Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Tom James’s wild custom FX Holden
Looking back on a priceless piece of Australian custom culture saved from the scrapheap
Grunt Hunt: Aspirated, street-based LS build secrets
From mild through to wild, here’s how to make bulk power from a naturally aspirated LS thanks to Precision International
Inside ex-HDT XU-1 Saggy Sarah’s blown 202 Holden six
The rescued racing icon's donk gets a refresh after 15 years of track action
Rachael Van Zyl’s 680hp KILATD Cortina
The family that builds, cruises and races a 680hp Cortina together, stays together
Readers’ rockets: ZJ Fairlane, VU SS drift ute, Plymouth Belvedere, VL Commodore + Mitsubishi Legnum VR-4
We check out some of our readers’ rides from the December issue of Street Machine
Father-and-son project XD Falcon GL ex-cop car
Bought as a project car when he was just 12 years old, Saxon Saville and his dad transformed this XD Falcon over the years from an ex-cop six-banger to a Clevor-powered track weapon
Readers’ rockets: VJ Valiant wagon, family-heirloom ’64 Fairlane, farm-find VE Valiant, and Morris Minor 1000
We check out some of our readers’ rides from the November issue of Street Machine
Young gun Cooper Groom’s home-brewed ’23 T-bucket
Eighteen-year-old Cooper Groom made it to the Top 16 of your Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY competition this year with his home-built hot rod
Dylan Auton’s Time Attack V8-powered Datsun 1600
Dylan Auton’s wild, V8-powered Datsun 1600 World Time Attack car is the culmination of a family love affair that began 56 years ago
Aiden Varrone’s VJ Valiant Regal ex-NSW police car in the build
Initially meant as a donor car for a project, this rescued ’73 VJ Valiant was hiding a surprise history
Grunt Hunt: Holden V8 build secrets
The best options for building a stout street Holden V8 in 2025, thanks to Precision International
Summernats-bound XP Falcon ute in the build
Anthony Crouch’s ’65 XP Falcon ute is being transformed from a mild 250-powered cruiser into a mini-tubbed, 347 stroker Windsor Summernats contender
Andrew Simmons’s tunnel-rammed LS-powered HK Premier
Factory luxury combined with stomping LS power and shiny paint? Andrew Simmons bucks his patina roots to build his dream HK Premier
Mellow Yellow: Spiros Kontibas’s HR Holden
Check out this dazzling HR Holden from the April/May 1982 mag!
Haydn Paull’s home-brewed, Barra-swapped VP Commodore
Haydn Paull’s stealthy, home-built VP Executive hides a tough Barra heart
Vanishing Point (1997) – ripper car movies
Speed limit: floorboard
Murray Nicholson’s custom 1952 Studebaker Champion Starlight coupe
Not content with simply building something different, Murray Nicholson applied some textbook mild custom magic to his ’52 Studebaker
Chris Smith’s 1968 Camaro SS
A refreshed ’68 Camaro SS gets fresh paint, a rebuilt 445-cube combo and driveline upgrades
Jeff Proud’s 1977 XC GS Falcon coupe
Looking back on Jeff Proud’s Laser Red XC coupe
Tuff Mounts test bed: 4CE FED VK Calais
Jason Waye’s seven-year love-hate relationship with his '84 VK Calais proves good things come to those who hate