Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Video: 632ci Torana, purpose-built for Drag Challenge
Steve Micallef has built this monster all-motor Torana to rewrite the Drag Challenge record books – never mind the detailed undercarriage
ProFlo Performance’s 632ci big-block Chev
The Verdoro Green paint on the block has been applied to match the HT GTS Monaro for which this engine is destined
RB26/30-powered LC Torana bound for Drag Challege
Anthony Fortunato’s crisp LC Torana now packs 1100hp of turbo RB grunt to shoot for sevens at Drag Challenge 2026
Dan Case’s 1974 Holden LH Torana
In a world of turbos and electronic injection, Dan Case’s Torana gets the job done with old-school aspo brawn
1957 Chevrolet pick-up on Roadster Shop chassis
Jesse Munden’s dream to build a big American truck has turned into a full restoration
Desert-rescued Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer hardtop for sale
A VG Pacer that was used for target practice gets brought back to life in the red centre
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) – ripper car movies
Smokey's back! and the Bandit is at it again!
Drag Challeng ready: Matt Dietrich’s VF Valiant Regal hardtop
Matt Dietrich takes one of the all-time best looking Valiants, tubs it silly and stuffs it full of new-school Mopar muscle
The epic tale of Brock and the HDT VK Group A at Bathurst 1985
With the new VK Group A up against the might of the foreign invaders in 1985, Holden’s drivers had to pull out all the stops to stay in the hunt
Gary Myers’s Repco XACUTER Falcon GT hardtop
Looking back on the earlier days of Gary Myers's SMOTY-winning AGROXA when it debuted as a naturally aspirated, two-tone XA GT
The future of modified car building: 3D scanning & printing is now within reach of the average street machiner
Now more affordable than ever, 3D scanning technology is radically reshaping the car-building game
VL Commodore: 40th Anniversary
One of the most important models in Holden’s history, the VL Commodore has hit the big 4-0
He repowered his Datsun 1200 ute with a four-cylinder EcoBoost from a Ford FG Falcon!
Datsun 1200s have copped just about every engine conversion you can think of, but we’d wager no one else has used the Ford Falcon mill that powers Francesco Haber’s ute
Luke Swift’s 640hp, blown LS-swapped LC Torana
Luke Swift’s planned “quick clean-up” of his LC Torana with a hot six-pot for power somehow turned into a 640hp, blown LS-swapped Summernats award-winner
Young Gun Jake Nolan’s 1989 Chevy Cavalier
Sixteen-year-old Jake Nolan and his dad whipped together a cheap burnout beast for the inaugural Summernats USA
Why the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals is still Aussie drag racing’s biggest show
Records tumbled and history was made at the 58th Winternationals
In the build: Morris rat rod, LX Torana, Ford Prefect, HQ SS Holden, Inter KS5 + Valiant Regal
We check out some of our readers’ project cars from the August issue of Street Machine
Heavy Hitter: 2000km to victory at Red CentreNATS
For William Melvin and his crew, getting to Red CentreNATS 12 was never going to be a simple matter of pointing the rig west and hoping for the best
Peter Lovering’s ’55 Chev Doorslammer
Peter Lovering’s 30-year passion for racing tri-five Chevys culminates in the quickest ’55 Chev Doorslammer in the world
This 1961 Ford Econoline runs turbo LS power!
We thought we’d seen just about every shape of machine take on Drag Challenge – until Duane Daye’s 1961 Ford Econoline ute came along