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

STRAIGHT SHOOTER

LLOYD TAYLOR'S SHOWSTOPPING, ARROW-STRAIGHT HT MONARO WAS BUILT 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST BIG CITY

BLOWN 427CI WINDSOR V8

PROFLO PERFORMANCE, CAMPBELTOWN, NSW

THE SAFETY DANCE

ARBY PROVIDES SOME POINTERS FOR READYING YOUR RACE CAR FOR A TECH INSPECTION

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

SHAKER RUN 1985

THE DEADLIEST CARGO, THE ULTIMATE CHASE

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

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

BLUE Diamond

PETER LEWIS'S KAASE-POWERED, ASTILL-BUILT XC IS A TECH-PACKED AND STREET-READY MASTERPIECE

BLACK MAGIC

A PERFECT FINISH AND BLOWN LSX376 GRUNT DEFINE TIM MARTENSTYN'S ULTIMATE HK GTS

DREAM THEATRE

FANTASIES SOMETIMES COME TRUE, AS THIS NEAR-1000HP LC TORANA PROVES

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

INSIDE JOB

THIS EPIC HARROPBLOWN LS-POWERED '64 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE WAS BUILT BY ONE OF STREET MACHINES LONGEST SERVING CONTRIBUTORS

TAMING THE BEAST

JOE ESPOSITO'S TWIN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK '68 CAMARO WILL SOON BE A STREETDRIVEN POWERHOUSE

BACKYARD Blitz

JASON BEHAN BUILDS YET ANOTHER SUPER-COOL VALIANT FOR RADIAL RACING AND CRUISING THIS TIME A TURBO LS-POWERED VG UTE

RETURN OF THE HULK

AN 80s ORIGINAL IS BACK PROWLING THE STREETS OF SYDNEY

THE UNRIGHTEOUS PATH

WARICK MELDRUM'S CONTROVERSIAL BARRA-SWAPPED VF VALIANT REGAL BROKE THE EIGHTSECOND BARRIER AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2022-'23

WHEELS 101

UPGRADING YOUR CAR'S WHEELS IS ONE OF THE SIMPLEST IMPROVE LOOKS AND PERFORMANCE, BUT DO YOUR HOMEWORK FIRST

MOPAR MECCA

CHRYSLERS ON THE MURRAY RETURNED TO ALBURY-WODONGA IN MARCH, CELEBRATING THE 30TH RUNNING OF AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST MOPAR SHOW

SHOW AND GO!

LARDNER PARK MOTORFEST  RETURNS IN TRIUMPHANT FORM

Modern Rock

SCOTT LAWRENCE CATAPULTED HIS 1972 CH VALIANT INTO THE CURRENT CENTURY WITH A BLOWN GEN 3 HEMI POWERPLANT

LET THE RECORD SHOW

WE PAY TRIBUTE TO KEN WARBY, WORLD RECORD-HOLDING AUSSIE MOTORBOAT AND DRAG RACER

AMERICAN EXPRESS

THE STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS JUGGERNAUT HITS THE PERTH MOTORPLEX, WITH AUSSIE RACERS FACING A TOUGH WEEKEND AGAINST THE US INVADERS

DAY JOB

GAVIN IRVINE BUILT HIS DAYTONA COBRA REPLICA WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS. THE RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO AN AUTOMOTIVE LEGEND

PURPLE REIGN

DANNY DEBONO'S NINE-SECOND, 975HP BLOWN XT FALCON IS BURSTING WITH PRO STREET ATTITUDE

FAMILY BUSINESS

MICK MATTHEWS TURNS HIS POP’S BELOVED DAILY DRIVER INTO ONE OF THE BEST XF FALCONS AUSTRALIA’S EVER SEEN

AN ORDERLY Q

MATT MCINTOSH'S FIVE-YEAR HQ STATESMAN BUILD WAS NEVER MEANT TO BECOME AN ELITE-LEVEL CAR, BUT THE NUMEROUS TOP GONGS IT SCORED AT SUMMERNATS 35 SUGGEST OTHERWISE

DRAGGIN' WAGON

DANNY LANDSDOWNE’S 2JZ-EQUIPPED VL WAGON IS HEADING FOR THE SIX-SECOND ZONE

IRON MAIDEN

TAYLAH LOUISE > NEWCASTLE, NSW

CHALLENGE ACCEPETED

AFTER A THREE-YEAR LAY-OFF, THE FULL FIVE-DAY DRAG CHALLENGE FINALLY RETURNED, WITH NEARLY 140 ENTRANTS SUBJECTING THEIR CARS TO THE ULTIMATE DRAG-AND-DRIVE ODYSSEY