Dust Storm

Anthony Raschella’s ’72 duster waltzed through drag challenge 2019 without a cough

TOUGH NUT

GEORGE SEPAROVICH LIVES LIFE AT 10,000RPM IN HIS BONKERS VF COMMODORE SKID RIG, NUTTR

RISING TO THE CHALLENGE

ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S FIERCEST NATURALLY ASPIRATED BURNOUT COMPETITORS BUILDS A BLOWN DRAG CHALLENGE CAR – AND ALMOST BECOMES SUMMERNATS GRAND CHAMPION IN THE PROCESS!

LIFE IN MOTION

THE MODIFIED-CAR LIFE IS AS MUCH ABOUT CREATING MEMORIES AND FRIENDSHIPS AS IT IS ABOUT BUILDING CARS

In The LIMELIGHT

THIS SHINING JEWEL OF AN AP6 STEALS THE SHOW WITH A ROOTS-BLOWN, 410-CUBE MONSTER UP FRONT

Economy DRIVE

DELUXE ROD SHOP BUILDS AN IMMACULATE ’32 ROADSTER WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK THANKS TO SOME LEFT-OVER PARTS AND PLENTY OF ELBOW GREASE

YOUNG LION

26-YEAR-OLD TIM POLSEN HAS BUILT AN AWARD WINNING HQ PREMIER THAT WOULD MAKE ANY STREET MACHINING VETERAN FOAM AT THE MOUTH

BRUTAL SIMPLICITY

UNDER THE RATHER UNASSUMING WHITE BODY OF MICK JAHNECKE’S TORANA LIES A THUNDERSTORM OF TURBO LS FURY

AXE GRINDER

STEPHEN 'HOT AXE' WILSON BUILT SOME INCREDIBLE CUSTOMS IN AN ERA WHEN SUCH THINGS WERE CELEBRATED RATHER THAN SCORNED — INCLUDING HIS ICONIC HT VAN/HK MONARO MASH—UP, HUNCHBACK

River Monsters

The 2020 Chryslers on the Murray saw Mopar mania once again engulf the twin murray river towns of Albury-Wodonga

Staying Power

After 41 years and the automotive adventure of a lifetime, howard nessen is finally ready to call his iconic XB hardtop ‘done’

Isolation Motivation

Sure, we’re in lockdown, but on the upside, it gives us plenty of time to lavish some love on our car projects. Here are some sm readers doing just that

The New NORM-ALL

A LONG OVERDUE CHINWAG WITH NORM AND VICKI FROM AUSSIE DESERT COOLER

IN THE RED 1999

IF YOU’RE NOT LIVING ON THE EDGE, YOU’RE TAKING UP TOO MUCH SPACE

THE LONG RUN

THE GEMINI THAT ROCKED SUMMERNATS 2 IS STILL WINNING TROPHIES TODAY!

CHERRY BOMB

DESPITE NUMEROUS SETBACKS, SHAUN DUNSTAN IS TRANSFORMING HIS CHERRY-BLACK HJ GTS MONARO INTO A 1000HP STREET-AND-STRIP BURNER

SAUSAGE SIZZLE

KAI MCPHEE’S VC COMMODORE PROVES YOU DON’T NEED A DONK MADE OF DIAMONDS TO RUN WITH THE BEST

BUCKET OF VOLTS

WEBB MOTORWORKS HAS CREATED AN ELECTRIC CRATE MOTOR THAT LOOKS FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE A SMALL-BLOCK CHEV

BACK TO FRONT

CLINT OGILVIE’S ICONIC FRONT/BACK LC TORANA HAS BEEN A MAINSTAY OF THE BURNOUT SCENE FOR DECADES. NOW IT’S TOUGHER THAN EVER BEFORE

Power Figure

Engineer warwick bryce served at the gm-h coalface for over three decades, helping to develop many of holden’s most beloved engines and associated technology

Is Covid-19 Killing The Car Scene?

A look at the effect coronavirus has had on our sport and the industry that sustains it

NEW WORLD ORDER

AUSTRALIAN DRAG RACING MIGHT BE IN THE WARS AT THE MOMENT, BUT THE RADIAL MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD MOMENTUM. WE INVESTIGATE THE RISE OF THE AUSSIE RADIAL RACING SCENE

HOTTER PROPERTY

SAM GAUCI’S TAKE ON THIS 1980S STREET MACHINING ICON STILL HAS ALL THE GOOD BITS IN THE RIGHT PLACES

Coupe De HRILL

HSV’S GTO COUPE WAS ALWAYS A LOOKER, BUT WE WISH THEY WERE ALL BUILT LIKE ROBERT GULJAS’S AWESOME BLOWN EXAMPLE!

WARR MACHINE

NIGEL WARR HAS BUILT A BIG-CUBE, BIG-BLOCK HQ UTE FOR HAULING ARSE

KILLER 'ZILLA

MAATOUKS RACING’S KING32 NISSAN R32 GT-R IS ON THE HUNT FOR A WORLD RECORD

ROD ALMIGHTY

MIKE ROHAL DROVE HIS TURBO LS-POWERED ’37 FORD PICK-UP ALL THE WAY FROM ADELAIDE TO PARTY AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2019

HARD SELL

THE ‘JOYS’ OF SELLING A CAR IN THE INTERNET AGE

ELECTRIC AVENUE

DR TIM TALKS US THROUGH THE INTRICACIES OF REPOWERING VEHICLES WITH ELECTRIC MOTORS

Fleet Street

Building one rare chevy commercial vehicle into a tough streeter wasn’t enough for reece christensen; now he’s back with this bitchin’ ’59 apache fleetside