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As part of our 25th Anniversary celebrations, we indulged our readers with a trip down memory lane to revisit a small selection of some of the most bad-arsed, ball-busting, tyre-frying streeters that ever graced the pages of SM<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First published in the August 2006 issue of<\/em> Street Machine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SINCE its inception, Street Machine<\/em> has held an enviable position as Australia\u2019s premier modified car mag. As such we\u2019ve had the privilege of featuring the cream of Aussie and overseas street machines. Of all the genres, it\u2019s the in-your-face wow-factor cars that garner the most interest. They\u2019ve always got the biggest crowds around them at shows and they have that sought-after effect of leaving dropped jaws in their wake as they rumble on by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subtle they ain\u2019t; for these cars\u2019 crafters, over-the-top is a starting point rather than an end goal. When these guys decide to hit the loud pedal and cut loose, it\u2019s a case of move it or lose it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some cars just stick in the mind; here’s a selection of some of the best ground-breaking streeters that featured throughout the first 25 years of Street Machine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

01: SPECIAL FX<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1948 FX Holden<\/strong>
October\/November 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ken Neilson is no stranger to Street Machine<\/em>. While his name is on the rego papers of this sweet but striking FX he\u2019s also the brains and brawn behind Gary Beardsley\u2019s amazing Retro Tech FX (December 1999). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many wow-factor cars turn out a bit average when it comes to build quality but Ken\u2019s Weber-equipped, small block-powered knock-out is class the whole way. Underneath you\u2019ll find a custom strut front end, rack and pinion steering and big brakes. Best of all, it\u2019s a genuine driver that\u2019s racked up plenty of highway miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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02: WANTED<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1934 Ford Roadster<\/strong>
December 2001<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chris Palazzo\u2019s sinister black \u201934 Roadster is arguably the toughest hot rod ever built on Aussie turf. Every square inch of this car is drool-worthy and it incorporates the absolute best of everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How about a 1000hp full-house blown and injected 392 Hemi, lewd zoomies, drop-dead gorgeous body, mile-deep black paint, killer rake, Halibrand spindle-mounted front wheels, cow-hide interior and \u2014 the Holy Grail of hot rodding \u2014 a genuine Halibrand quick-change rear end?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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03: THE BEST<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1976 Holden LX Torana<\/strong>
June 1986<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When Ron Beauchamp<\/a> rolled his LX Torana into the Summer Nationals judging hall way back in 1986, he single-handedly reset the benchmark for all who followed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highly detailed Torrie brained everyone and won the first of Ron\u2019s four consecutive Grand Champion gongs. At the time of its debut, this 10-second, Enderle-injected Pro Streeter served as Ron\u2019s daily transport to and from work \u2014 wheelie bars and all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

