Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
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
Family heirloom 1966 VC Valiant V8
One family’s treasured heirloom for almost 60 years, this VC Valiant is finally back on the streets after a multi-decade slumber
Matt Teixeira’s XE Falcon panel van
Matt Teixeira takes ‘work from home’ to a new level, using his 1982 Falcon van as a mobile office while road-tripping up to Cooly Rocks On
Deuce of Spades (2011) – ripper car movies
Do you believe in second chances?
Doing it for pop: Troy Lawrence’s EH Holden
Troy Lawrence built this stunning EH dubbed ‘The General’ in honour of his late pop
Video: Six-second Pro Street Capri makes over 3100hp!
Adam Rogash from MPW Performance has just revamped his STRIPSHOW Capri, now clocking over 3100hp at the hubs!
Readers’ rockets: Twin-turbo HB Torana, Mazda RX-3, LJ Torana GTR, VY Commodore SS
John Giarrusso’s 700rwhp HB Torana plus more readers’ rides from the August issue of Street Machine
Leigh Vella’s Pro Street HK Monaro GTS – WILDHK
While it looks like a well-used warrior from the earliest days of pro street, this 632ci, big-tyre HK Monaro is a street machine for modern times
Jason & Sam Evans’s 1955 FJ Holden Special
With a stout six-pot, tough stance and impossibly clean metalwork, Jason and Sam Evans’s mostly home-built FJ takes weekend cruiser builds to the next level
Tarone Palmer’s 580hp, Windsor-powered XP Falcon hardtop
Tarone Palmer’s long-time fascination with XP coupes resulted in a 580hp street brawler dressed to the nines
Bec Robinson’s 410-cube 1971 VH Charger
Bec Robinson lives life in the fast lane, chasing bike records on salt flats. But her main pride and joy is her recently restored 1971 VH Charger