Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Flashback: Paul Mullins’s HR Holden Special
Paul Mullins took a family hand-me-down and turned it into a 500hp Pro Street show winner
John Szwede’s Pro Touring LX Torana SS
John Szwede's genuine LX SS Torana has been built to enjoy the way The General intended - flat out!
Peter Flint’s big-block XW Ford Fairmont GS
Ignore the plates, there's a big-block in there and Peter Flint can't get enough of it!
Jimmy Shine’s bare-metal 1934 Ford pick-up
Jimmy Shine is a punk who surfs, drinks booze, gets tattoos and builds hot rods
Reader’s rocket: LS-swapped HQ Tonner
Bought as a fire-damaged rolling shell, Willem's Tonner is now a home-brewed LS-powered stunner
Full Metal Jacket: Troy Hillier’s XP Falcon hardtop
It's low, loud and totally insane. But you can drive this sucker!
Wheel alignment basics: what toe, camber and caster mean
We explain the three common terms used in a wheel alignment and how they affect your car
Top 60 Wild Plum XA Ford Fairmont
Ashley Bell’s XA Fairmont went from grandpa-spec to a Wild Plum stunner in under 12 months!
Top 10 twin-turbo LS-powered LC Torana GTR
Rob De Sciscio's BLNKCHQ LC GTR has show-stopping style and enough grunt to run sevens
Daniel Cooper’s ex-Police VC Commodore
We chat to Daniel Cooper about his award-winning mullet and his factory manual VC Commodore ex-cop car
Jamie Dahl’s Pro Street XR Fairmont
Jamie Dahl's a country boy with a way cool Pro Street Fairmont in his shed - but it didn't come easy!
This Volvo 242 GT runs eights!
This weapons-grade Volvo is a far cry from your geography teacher’s beige wagon
BOSSXT: Chris Wright’s 800hp XT Fairmont
Chris Wright returns to the street-car world with 800hp worth of XT Falcon!
ProFlo Performance-built Nissan CA18 mill
Overshadowed by the Nissan SR20 turbo, the CA18 is a turbocharged gem more resembling the straight-six RB25. ProFlo Performance built this ripper little combo for a customer's Datsun 1200 with the goal of reaching 500rwhp
Samantha Holden’s 1965 Impala & 1940 Ford coupe
Samantha Holden grew up immersed in car culture watching her dad build street machines. Her two current rides are a race-look '65 Impala and '40 Ford coupe hot rod
Greg Thornton’s LS-powered FJ Holden
We caught up with Greg Thornton from Western Australia at the recent Gazzanats in Darwin
The benefits of stripping paint by soda blasting
Take several kilos of baking soda and throw it at your car. Really hard. It'll take the paint clean off. You think we're kidding?
Reader’s Rocket: 1969 Fiat Abarth 595
Dallas Bright's pocket-rocket ’69 Fiat Abarth 595 was transformed from a rusty wreck
Paul Murray’s Iron Man HR Holden van
We can rebuild him, better than he was before.” Okay, Brisbane’s Paul Murray might not have said those exact words, but I’m sure he was thinking something similar. See, his candy red HR Holden, Iron Man, was once a show-stopping 90s playboy, built by Mark Ivey and known as Badass (SM, Sep ’93). ‘A-ha!’ I […]
Raw Orange: The XW Ford Falcon van loaded with clever thinking
We check out a tres-cool custom van unveiled at Rockynats 2024