Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
GALLERY: BLISS N ESO’S CUSTOM KOMBI
Bliss n Eso's wild custom Kombi gives new meaning to the term 'show car'
1961 Cadillac Coupe De Ville – KANDY KAD
Back in 2005, this Caddy gave us a much-needed lesson in 60s style mild customs
WHERE ARE THEY NOW? STREET LEGAL
One of the last high-end survivors of the wild and crazy van era
THE SIMPSONS’ COOLEST RIDES
The good folk over at Jalopnik.com took it upon themselves to list all the real cars that have been featured in The Simpsons over the years. Now we’ve done our own list of just the cool stuff
Frank Rejtano’s SMOTY-winning 1964 Corvette
The first American car to win Street Machine of the Year was Frank Rejtano’s insane ’64 Corvette Stingray. Here’s what we wrote about it back in the July/August 1993 edition of Street Machine
SMOTY HALL OF FAME: FRANK PICCOLO’S XB GT
Frank Piccolo made it two in a row for Ford by winning Street Machine of the Year in 1992. Here’s an abridged version of the first feature story on the car, circa July ’92.
SMOTY HALL OF FAME – Craig Parker’s TUFFXY
Craig Parker’s TUFFXY Fairmont was a ground-breaking car back in 1991 – and the first Ford to take out Street Machine of the Year
Where are they now? Ron Barclay’s HQ Ute
We’re dusting off the archives to look back at the classic SMOTY winners, and Ron Barclay’s HQ from 1990 certainly fits the bill
AUSSIE BLOKES BUILD A BATMOBILE
At first glance, this wild machine looks like one of the genuine movie cars, but the truth is that was built in Perth by a couple of Aussie blokes
1982 Pontiac Trans Am Knight Rider KITT tribute
KITT, the four-wheeled star of 80s TV series Knight Rider rides again
KA-POW! BLOKE TURNS HIS VALIANT INTO A BATMOBILE!
Car nut Marke Kemp decided to recreate the caped crusaders cruiser after he tired of building and selling Mad Max replicas
GREAZEFEST PHOTO COMPETITION
Got killer shots from Greazefest in Brisbane or Melbourne? Post them straight to our website and you could win Gold Class tickets
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
IN VIDEO – TOXICQ Holden HQ
We chat to the blokes from Cad Customs at Meguiar's MotorEx about the super-smooth TOXICQ
Dodge Dart Swinger GIVEAWAY
Anyone with a pulse loves a bit of American muscle, and this sublime 1970 Dodge Dart Swinger could be yours!
RETROTECH E9 BMW
Check out this sweet little ’74 BMW coupe we spied in the build at J’s Customs in Queensland
FPV GT-F – the last GT Falcon
Ford finally tore the covers off the much anticipated FPV GT-F a couple days ago, and we were there to give it plenty of welly
IN PICS – Turbo Tonner
Daniel Andrews gives us the lowdown on how he built this stunning tonner