Automotive
Street Machine Australia
WHITE GOLD
CRAIG MCKENZIE REVIVES A LEGENDARY HR SHOW UTE WITH SOME MODERN TWISTS TO HAVE IT ONCE AGAIN CLAIM TOP TINWARE AT SUMMERNATS
5 min |
July 2023
Street Machine Australia
CUSTOM FE-HR HOLDENS
RESEARCH for our recent deep dive into custom FX-FJ Holden history uncovered a number of very cool later-model custom Holdens built in the 1960s and 70s.
6 min |
July 2023
Street Machine Australia
DRAG NATION
IT HAS BEEN A MASSIVE MONTH FOR AUSTRALIAN DRAG RACING!
3 min |
July 2023
Street Machine Australia
HARD to TOP
THIS CLASSIC-LOOKING '55 CHEVY BEL AIR HIDES A WEALTH OF MODERN TOUCHES UNDER ITS TWO-TONE PAINT
4 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
ENCYCLOPAEDIA MECCANICA
STELIO BIRBAS BEGAN HIS VF VALIANT COUPE BUILD AS A TEENAGER. TWENTYFIVE YEARS AND MANY MISSED DEADLINES LATER, THE CAR IS FINALLY COMPLETE AND WORTH THE WAIT
3 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
STRAIGHT SHOOTER
LLOYD TAYLOR'S SHOWSTOPPING, ARROW-STRAIGHT HT MONARO WAS BUILT 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST BIG CITY
4 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
BLOWN 427CI WINDSOR V8
PROFLO PERFORMANCE, CAMPBELTOWN, NSW
1 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
THE SAFETY DANCE
ARBY PROVIDES SOME POINTERS FOR READYING YOUR RACE CAR FOR A TECH INSPECTION
4 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
NEW NATIONAL DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP
THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED NATIONAL DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP PROMISES A UNIFIED SPORT INCLUDING ALL GROUP ONE CATEGORIES SUCH AS TOP FUEL AND NITRO FUNNY CAR
1 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
SHAKER RUN 1985
THE DEADLIEST CARGO, THE ULTIMATE CHASE
2 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
CUSTOM FX-FJ HOLDENS Part 3
FROM the pioneering days of a young Dale Fisher customising youthful FX and FJ Holdens in the 50s and 60s to the sceneshattering legend that was Rex Webster’s FJ in the mid-80s, Holden humpy builds have evolved with the times – Kevin Baird’s elitelevel, Deluxe Rod Shop-built FX (SM, Sep ’22) is a perfect example of current trends
5 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
RON SMITH
IT'S RUNNING A 302 WINDSOR THAT I BUILT FOR IT IN THE 90S, AND IT'S BEEN SO SOLID I JUST HAVEN'T NEEDED TO CHANGE IT
2 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
BLUE Diamond
PETER LEWIS'S KAASE-POWERED, ASTILL-BUILT XC IS A TECH-PACKED AND STREET-READY MASTERPIECE
5 min |
June 2023
Street Machine Australia
BLACK MAGIC
A PERFECT FINISH AND BLOWN LSX376 GRUNT DEFINE TIM MARTENSTYN'S ULTIMATE HK GTS
4 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
DREAM THEATRE
FANTASIES SOMETIMES COME TRUE, AS THIS NEAR-1000HP LC TORANA PROVES
4 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
THE KEEPER
SERDAR KARABULUI IS USED TO BUYING A CAR, DOING IT UP AND SELLING IT OFF. BUT THIS 855HP XY FALCON AIN'T GOING ANYWHERE
4 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
INSIDE JOB
THIS EPIC HARROPBLOWN LS-POWERED '64 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WAS BUILT BY ONE OF STREET MACHINES LONGEST SERVING CONTRIBUTORS
5 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
TAMING THE BEAST
JOE ESPOSITO'S TWIN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK '68 CAMARO WILL SOON BE A STREETDRIVEN POWERHOUSE
4 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
BACKYARD Blitz
JASON BEHAN BUILDS YET ANOTHER SUPER-COOL VALIANT FOR RADIAL RACING AND CRUISING THIS TIME A TURBO LS-POWERED VG UTE
3 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
RETURN OF THE HULK
AN 80s ORIGINAL IS BACK PROWLING THE STREETS OF SYDNEY
3 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
THE UNRIGHTEOUS PATH
WARICK MELDRUM'S CONTROVERSIAL BARRA-SWAPPED VF VALIANT REGAL BROKE THE EIGHTSECOND BARRIER AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2022-'23
3 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
WHEELS 101
UPGRADING YOUR CAR'S WHEELS IS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST IMPROVE LOOKS AND PERFORMANCE, BUT DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST
10+ min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
MOPAR MECCA
CHRYSLERS ON THE MURRAY RETURNED TO ALBURY-WODONGA IN MARCH, CELEBRATING THE 30TH RUNNING OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST MOPAR SHOW
4 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
SHOW AND GO!
LARDNER PARK MOTORFEST RETURNS IN TRIUMPHANT FORM
8 min |
April 2023
Street Machine Australia
Modern Rock
SCOTT LAWRENCE CATAPULTED HIS 1972 CH VALIANT INTO THE CURRENT CENTURY WITH A BLOWN GEN 3 HEMI POWERPLANT
4 min |
March 2023
Street Machine Australia
LET THE RECORD SHOW
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO KEN WARBY, WORLD RECORD-HOLDING AUSSIE MOTORBOAT AND DRAG RACER
2 min |
March 2023
Street Machine Australia
AMERICAN EXPRESS
THE STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS JUGGERNAUT HITS THE PERTH MOTORPLEX, WITH AUSSIE RACERS FACING A TOUGH WEEKEND AGAINST THE US INVADERS
4 min |
March 2023
Street Machine Australia
DAY JOB
GAVIN IRVINE BUILT HIS DAYTONA COBRA REPLICA WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS. THE RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO AN AUTOMOTIVE LEGEND
4 min |
March 2023
Street Machine Australia
PURPLE REIGN
DANNY DEBONO'S NINE-SECOND, 975HP BLOWN XT FALCON IS BURSTING WITH PRO STREET ATTITUDE
5 min |
March 2023
Street Machine Australia
FAMILY BUSINESS
MICK MATTHEWS TURNS HIS POP’S BELOVED DAILY DRIVER INTO ONE OF THE BEST XF FALCONS AUSTRALIA’S EVER SEEN
4 min |