Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Steve Santos’s turbo slant-powered AP5 Valiant
Steve Santos smashed out this gorgeous AP5 Valiant in only four months as a 70th-birthday present for his dad
Flashback: Aussie-built Barbarian V8 custom motorcycle
What other name could you give to a mad, bad V8 streetbike?
In the build: LS1-swapped VH Commodore, ratty ’38 Chevy pickup, AU Falcon ute, rescued VC Valiant + more
We check out some of our readers’ builds in progress from the May issue of Street Machine
Flashback: Ron Willmott and his Munster Mouse funny car
Working out of a modest Fremantle shed, Ron Willmott blazed a trail for West Australian drag racing in the late 1960s and early 70s with little more than pure grit and homegrown innovation
Helen Wynants’s 355-cube LX Torana SL/R 5000
Meet ‘Ruby’, the SL/R 5000 of Torana lovers Helen Wynants and Stephen Barrie’s dreams
Inside ANMLXY’s 1060hp, naturally aspirated, 462ci Clevor small-block
Peter Tsekenis’s insane SBF gets a freshen-up from BK Race Engines, with sights set on Drag Challenge
Slammed, LS-swapped 1967 Toyota Crown ute in the build
Ron Smith is adding a whole lot of clever metalwork to a super-rare Toyota ute to make one neat, slammed cruiser
Australia’s original drag strips
Looking back at the drag strips that founded a sport
Readers’ rockets: Land Cruiser V8-powered HQ Tonner, Chevy Biscayne, Suzuki Mighty Boy + more
We check out some of our readers’ rides from the May issue of Street Machine
Twin-turbo 440-cube 1986 HDT VL LE Calais
Street car, show car, or drag car? Nathan Borg's genuine HDT LE is all three, with a 1250rwhp 440ci LS, elite detailing and speed galore
1500hp turbo LS-powered 2008 HSV VE Maloo R8
With a background in tough old-school streeters, Victoria's Mark Attard set about performing some rock-solid traditional tricks in his HSV Maloo build
Chad Ribbons’s 1965 HD Holden ute
Following his dad Scott's sudden passing, Chad Ribbons paid tribute by rebuilding Scott's old work ute into an a-grade stunner
Flashback: Interview with Jimmie Vaughan and his Latham-supercharged 1961 Cadillac
We dunno how Jimmie Vaughan gets the blues with a wild Caddy like this in his garage
Bailey Djuric’s screaming NASCAR-powered XY ute
After this XY ute had sat around in primer for 20 years, it took just eight months to turn it into a tyre-frying monster
Robert Koch’s 1UZ-swapped EH Holden
What happens when Generation Y turns its hands to a Baby Boomer classic
Tech: the pros & cons of leather vs vinyl upholstery
Even the most stunning paint and panel are nothing without a matching interior
Chris Symeou’s E35 Pacer-inspired VG Valiant Hardtop
A phantom factory hottie with hidden mod cons? Chris Symeou has taken a unique Valiant Hardtop and truly made it his own
Dean Perkins’s 383-cube Roush Yates D3 NASCAR engine – flashback
Looking back on the former Kiwi touring car champ’s Roush Yates D3 donk from his much-loved XD Falcon
SsCustom’s Mazda 800 ute in the build
A 20B rotary, sequential gearbox, complete one-off chassis and amazing fabrication all caught our eye on SsCustom’s Mazda 800 ute at MotorEx 23
RB25-swapped Skyline R31 Silhouette in the build
Jack Mitchell’s plans for a simple engine swap turned into a long-term street-and-strip build