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.
RED CENTRE NATS 2016 HIGHLIGHTS
Now that the dust has settled on Red CentreNATS 2016, let’s check out some of the cars and people that made the event great
CHOPPED 2015 – GALLERY
Whether debuting a new ride, admiring everyone else's or getting amongst it in the dirt drags, Chopped 2015 was a must for any one into trad-style rods and customs
SIDCHROME PROJECT COBRA: BODY MEETS CHASSIS
Project Cobra is starting to come together!
SIX OF THE BEST – RED CENTRENATS
Editor Telfo chooses his favourite rides from the second Red CentreNATS in Alice Springs
FB Holden Gasser: Destruction – video
Straight-axle gasser meets custom with this mean FB sedan delivery
FORD XA GS PANEL VAN
This time-warp XA Falcon GS panel van is owned by an aircraft engineer
SIDCHROME PROJECT COBRA IS GO!
Sidchrome and Python Vehicles Australia are cooking up a wild AC Cobra replica – and you can win it!
MONSTER TWIN-TURBO HSV GRANGE RUNS EIGHTS – VIDEO
Josh Calgaro’s EN4CED twin-turbo 427 LS-powered WK Grange is going places in style
FORMER NT CHIEF MINISTER MARSHALL PERRON COMING TO RED CENTRE NATS
Car guy and former NT Chief Minister, Marshall Perron, will be brining his '66 Mustang convertible to Red CentreNATS
GRUDGE KINGS SYDNEY – VIDEO
Check out all the action from the inaugural Grudge Kings event at Sydney Dragway
Column-shifted 10-second Holden HQ Kingswood sleeper
It looks mild, but a nitrous-equipped LS1 helps this Holden HQ Kingswood get up and boogie
200MPH HOME-BREWED HOLDEN LJ TORANA – VIDEO
Wollongong's Tomi Raikko is gunning for the six-second zone in his home-built, twin-turbo Pro-Street Holden LJ Torana
SIX-SECOND CORTINA, AMAZING SAVE!
Joe Gauci’s twin-turbo small-block Cortina runs its first six – and narrowly escapes disaster
PROJECT TORANA WINNER!
The latest Street Machine project car has a proud new owner
VALE: ROB BURNS, MAJESTIC VANNERS
We bid farewell to a passionate street machiner and vanner
BOOGALOO INVITATIONAL HOT ROD SHOW 2016 – VIDEO
Cool pre '63 cars and bikes from the inaugural Boogaloo Invitational hot rod show
BRASHERNATS DARWIN PREVIEW
Brashernats Darwin burnout competition is on this weekend; tyres are trembling!
FORD FALCON XC WAGON – BIG IN JAPAN
Ford XC Falcon wagon spotted for sale in Japan with a Nissan RB engine
’57 BUICK SPECIAL – READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
Samantha Treloar owns this crazy cool ’57 Buick Special with a flaming paintjob
BLOWN FORD XY GT FALCON: BLOW JO
It took just nine months to build this insane blown Ford XT GT Falcon that conquered Summernats 21