04: INVADER 2001<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1977 Holden HZ panel van<\/strong>
December 1981\/January 1982<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the height of the panel van craze, the \u2018more is better\u2019 motto ruled supreme. And few vans came close to featuring as many modifications or gimmicks as Greg Mercer\u2019s Invader 2001. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the nine months the HZ spent at Kustom Image\u2019s Parramatta workshop, every body panel was heavily modified and anything that could be unbolted was chromed. The interior sprouted wall-to-wall shag-pile, a full custom dash, crushed velour everywhere, a huge LED array and TV!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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05: STREET ELIMINATOR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1969 Mustang Fastback<\/strong>
October\/November 1983<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Built by Doug Hawkin back in the early 80s, this wild Mustang is still cruising Sydney\u2019s highways and byways. Apart from the blindingly obvious mile-high rear wing, deep front spoiler, A9X-style bonnet scoop and extra-wide rear track, the yellow fastback\u2019s most notable feature was its 468ci big-block Chev. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nope, that\u2019s not a misprint \u2014 after the Mustang\u2019s mega-dollar 428 Ford mill shat itself, Doug dropped in a Crower-injected rat motor that was set back some four inches thanks to a recessed firewall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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06: BAD ATTITUDE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1967 Chevy II<\/strong>
December 1989<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You simply run out of superlatives when attempting to convey how seriously nasty Norm Infanti\u2019s Chevy II truly is. Everything is automotive porn, from the body rake to how the bigs \u2019n\u2019 littlies fill the wheelarches and the look and quality of the hardware hanging out of the bonnet \u2014 if only all Pro Streeters were this well proportioned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norm still owns and drives the beast (it\u2019s road legal in British Columbia) and it now sports a monster Thunder Road Top Fuel-style carbon fibre injector hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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07: FAT\u2019S BACK<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1957 Chevrolet<\/strong>
August 2001<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FAT 57<\/a> was Mark Jones\u2019s tribute to the real star of that celebrated Aussie movie, Running on Empty<\/em><\/a> \u2014 Rebel\u2019s black and blown \u201957 Chev. As good as FAT 57 was, Mark decided to give his award-winning black brute a comprehensive ground-up rebuild with the intent of snagging the country\u2019s top show awards. And didn\u2019t it do the job? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now orange, the blown 427-powered Shoebox picked up two of the biggest gongs around, namely Summernats Top Judged and Street Machine of the Year<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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08: THE TERMINATOR<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1971 Holden HQ GTS Monaro<\/strong>
April\/May 1986<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Messing with the fine lines of Holden\u2019s gorgeous two-door HQ usually ends in disaster. However, Mick Curren managed to get it right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His addition of a towering blown 350 Chev, along with a set of tasteful flares filled to bursting point with some of the fattest rubber around, turned this beauty into just about the meanest son of a bitch ever featured within the pages of Street Machine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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09: STACKS ON THE MILL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1977 Holden HJ ute<\/strong>
June 1988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To some, blowers are just pass\u00e9. For them, the personification of brute horsepower is a set of race-bred, staggered, mechanical fuel-injection stacks sprouting from the top of a high-compression, high-revving rat motor \u2014 a big-block Chev to the uninitiated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Pagel was definitely thinking this way when he set about the four week (!) tart-up of this ex-Brisbane Council ute. Normally it\u2019s a hard ask to make a white car look tough but this ute pulls it off magnificently thanks to pumped rear guards, generous rake, bigs \u2019n\u2019 littlies tyre combo and that gleaming, injected rat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10: LETHAL WEAPON<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1973 Ford XA GT coupe<\/strong>
June 1990<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take one mid 70s Falcon coupe, fill those buxom hind quarters chock full of fat rubber, drop the nose in the weeds, then transplant a fire-breathing, sky-scraping metal mountain between the front rails (a stonking BDS-blown 351 Clevo in this case) and you\u2019re on your way to Pro Street Nirvana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sydney bricklayer Rodney Neal understood how the formula worked, as witnessed by his awesome yellow XA GT coupe \u2014 an instant star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11: RAGING BULL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1970 XU-1 LC Torana<\/strong>
October\/November 1991<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nutso LC\/LJ Toranas are commonplace these days but back in the early 90s, Phil Rillotta\u2019s Torrie<\/a> with its 14in-wide rear meats and 1000hp blown and injected Roedeck 350 must have seemed like it was from outer space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unlike many so-called Pro Streeters, this rapid road weapon actually saw a fair amount of road use, not to mention several legendary runs down Adelaide International Dragway\u2019s quarter-mile strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12: TOUCH OF CLASS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1971 HQ Holden Monaro<\/strong>
April 2001<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There are plenty of tough feature-packed cars around, so why is it that some stay glued in your mind, while others simply fade away? Al \u2018Bundy\u2019 Lucas\u2019s HQ coupe is definitely not one of the latter. Creating a legend is all about getting the proportions, stance and overall look just right \u2014 a few of the qualities this purple beast has in spades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The methanol-burning, injected 520-cube big-block shows you just enough to let you know it exists, while the tyre fit and body rake are dead right. No wonder the aggressive-looking coupe won SMOTY by a landslide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13: RAT\u2019S BLOOD<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1971 HQ one-tonner<\/strong>
March 2001<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One-tonners are as Australian as football, meat pies, kangaroos and Holden cars. One of the finest examples to lay a set of blacks would have to be Silvio Muscat\u2019s yellow terror. At the pointy end of this immaculate ride is a methanol-slurping blown and injected 454 that\u2019s good for a crackling 800hp. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching Silvio cruise by, instantly frying the fat BF Goodrich TAs with just a blip of the throttle, was a sight to behold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14: BRAVEHEART<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1980 Ford XD Falcon<\/strong>
September 1992<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Glistening chrome combined with gleaming red paint \u2014 is there any better combination in the automotive world? As if that 800-horse Clevo \u2014 detailed and polished to perfection \u2014 wasn\u2019t enough, George Salmas then upped the ante by adding a classy LTD interior and matching front sheet-metal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yep, this sexy yet wicked Falcon is devilish enough to get anyone\u2019s blood pumping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15: TWIN ENGINE TOUGH<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1972 Holden HQ Ute<\/strong>
July\/August 1988<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alan Cooper certainly subscribes to the \u2018if one is good, two must be better\u2019 philosophy. His radical twin-engined ute, dubbed Blo Bak, went through a few incarnations before becoming the inaugural SMOTY winner in 1988<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up front lives a Holden 253, while sitting prominently in the middle of the tray is a blown 350 Chev. Drive from the Holden engine is fed into the front snout of the Chev. From there, the combined grunt makes its way to the independent rear-end via a TH425 \u2014 basically a transaxle version of the classic TH400, as used in early 70s 500-cube, front-wheel-drive Cadillacs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16: KILLER PUNCH<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1969 Ford XT GT Falcon<\/strong>
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These days Mark Dall\u2019acqua is better known for his burnout prowess behind the wheel of his 351 Cleveland-powered Escort<\/a>. However, in his early days he punted a red-hot XT (SM<\/em>, Sept 1997) and later this solid-gold XT GT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like the rest of his weapons, this ballistic streeter relied on Cleveland power for motivation, in this case a Hampton-blown, SVO NASCAR Clevo stroked to 372 cubes. Mark and both his GTs earned enviable reputations \u2014 not to mention an illicit dollar or two \u2014 prowling Sydney\u2019s mean streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17: TOTAL RECALL<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1970 Dodge Challenger<\/strong>
July\/August 1995<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You could be forgiven for thinking Kevin Monk\u2019s insane, tube-framed, steel-bodied Dodge Challenger is a US-built Pro Streeter but you\u2019d be wrong. While many of the components, including the Alson Pro-link chassis, were US-sourced, this rude red rocket is 100 per cent Aussie built. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backing up that aggressive ground-scraping stance is a 1000hp, 426-cube Hemi which just happens to be the same mill that propelled Don Carlton and his legendary Plymouth to a swag of Pro-Stock wins back in the 70s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

