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Impressive Showing
> 1963 two-door Chevrolet Wagon wins the 2020 Detroit Autorama Ridler award
Never Say Die
> Matt Mcintosh and Jayden Page are bringing their turbo LSX VY Clubsport to drag challenge weekend 2020 – and it’s bigger and badder than ever!
TALKING SHOP
WE CHECK OUT CASTLEMAINE ROD SHOP’S BRAND NEW FACILITY AND TALK ALL THINGS HORSEPOWER
HATCH-ET JOB
DAN SZABOLICS’ BLOWN SMALL-BLOCK TORANA COMBINES GROUP C HERITAGE WITH STREET-CAR ATTITUDE
IRON MAIDEN
AUSTRALIA’S modified car scene has hot rodding at its root, but in 2020, these old jalopies – more than a century old, in some cases – are less commonplace in all-make shows and cruises.
Bel OF THE BALL
CHARLIE HARLEY TAKES HIS ’57 CHEV BEL AIR FROM BARE-METAL BEAUTY TO SUMMERNATS TOP JUDGED ELITE IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS
CRUISE Missile
THE SLEEK EXTERIOR OF THIS GENUINE XA GT CLOAKS A 670HP CORE
BAYWATCH
> HOW TO FABRICATE A PAIR OF INNER FENDERS TO COMPLETE OUR SMOOTHED ENGINE BAY
THE FAMILY Siber
MAT BONE’S IDEA OF A SIMPLE FAMILY CRUISER IS A BIT WILDER THAN MOST, WITH 434CI OF BLOWN CHEVY POWERING HIS HK WAGON
KIWI FRUIT
WE HEAD TO NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTH ISLAND TO CHECK OUT THE DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT AUTOMOTIVE BUFFET ON OFFER AT MUSCLE CAR MADNESS
WESTERN STARS
PERTH’S MOTORVATION MAY NOT BE AS BIG AS IT USED TO BE, BUT THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF TOUGH CARS AND COOL RIDES TO CHECK OUT
GOING FOR Gold
JUSTIN GAUCI SPENT NINE YEARS BUILDING HIS SMOOTH XR FALCON ONLY TO FIND HE CRAVED MORE POWER. IT WAS TIME TO GO BIG OR GO HOME
TICKLED PINK
WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE OVER 400HPAT THE TYRES WITH A NATURALLY ASPIRATED HOLDEN SIX?
Double TROUBLE
JOEL SMITH NEEDED A FAMILY CAR TO CRUISE WHILE HE FINISHED HIS ELITE LEVEL MUSTANG, SO HE BUILT AN XC HARDTOP AT THE SAME TIME
SHOW BOAT
LUCKY’S SPEED SHOP HAS TRANSFORMED DAN APPLEBY’S BOAT-TAIL BUICK RIVIERA INTO A SHOW-STOPPING CUSTOM
DESIGNATED DRIVER
IT MIGHT BE AN ELITE-LEVEL STUNNER, BUT THIS 580HP EH HOLDEN FROM MASKELL’S CUSTOMS & CLASSICS WAS BUILT TO DRIVE
POWER AND GLORY
KEVIN MANTACH’S ’50 CHEV COULD HAVE BECOME A SWEET CUSTOM SLED, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT’S NOT HIS STYLE
ALL THE RAGE
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, FORGET THE LEMONADE – KEEP BUILDING RIDICULOUSLY TOUGH CARS!
NO HOLDS BARRED
THROUGH A 40-YEAR IMMERSION IN THE MODIFIED CAR SCENE, ANDREW HOLDSWORTH HAS BEEN AN INNOVATOR BOTH IN EARLY STREET MACHINING AND THE LOCAL PERFORMANCE INDUSTRY
TAKING FLIGHT
STREET MACHINERS TAKE OFF AT TAREE AIRPORT FOR ITS FIRST-EVER EIGHTH-MILE DRAG MEETING
SPRING FEVER
AFTER 27 YEARS, SP RINGNATS IS STILL LIGHTING UP SHEPPARTON
ICY GLARE
A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OWNERS AND BUILDER HELPED MAKE AN ACCIDENTAL SUPERSTAR OF THIS PRO TOURING CAMARO
SIZE MATTERS
PROFLO PERFORMANCE UPS THE STREET-CAR ANTE WITH THIS 940CI LJ TORANA
FULL SEND
TONY ROHR IS GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY WITH THIS SHED-BUILT, EIGHT-SECOND VH COMMODORE
BOSS BABY
ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S COOLEST SMALL FORDS IS NOW EVEN SWEETER THANKS TO A 1000HP METHANOL-SUCKING BLOWN SMALL-BLOCK
John Taylor-LOCO MOTION
DEARLY DEPARTED DRAG RACER JOHN ‘THE CRAZYMAN’ TAYLOR NEVER LET A LACK OF FUNDS CRUEL HIS FUN
SALUTE TO SURVIVORS
OLD HOLDEN ENTHUSIASTS NEVER DIE – THEY JUST HIT THE SUNSHINE COAST FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL HKTG NATIONALS
CHOPPED REBORN
BACK FROM HIATUS, CHOPPED ENTERED THE ASPHALT ERA WITH PLENTY OF SMOKY OLD-SCHOOL OO RACING ACTION
Young Gun
WE HAD A FAMILY MEETING AND I SAID THAT I’D LIKE TO BUILD THE KOMBI AND I COULD WORK IN MUM AND DAD’S CAFÉ ON SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS TO PAY FOR IT
Hammer Time
DANIEL SZABOLICS’S TW IN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK HQ MONARO PACKS SIX-SECOND POTENTIAL AND DOORSLAMMER-LEVEL POWER