Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
10-second Street Animal: Mick Jury’s HQ Monaro
Mick Jury has owned his stunning HQ Monaro for 20 years and took out his Heavy Hitter drags class at Red CentreNATS 10. We caught up with him for a chat to find out more
Video: Jayden Grimshaw’s NOHQPE HQ Holden ute
Jayden Grimshaw was bored with his too-slow HQ ute, so he turned it up to 1400RWHP and aimed it at the staging lanes
Mark Hayes’ iconic LC4540 Torana
Mark Hayes’s 1970 LC has been running single-digit ETs since Telstra was Telecom!
The Brock brigade: the HDT story, part two
By the mid-’80s it seemed there was no limit to HDT’s success, but a dramatic change was about to occur – a shake-up which would rock the industry
The Brock brigade: The HDT story, part one
Decades after the first HDT cars were produced, no other homegrown automotive product can hold a candle to ‘the cars that Brock built’
Video: Making 920hp from a stock-bottom-end, 4.8-litre LS for $16,000!
When it comes to making power on a budget, I’ve yet to come across an engine platform that does it better than an LS
Fast & Furious 2009 – ripper car movies
New Model. Original Parts
William Yarwood’s 1300rwhp, 2JZ-powered Toyota KE20 Corolla coupe
Former Tuff Mounts Six-Cylinder class champion William Yarwood is upping the ante for Drag Challenge 2026 with his latest build – a purpose-built, 2JZ-powered Corolla
Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse YSMOTY cars & coffee Sydney highlights and gallery
Postcard-like weather, free coffee and muffins, and plenty of ace machinery were all on offer at our Sydney YSMOTY gathering at Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse in Northmead
Jo Davies’s HQ-fronted HZ One Tonner
Jo Davies’s punchy, Orchid Metallic, HQ-fronted HZ One Tonner is the fruit of her long-term fondness for Holden’s 70s tradie offering.
Reader’s rocket: Daniel Broomhall’s Skyline R32
From daily driver to flood survivor, this Skyline has stood the test of time
Tiny but tough: Chris Gobbo’s Ford Cortina Mk1
Lean, mean and green, this beautiful little Mk1 Cortina is ready to crack some heads
Supercharged 202-powered HR Holden wagon
People sometimes question why I didn’t stay carby, but I say carbies are like potatoes – they shouldn’t be used to put fuel in an engine!
Adrian Cuthbertson’s blown and injected VE ute
Adrian Cuthbertson’s candy-coloured, blown and injected VE ute looks so sweet it’ll give you cavities, but don’t be fooled – it’s ready to unleash a world of hurt
Simo Says: The BMX years
Long before engine swaps and paint guns, BMX bikes formed friendships and a lifelong love of tinkering
In the build: VN S-Pack Commodore, XB ute, 1978 Pontiac Macho T/A & TC Cortina
We check out some of our readers’ project cars from the July issue of Street Machine
Readers’ rockets: XW Falcon, LH Torana, VE Commodore SS-V, FG-X Falcon & VP Commodore
We check out some of our readers’ rides from the July issue of Street Machine
Reader’s Rocket: purple velvet-wrapped, V6 Ecotec-powered Corolla KE55 SE
Wrapped in purple velvet and powered by a Commodore V6, Joe Cardoso's wild KE55 Corolla proves that standing out is all part of the fun
Oxytech Pub Run 2026
At the very peak of the global fuel crisis, 40 idiots climbed into their gas-guzzling jalopies to spend the weekend at a coastal country pub
Lloyd Williams’s retrotech 1956 Holden FJ ute
Lloyd Williams built this FJ ute for his four-year-old son