18: BLOW BY BLOW<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1919 Ford Model T coupe<\/strong>
June 1998<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This radical all-steel Model T took prolific car builder Rod Hadfield<\/a> 27 years to piece together and it\u2019s jam-packed with so many highlights that it\u2019s hard to know where to start. Not only does Grandma Duck (as he calls it) sport the most outrageous twin supercharger set-up you\u2019ve ever seen, complete with twin Hilborn-style EFI, but it\u2019s all mounted atop a rare and highly collectable Boss 429! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Underneath is a fully detailed tubular Funny Car-style chassis and Halibrand quick-change diff. There\u2019s gold plating everywhere, while the interior is highlighted with diamond-tuft red leather upholstery sporting more than 400 hand-sewn buttons, and plenty of mahogany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19: DOUBLE TROUBLE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

197 Ford XY Falcon ute<\/strong>
November 2001<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ford\u2019S XW\/XY range featured one of the toughest-looking body shapes to ever roll off the Broadmeadows production line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craige Wood\u2019s bad-arse ute took things up a notch or three with the addition of a pair of fat Mickey Thompson meats wrapped around mega-dish 15×14 Cragar Superlights, matching tabs, ground-scraping stance, slick silver livery and a pair of bonnet-bursting Predator carbs on top of a healthy 429 big-block. This menacing ride looks like it\u2019s doing 100km\/h just sitting there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

20: STAR QUALITY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1964 Ford Galaxie hardtop<\/strong>
September 1994<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Built to be as loud and proud as can be, Dennis Lang\u2019s \u201964 Galaxie is definitely no shrinking violet. With a blown big-block 460 under the hood and a smoothed and shaved body measuring in at a glorious 5.4 metres, this Aussie-built American land yacht would have to be in contention as one the biggest Pro Streeters ever constructed! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring virtually no chrome, the Gal was 100 per cent drivable as well as being superbly detailed from top to bottom \u2014 which probably had something to do with it snagging the Grand Champion sword at Summernats<\/a> 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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