If you’re a fan of the Blue Oval, we have one the largest collections of stories and images of fast Fords on the planet! Our local Falcons of course feature prominently, but we’ve got plenty of Cortinas, Capris, Zephyrs, Escorts, Galaxies, Fairlanes, Fairmonts, GT40s, F100s and of course Mustangs as well. 40 years worth, in fact!
EK HOLDEN: READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
One of our favourite cars at the WA Hot Rod and Street Machine Spectacular was also one of the most simple – Jay Harrison’s mild custom EK Holden. It is a neat ride with a cool story
How to make coloured burnout smoke
Want to add colour to your burnouts? It’s all about getting the temperature right
SUPERCHARGED LS-POWERED ICON ’53 CHEVY PICK-UP IN CALIFORNIA
Icon gives the ’53 Chev pick-up new bones and organs to create one epic pro-tourer
VIDEO: ICON’S DERELICT DESOTO WAGON IS THE ULTIMATE RAT ROD DAILY
This DeSoto Powermaster may look like an old snotter but underneath it’s anything but
CUSTOM MEETS LOWRIDER IN 60S-INSPIRED XM FALCON
Green machine Ford XM Falcon rides low and slow
Scott MacFadyen’s stunning XT Falcon ute
The Ford XT ute that shares a shed with an LX Holden Torana
VIDEO: FORD MUSTANG SHELBY GT350R RIPS UP THE GOODWOOD HILLCLIMB
Ford’s most sophisticated muscle car ever crosses the pond
WA HOT ROD & STREET MACHINE SPECTACULAR GOES OFF
A cracking winter weekend brought a couple of hundred cars to Claremont Showground to take part in the Hot Rod & Street Machine Spectacular
STREET MACHINE: JULY 2015
The July 2015 issue of Street Machine includes features on the 40th anniversary of the Holden Gemini, Rod Millen’s Leadfoot Festival, a wild 1970 Hemi Challenger and plenty more!
SLAMMED MODEL A FORD HOT ROD
Graeme Brewer doesn’t mince words. He is a straight shooter in the classic sense of the term, especially when it comes to his ’31 Ford tudor
XD FORD FALCON VAN – FRANKENVAN: READERS CAR OF THE WEEK
Check out this gnarly XD Ford Falcon van owned by Queenslander Brett Ernst. Built in just nine weeks and it runs 10s!
HARLEY KNUCKLEHEAD-POWERED CYCLECAR ON THE DYNO
We love weird and wonderful machinery here at Street Machine, usually the weirder the better, but this 1935 Harley-powered cyclecar blows our minds
STREET MACHINE HOT ROD 15, ON SALE MONDAY
Get your fix of hot rod metal as SM Hot Rod 15 rolls into stores on Monday
Plastic surgeon – Peter Arcadipane
Many Street Machine readers will know who Peter Arcadipane is. His name is among the immortals for the nosejob he did on the star of Mad Max. No, not Mel — the real star, The Last of the V8 Interceptors
THE REAL STORY OF THE MAD MAX XB GT FALCON
Mad Max: Fury Road is creating a new generation of fans, but you can’t beat the magic of the original. If you’ve never read it before, this is the true story of The Last of the V8s
GALLERY: LAST OF THE V8 INTERCEPTORS
The Mad Max Interceptor, last of the V8s and the car that launched a thousand imitators. Well, a few dozen at least, and few could claim to be as correct as Kerry Turley’s amazing tribute to the road warrior
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!
Running on Empty Dodge Daytona up for auction
MECUMS auctions have some of the coolest cars in the planet roll across their red carpet, but there’s an awesome piece of Australian street machining history going up for auction next week – Kevin Monk’s old Dodge Daytona.
VIDEO: SM COVER CAR HITS THE BURNOUT PAD IN FLAMES
Kynan Hall hits the pad for the first time in his evil XC Falcon coupe
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: SCORPION XW FALCON VAN
With a stonking nitrous-injected Ford six, a Concorde body kit and Rick Pacey Murals, the Scorpion was one of the wildest Falcon vans ever