KNOCKING ON SEVEN'S DOOR

JOSH TUSKIN’S BARRA-SWAPPED XW IS HEADING FOR THE SEVEN-SECOND ZONE, LEAVING A TRAIL OF BROKEN PARTS IN ITS WAKE

ZESTY ORANGE

PAUL CAMILLERI’S 550HP LX TORANA IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ‘QUICK TIDY-UPS’ THAT GOT MORE THAN A LITTLE OUT OF HAND – AND DON’T WE LOVE IT!

TIME TO Shine

MICHELLE WHITE’S SUMMERNATS TOP 60 BLOWN HZ IS THE GLEAMING END RESULT OF A 40-YEAR AUTOMOTIVE ODYSSEY

MCQ 1974

THE COP NO ONE CAN STOP. EVEN THE COPS

POWERING FORWARD

WHEN DARREN GOJAK LOST HIS WIFE SUE, HE VOWED TO MOVE FORWARD. ADDING A HEAP OF EXTRA GRUNT TO HIS 1964½ MUSTANG DEFINITELY HELPED WITH THAT

GREY'S ANATOMY

TWO DECADES AGO, TODD BLAZELY HAD TO SELL HIS BELOVED ATLAS GREY VN SS, SO WHEN HE FINALLY SNAGGED ANOTHER ONE, HE WENT ALL-OUT

FULL REGALIA

ANTHONY BARONE HAS OWNED HIS VC VALIANT REGAL FOR 34 YEARS, BUT THE CAR’S LATEST REBUILD HAS IT TRULY LIVING UP TO ITS NAME

DIRTY STUFF

MY OLD mate Kev had a Valiant, a VC station wagon that was a tad tired and needed another engine.

Wild Cherry

WITH ITS 550RWHP LSX, MANUAL GEARBOX AND TRAY-LOAD OF CLEVER TRICKS, DARYL O’SULLIVAN’S HK UTE DEFINES AUSSIE PRO TOURING

RAW ANIMAL

THE BEAST LURKING WITHIN PETER TSEKENIS’S EIGHT-SECOND, STREET-DRIVEN XY IS A NATURALLY ASPIRATED SMALL-BLOCK MAKING OVER 1000HP

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

PAS DASKALAKIS LOVES FALCON COUPES, BUT HE WANTED HIS LATEST TO BE ABSOLUTELY INSANE – PURISTS BE DAMNED

QUICK TEMPER

MORE THAN 30 YEARS AFTER BUYING IT, DAVE BARNARD HAS FINALLY PIECED TOGETHER THE QUICK-AND-ANGRY MONARO HE ALWAYS WANTED

INFINITY AND BEYOND

IN THE 1990S, CARMINE CAROFANO’S SLICK HQ STATESMAN WAS A WEAPONS-GRADE TROPHY MAGNET

KINGDOM COME

GRUDGE KINGS BROKE THE COVID BLUES WITH ITS FIRST SYDNEY SHOWDOWN SINCE SHUTDOWN

HOMEBREWED

JUSTIN SCHMIDT BEGAN TINKERING WITH VLs AS A BROKE TEENAGER, AND IT’S PAID OFF BIG-TIME IN THE FORM OF THIS HOME-BUILT EIGHT-SECOND STREETER

CATCH of the DAY

WITH SOME FAMILY ASSISTANCE, MATT MITCHELL & KATIE BOURKE CREATED THE HAND-CONTROLLED BARRACUDA OF THEIR DREAMS

GREEN WITH Envy

THAT’S THE REACTION DARREN YOUNG’S NEAT-AS-A-PIN, 355 V8-POWERED HD HOLDEN TENDS TO INSPIRE

BUMP & GRIND

OUR OWN IAIN KELLY REMAGINES A BUMPSIDE F100 AS A PRO TOURER, AND AIDAN BRINGS THE IDEA TO LIFE

ANGER MANAGEMENT

THIS STUNNING HZ PREM TOOK A TOP 60 SPOT AT SUMMERNATS 33, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP OWNER DAVE CUELL PULLING IT APART AGAIN

2022 SURVIVAL GUIDE

AFTER a one-year hiatus, the biggest horsepower party of the year is finally set to return to Canberra when Street Machine Summernats 34 rolls into Exhibition Park, 6-9 January. The 2022 ’Nats promises to be a cracker!

METAL MILITIA

AS NEW BILLET BLOCKS FOR THE HOLDEN V8, BARRA SIX AND CLEVELAND V8 HIT THE MARKET, WE TAKE A DIVE INTO WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL

The BRIGHT SIDE

THE BELOVED BRIGHT ROD RUN’S 2021 CANCELLATION DIDN’T STOP DETERMINED PILGRIMS FROM MOUNTING THEIR OWN UNOFFICIAL VERSION

DEJA VROOM!

SOUTH AUSTRALIA SHOWED ITS MUSCLE AT THE SECOND ADELAIDE AUTO EXPO IN A CALENDAR YEAR

DAD'S ARMY

LAKESIDE PARK’S ALL AUSSIE FATHER’S DAY BASH SAWDADS AND THEIR FAMILIES CELEBRATE ALON GSIDE A BATTALION OF HOMEGROWN CLASSICS

10 OF THE BEST

AS STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 34 APPROACHES, LET’S LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST INCREDIBLE 10 YEARS OF THE WORLD’S BEST CAR FESTIVAL

DREAM CATCHER

LOUIS YOUNIS COULDN’T RESIST THE CHANCE TO TICK A CHILDHOOD DREAM CAR OFF HIS BUCKET LIST

FINE LIME

JAMIE SKEWS RESCUED THIS XA HARDTOP FROM A SLOW DEATH VIA A 640HP CLEVO HEART TRANSPLANT, A THIRD PEDAL AND THE BRIGHTEST GREEN HUMANITY HAS EVER SEEN

Market FORCES

KILLED BY COVID LAST YEAR, THE 2021 SEMA SHOW SAW EXHIBITORS AND BUYERS ALIKE BUZZING TO BE BACK AT THE LARGEST AFTERMARKET AUTOMOTIVE TRADE EVENT ON EARTH

Mr Summernats

AS WE REV UP FOR THE RETURN OF STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE

REVOLUTIONARY RETURN

AFTER 13 YEARS IN HIBERNATION, THE 2ENIL8 XW FALCON IS BACK, FASTER AND WAAAY BETTER THAN EVER