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Street Machine Australia
|October 2025
REMEMBER the wild badge engineering that went on in the 80s and 90s? To compensate Nissan for the sales success of the Ford Maverick - a rebadged GQ Patrol - Ford gifted the Japanese carmaker the XF Falcon ute, which was uninventively rebadged the Nissan Ute.
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Unlike the Maverick, Nissan sold bugger-all XFN Utes, but it makes for a quirky piece of Aussie automotive trivia, nonetheless. One came up for sale in a Grays auction recently, so we shared it on our Facebook page and asked what you guys would do with it. Here's what you had to say.
Vaughan Lynch - My heart says a full, built Nismo RB28 stroker; however, my brain says a twin-turbo Coyote. I guess either could work.
Tristan Edmonds - Put a Toyota 3.8L V6 from a Lexcen in it- you got it all, then!
Alex Stelling - Tristan Edmonds, Buick engine rebadged as a Holden, rebadged as a Nissan inside a Ford, rebadged as a Nissan.
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READERS' ROCKETS
WANT your pride and joy featured in the mag? Just send some photos of your car (minimum file size 2MB each) and a few details of what went into the build to readerscars@streetmachine.com.au.
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DRAG CHALLENGE 2025 FORM GUIDE
LET'S TAKE A PEEK AT SOME OF THE INTRIGUING CARS LINING UP IN EACH CLASS FOR STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE 2025
13 mins
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IN GEAR
To have your product featured here, call Kim Simonsen on 0439 422 285 or email kim.simonsen@streetmachine.com.au.
3 mins
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BUMPY RIDE
SINCE WE FEATURED IT THREE YEARS AGO, BRAD MCGILL'S '68 F100 BUMPSIDE HAS REMAINED IN A CONTINUAL STATE OF IMPROVEMENT
4 mins
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THE STARS ALIGN
THE INAUGURAL ALLSTARS DRAG & DRIVE SAW SOME OF THE COUNTRY'S QUICKEST STREETERS ROAD- TRIPPING FROM WILLOWBANK TO WARWICK AND BACK TO BATTLE IT OUT ON TRACK
5 mins
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NEED FOR SWEDE
OVER 600HP OF AUSTRALIA'S FINEST IN AN UNASSUMING SWEDISH BRICK MAKES FOR A PARTICULARLY SNOOZY SLEEPER
3 mins
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363CI WINDSOR V8
BK RACE ENGINES, BANKSTOWN, NSW
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IRON MAIDEN
SUE BOYLE SHEPPARTON, VICTORIA
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IN THE BUILD
I HAVE a 1993 Nissan 180SX that I've converted to an S13 Silvia front end, to make what's often referred to as a Sileighty.
4 mins
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Brown Sugar
STEVEN HARPER TOOK THE ORIGINAL 1970s LX TORANA RECIPE, KEPT THE CORE INGREDIENTS, AND TWEAKED IT JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE IT AN EVEN TASTIER DISH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
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