAR’S MOTOREX
Munsters Dragula tribute at Meguiar's MotorEx 2015
VIDEO: SLAMMED HT HOLDEN IN THE BUILD
Chris Willet’s HT Holden has been a star of Meguiar’s MotorEx 2015
VIDEO: MEGUIAR’S MOTOREX 2015 PREVIEW
Take a sneak peek at this year's Meguiar's MotorEx show, ahead of tomorrow's 10am opening
Holden HQ GTS Monaro – Reader’s car of the week
Street Machine photographer Rick Welch’s HQ is all about the agro street attitude
VIDEO: wild HQ Monaro heads for Drag Week 2015
If Drag Week had a ‘most spectacular’ award, Greg Trapnell and his HQ Monaro would have to be in contention
VIDEO: KIDS BUILD A KOMBI – PART 2
Presenting the second episode of the Sidchrome Kombi Project build, a partnership between Sidchrome and the folks at the Chisholm Institute of TAFE
DRAG CHALLENGE CONTENDER #9 – BRENDAN CHERRY
Brendan’s turbo LS-powered HQ Monaro is a frequent participant in the Melbourne cruise scene, but equally at home doing massive powerskids
VIDEO: STUNNING TURBOCHARGED MUSTANG STREETER
A turbocharged Falcon six pot is powering John Colaidis’s Mustang towards the seven-second zone – in street trim!
The automotive photography of Chris Thorogood
Street Machine photographer Chris Thorogood held his first exhibition in his hometown of Geelong last month. Here's a look at one of the highlights - did you or a mate make the cut?
VIDEO: KIDS BUILD A KOMBI!
Sidchrome team up with TAFE kids to build a killer Kombi
VIDEO: TURBOCHARGED FX HOLDEN UTE
One of the most popular cars at Cooly Rocks On was Mark Riek’s humble-looking FX Holden ute featuring one of the most highly developed street greys built in recent years
VIDEO: YANKS STEAL BACK THE GUINESS WORLD RECORD BURNOUT TITLE
Our American cousins have already eclipsed Australia’s record of 103 cars simultaneously skidding, set at Street Machine Summernats this year
TOYOTA-POWERED XM FORD FALCON: READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
With 1JZ-GTE power, this unassuming XM is driven to the track and runs nine-second passes on radials!
GALLERY: TORANA TUESDAY!
Today has been Torana Tuesday, celebrating everything that is good and right about Holden’s mid-size mover