Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Drag Challenge-bound, twin-turbo 1500hp LC GTR replica in the build
Steve Serone is building a twin-turbo LC Torana beast to take on this year's Street Machine Drag Challenge
Flashback: Drago Ostric – interview
Back in 2004, we sat down with the mastermind behind some of Australia's top elite custom cars to see what made him tick
Tech: Eight-speed ZF 8HP transmission
The ZF 8HP transmission offers quick shifts, the ability to handle big power, and tech to make it cruise smooth. We take a look at this new-age ratio-swapper
Ron Barlcay’s LOPREM HQ Premier
Ron Barclay’s SMOTY-winning HQ ute is one of the most legendary Aussie street machines ever, but this HQ Premier is where his journey began
Sam Carauana’s BAD075 HJ Premier
In the mid-nineties, Sam Caruana's 850hp HJ Premier was Summernats Top 20 material. After this build it was Top 10 quality
Rick & Glenn Madgwick’s 1955 FJ Holden
Rick Madgwick built a neat street machine for his son Glenn to enjoy. Winning show trophies is the icing on the cake
In the build: HX Sandman tribute + twin-turbo LS2-powered Hillman Hunter + restomod HZ + XE Falcon S-Pack
We check out some of our readers’ works in progress from the January issue of Street Machine
Troy Styles’s chopped AP6 Valiant
Troy Styles’s tubbed, V8-powered AP6 Val was a standout at Chopped 2024
Flashback: 2004 HSV Avalanche XUV
With a name like Avalanche, we didn’t fancy taking HSV’s then-new AWD ute to the snow. Here's a look back at our test of the XUV off road, from 2004
Monster twin-turbo Windsor-powered XE Fairmont Ghia ESP
Dragos Bjelogrlic reasoned that shoehorning an engine from a six-second radial car into his genuine XE Fairmont Ghia ESP should make for a pretty rapid streeter. He was right
Martin White’s 800hp twin-turbo 1967 Mustang
This amazing Mustang used to be Martin White’s ride to school. Then it became his 800hp toy
Dean Prodger’s stunning 1968 Chev SS RS Camaro
When a man owns an auto restoration business you know his own car’s gonna be hot
Ex-pursuit 1982 XE Falcon in the build
After four years of extensive repairs of his V8 manual XE Falcon ex-cop car, Jeffrey Clinkers is expecting it will take another two years to complete the build
Full metal jacket: The Colalillo coupe reborn
Thanks to his son, Andy, the late Mario Colalillo’s ’39 Plymouth coupe is back on the road and still one of the baddest hot rods in the country
Sick 66 eight-day drag-and-drive, USA
Automotive nostalgia trips don’t come any more epic than Sick 66, an eight-day drag-and-drive event exploring America’s lost highway
Vortech-blown big-block XD Falcon
There’s nothing subtle about a blown, injected big block-powered Falcon
SEQUEL EH Holden Premier wins Motorvation 39 Grand Champion
Mitchell Rando’s EH Holden proves that sometimes the sequel is better than the original
Flashback: Inside Holden’s Alloytec V6
We take a look inside Holden’s all-alloy, quad-cam, 24-valve, 190kW V6, released with the VZ Commodore
Warspeed’s Harrop-blown 400-cube LS combo
Warspeed Industries push the small-cube boundaries with this Harrop-supercharged 400ci LS, destined for a tough street/drag VN Berlina
Jody Vincitorio’s 468ci big-block CHOPPT HQ Monaro
Jody Vincitorio threw needs to the breeze to create exactly the Summernats stunner he wanted