Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Steve & Lacey Sines’s LS2-powered HJ ute – KINGERZ
West Aussie burnout legend Steve Sines has passed the torch to his daughter Lacey, with the pair teaming up to build this killer HJ Holden ute
Aaron Apps’s 870hp Falcon XY GT replica
From rusty GT replica to Summernats Grand Champion runner-up, this XY has come a long way
Graham Oldfield’s blown big-block FX – FATRAT
454 cubic inches of blown, big-blocked brawn is enough to curdle anyone’s blood
Carport creation: One man’s Deutz 19.1-litre diesel V12-powered vision
Thought the days of stuffing monstrous V12 donks into hot rods were long gone? Ronald Tewes is keeping that spirit alive with a unique project he calls the Deutzenbarge
Terry Vavitis’s LSA-powered VH Commodore Vacationer
Terry Vavitis took a VH Vacationer shell, LSA crate motor and an entire suite of new-old-stock Holden parts to carefully curate his ultimate street-legal cruiser
14,000km HX Sandman road trip
Brad Stott has completed the road trip of a lifetime – a 40-day solo drive halfway around Australia in his 1976 HX Sandman panel van
Readers’ rockets: Nissan R31, tribute HR Holden, 500rwhp Mazda BT-50, 440ci VK Commodore & Lancer GSR
We check out some of our readers’ rides from the September issue of Street Machine
Jason Loane’s KULPRIT XD Falcon
With 10-second time slips, alcohol in its veins and enough heavy metal up front to frighten a Top Fueller, Jason Loane’s XD means business on and off the track
Jim Georgalas’s stunning HR Holden ute
Jim Georgalas is a one-eyed HR Holden fan, and his latest creation sets the gold standard for an early-Holden ute build
F1 (2025) – ripper car movies
If you win, you are the best in the world
Shenade Austin’s L98-powered VL Calais
Shenade Austin customised her VL Calais, including the strikingly bold pink paint, drawing inspiration from the wild cars she had seen at Summernats
Mitchel Hawkins’s turbo LQ9-powered HSV VR ClubSport tribute
Like Salmon swimming upstream, Mitchel Hawkins’s turbo LS-powered VR Commodore was built to go against the flow
Interview: Automotive photographer and journalist, Keith Trotter
Lured into the hot-car magazine fold by one of the best in the business, Keith Trotter’s stories and images documented street machining’s 1980s golden years
Daniel Dimcevski’s Iron Lion-powered VS Acclaim
We caught up with Daniel Dimcevski at the Western Highway Shootout to chat about his Holden 355-powered VS Acclaim
In the build: LS3-powered HK Kingswood, LSX-swapped VL Berlina, young gun’s VK Calais + 1978 F100
We check out some of our readers' builds from the August issue of Street Machine
Video: Heath van der Waerden’s pro touring Torana hatch
Heath van der Waerden’s hard-hitting Torana hatch has style, brains and brawn – and it runs on LPG!
Tales of an Jag-hearted Mk1 Austin-Healey Sprite
How a Jaguar E-Type engine found its way into a 1960 Healey Sprite
Melanie McLeod’s 2004 Daihatsu Copen – TYNIE
Melanie McLeod says her daily driver 'Tynie' Daihatsu Copen gets more attention than her R32 Skyline weekender!
Bob Grambau’s ‘Grumpy’ EH Holden & ’34 Ford coupe
Having built one of Australia’s best-remembered EH Holdens in the 70s, Bob Grambau has burst back onto the scene with a mouth-watering ’34 Ford coupe
Richie Vegara’s Harrop-blown LS-powered 1939 Ford pick-up
Immaculately finished by Image Vehicle Manufacturing, this blown, 950hp ’39 Ford pick-up was built to shred