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.


GALLERY: SIX BANGER NATS
Lovers of six-cylinder power converged on Warwick Dragway in Queensland over the weekend for the annual Six Banger Nats

AUSTRALIA’S FASTEST STREET CARS
The Australian Pro Street Association held the third round of its series at Benaraby Raceway last weekend, and heavy hitters came from up and down the east coast to play

SIX BANGER NATS PREVIEW
The annual Six Banger Nats is ready to rock Warwick Dragway, 13-14 September. To get revved up, let’s look back at our tribute to the event’s founder, Mark ‘Panic’ Stewart

SMOTY HALL OF FAME – Dave Bennett’s RAT ATTACK
We’re revisiting all the winners from the glorious past. The second-ever SMOTY winner, back in 1989, was Dave Bennett’s monstrous HQ Monaro

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? BLO BAK 2
With this year’s Valvoline Street Machine of the year award set to kick off, we thought it would be the perfect time to look back on all the previous winners, so let’s get cracking

GALLERY: Phil Mizzi’s 1954 Kombi
Sydney bloke Phil Mizzi is a latecomer to the world of Volkswagens, but he has set the online Kombi world alight with his ratty-looking ’54 single cab ute dubbed Grover

VIDEO: PROJECT SWINGER
Introducing our new reader give-away car, a 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger

IN VIDEO – Scotty’s Hemi Six Build
Our Scotty has his 265 Hemi six project on the dyno today! Catch up with the progress so far

GALLERY – TELFO’S MOTOREX TOP TWENTY
Picking a favourite car from MotorEx is a hell of a task, so I thought I’d narrow it down to twenty. Turns out, that wasn’t much easier

IN VIDEO – TOXICQ Holden HQ
We chat to the blokes from Cad Customs at Meguiar's MotorEx about the super-smooth TOXICQ

STREET MACHINE AUGUST – ON SALE NOW!
Grab a preview of the metal masterpieces jammed into Street Machine this month

MEGUIAR’S MOTOREX 2014 PREVIEW
For the first time in its 14 year history MotorEx is heading south, bringing the biggest indoor show Melbourne has ever seen

RETROTECH E9 BMW
Check out this sweet little ’74 BMW coupe we spied in the build at J’s Customs in Queensland

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD BREAKS COVER
A rough cut of the first new Mad Max film in 30 years was shown in California yesterday. Sounds like it might be worth the wait!

In Pics: Powerplay Brisbane
Powerplay at Queensland Raceway always brings a host of tough street machines out to play

Gasser attack!
QUEENSLAND is bracing for two weekends of Australia versus New Zealand nostalgia drags action, this weekend.

The Outrage lives!
ONE of the most famous cars in Australian drag racing history is set to reappear at Willowbank Raceway, August 10.

In pics: Garterbelts and Gasoline
ONE of our favourite shows on the calendar is the annual Garterbelts and Gasoline festival, held each may at Mt Tambourine on the Gold Coast hinterland.

In Pics: Street Machine Hot Rod 10
Just a taste of the goodies inside the latest SM Hot Rod.

Street Machine Summernats 26
The January issue of Street Machine is out now and includes our annual Summernats survival guide.