GATOR 1976

> ONLY ONE MAN DELIVERS 100-PROOF EXCITEMENT!

SWAP & GO

MOST car people will have at least one photo somewhere of themselves and/or their mates smiling next to a dangling engine. I'm not sure where it started or why, but it's a decades-old tradition that's extremely cool, if a little odd.

SCOTTY BAKER

TONGALA, VICTORIA

NEW LEASE ON LIFE

> WILBY PARK RACEWAY IS SET TO BE REVIVED BY ALBURY WODONGA & DISTRICTS CAR CLUB UNDER A NEW LEASE

OUT OF TUNE

ENCRYPTED ECUS WILL MAKE THE UPCOMING S650 MUSTANG HARDER TO TWEAK, SAYS FORD ENGINEER AND LOCAL TUNERS

KINGSWOOD COUNTRY

JAMIE SMALL'S CLASSIC KINGSWOOD UTE CRUISES AUSSIE STREETS IN STYLE THANKS TO SOME MODERN MUMBO

WORLD CLASS

AUSSIE RADIAL RACING LEVELLED UP AT A TRULY EPIC KENDA TIRES 660 SERIES EVENT AT SYDNEY DRAGWAY

BRINGING FASTBACK

JUSTIN STEPHENSON WENT SEARCHING FOR A NEW RIG TO BARRA-SWAP AND RETURNED FROM HIS QUEST WITH A 10-SECOND MUSTANG FASTBACK

SILVER LININGS

SOMETIMES WHEN IT ALL GOES WRONG, THINGS END UP OH-SO-RIGHT, AS SLAV TODIC'S NINE-SECOND TORANA PROVES

The 'VETTING PROCESS'

THIS GORGEOUS '58 CORVETTE HIDES HUGE PRO TOURING SMARTS, INCLUDING LATE-MODEL SUSPENSION, BIG BRAKES, AND A 535HP GEN V V8

FULLY CHARGED

IT MAY HAVE TAKEN SIX YEARS, BUT ADRIAN ROMANDINI'S DODGE CHARGER IS NOW A QUINTESSENTIAL BIG-BLOCK STOMPER

SUNDAY BEST

DOZENS OF INTERSTATE PENTASTARS JOINED A MIGHTY LOCAL TURNOUT AT QUEENSLAND'S WILLOWBANK RACEWAY FOR THE 19TH MOPAR SUNDAY

BRASHBASH

THE 2022 BRASHERNATS CEMENTED ITS STATUS AS THE BIGGEST ONE-DAY BURNOUT FESTIVAL IN AUSTRALIA

AMERICAN HUSTLE

THIS OLD FARM TRUCK HIDES A FEW LITTLE TRICKS UNDER ITS WEATHERBEATEN SKIN - INCLUDING A BLOWN, MODERN 500HP HEART

THE WHOLE NINE YARDS

BUILDING A CUSTOM BOLT-IN NINE-INCH DIFF FROM SCRATCH WITH BRAND-NEW COMPONENTS

LIVING HISTORY

HAVING RETAINED BOTH THE SAME OWNER AND MUCH OF ITS PERIOD CHARACTER FOR NEARLY 35 YEARS, GLENN MUNDAY'S HQ SS IS A TRUE 80s SURVIVOR

BEACHCOM BING

WE HIT THE BEACHES OF SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND FOR SOME SUN-DAPPLED AUTOMOTIVE FUN AT COOLY ROCKS ON AND DOWNUNDER BEACH FEST

GUNSLINGERS

HUNDREDS BRAVED ONE OF SYDNEY'S COLDEST WINTER NIGHTS TO CATCH THE SECOND HIT-OUT OF THE NEW POWER CRUISE STREET OUTLAWS AUSTRALIA RACING AT SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK

Street MACHINE OF THE YEAR 2022

IT'S TIME AGAIN TO CHOOSE WHICH CAR HAS EARNED THE TITLE OF MILWAUKEE STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR!

SHOW PONY

PACKED WITH KILLER ENGINEERING AND 20 YEARS' WORTH OF WORK, PAUL THOMAS'S TOP 60 ELITE MUSTANG IS A PRO-STREET STUNNER

ABSOLUTE POWER

THREE MATES JOIN FORCES TO BUILD ONE OF THE TOUGHEST POWER CRUISE TAXIS WE'VE EVER SEEN

WEEKEND WARRIOR

PACKING AN ANGRY INJECTED HEMI SIX, THIS VG SEDAN IS EQUAL PARTS SHOW CAR AND STREET-AND-STRIP FIGHTER - AS PROVEN ON DRAG CHALLENGE WEEKEND 2022

DIRTY WORK

AFTER A LONG ON-AND-OFF GESTATION, SIMON WHITE'S NITROUS-HUFFING HQ FINALLY DEBUTED AT MOTORVATION 36 AND WAS ONE OF THE STARS OF THE SHOW

Fresh Cream

IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IT FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT DELUXE ROD SHOP'S LATEST BUILD ISN'T JUST A BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED HUMPY. IT'S A FINELY DETAILED PRO TOURING MASTERPIECE

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

THIS STUNNING 544CI XW FAIRMONT BAGGED A TOP 20 ELITE SPOT AT SUMMERNATS 34 - THE REALISATION OF A QUARTER-CENTURY-OLD DREAM

HOT FUZZ

MAT LLOYD TURNS THE POLICE-SPEC VK CHARGER HE BOUGHT WHEN HE WAS 15 INTO A MUSCLEBOUND MONSTER

ROSE GOLD

THE HOT ROD & CUSTOM AUTO EXPO STANDS AS SYDNEY'S TOP TRADITIONAL CAR SHOW. HERE'S WHY

SLAM DANCE

SUMMERNATS SLAM BROUGHT TWO DAYS OF AUTOMOTIVE HIJINKS TO HEATHCOTE PARK RACEWAY - INCLUDING THE LONG-AWAITED RETURN OF TOP FUEL

Drawing OUR INTEREST

WE PAY TRIBUTE TO FORMER STREET MACHINE CARTOONIST BRENDAN AKHURST, THE MAN WHO GAVE US 'WAYNE & VICKY' - AND MUCH MORE BESIDES

USE THE FORCE!

CLINTON LEAYR'S XL FALCON MAY LOOK LIKE A SWEETLY RESTORED CLASSIC CRUISER, BUT ITS UNDER-BONNET POWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN A BOOST