Street Machine

Street Machine is the country’s biggest selling, most widely read and most respected modified car magazine. Combining great photography with accurate, expert coverage of the Aussie modified car scene and in-depth technical features, Street Machine celebrates Australia’s passion for older cars, V8s and the lifestyle that surrounds them.

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STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE WEEKEND HITS SYDNEY! • MARCH 2020: ALL THE NEWS THAT MATTERS

HOT GOSSIP

LET’S ROCK! • THE INAUGURAL RARE SPARES ROCKYNATS IS READY TO, ERM, ROCK!

HOT PURSUIT • THE ORIGINAL MAD MAX INTERCEPTOR IS UP FOR SALE!

SPIT AND POLISH

LETEISHA CHUN TIE • TOWNSVILLE, QLD

MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI 1979 • MORE LAUGHS, MORE MUSIC, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, MORE CAR ACTION

JON WILLIAMS • BORONIA, VICTORIA

YOUR STUFF • Write to: Your Stuff, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email streetmachine@bauer-media.com.au. Make sure you include your address (not necessarily for publication). Keep it short and sweet!

AU CONTRAIRE

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

KIWI FRUIT • WE HEAD TO NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTH ISLAND TO CHECK OUT THE DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT AUTOMOTIVE BUFFET ON OFFER AT MUSCLE CAR MADNESS

THE FAMILY SILVER • MAT BONE’S IDEA OF A SIMPLE FAMILY CRUISER IS A BIT WILDER THAN MOST, WITH 434CI OF BLOWN CHEVY POWERING HIS HK WAGON

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

A Star is Born • IN PART TWO OF OUR COMMODORE EULOGY, FORMER HOLDEN EMPLOYEES RECALL THEIR TIME AT THE PRODUCTION COALFACE

Shaun Tanner • MAINTENANCE FITTER, HF V6 LINE - HOLDEN ENGINE OPERATIONS, FISHERMANS BEND

Dave Carey • FACTORY HAND - HO LDEN BY DESIGN, ELIZABETH

Andrew ‘Gumpy’ Willoughby • FINAL ASSEMBLY OPERATOR - HOLDEN VEHICLE OPERATIONS, ELIZABETH

Phil Zmood • DIRECTOR OF DESIGN - HOLDEN DESIGN, PORT MELBOURNE

Shane Dale • GROUP LEADER, MATERIAL FLOW - HOLDEN VEHICLE OPERATIONS, ELIZABETH

ALL THE RAGE • WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, FORGET THE LEMONADE – KEEP BUILDING RIDICULOUSLY TOUGH CARS!

SHOW BOAT • LUCKY’S SPEED SHOP HAS TRANSFORMED DAN APPLEBY’S BOAT-TAIL BUICK RIVIERA INTO A SHOW-STOPPING CUSTOM

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

Double TROUBLE • JOEL SMITH NEEDED A FAMILY CAR TO CRUISE WHILE HE FINISHED HIS ELITELEVEL MUSTANG, SO HE BUILT AN XC HARDTOP AT THE SAME TIME

TICKLED PINK • WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE OVER 400HP AT THE TYRES WITH A NATURALLY ASPIRATED HOLDEN SIX?

BUILD A WALL • CHAD ATKINSON BUILDS A CUSTOM FIREWALL, AND MEXICO REFUSES TO PAY FOR IT

DOING THE TWIST • WHEN AND HOW DOES AN ENGINEER PERFORM A TORSION AND BEAMING TEST ON YOUR CAR?

BRONZE WAILER • RICCARDO PONTONIO’S 1600HP VK COMMODORE MADE A STONKING DEBUT AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2019

DEAN GRIMA • 21, PENRITH, NSW

YVETTE GLUYAS • MELBOURNE, VIC

STAGE WRITE

DIRTY STUFF

WILD AT HEART

IN GEAR

HIGH FIVE! • ROBERT CAMPISI’S MUSTANG RUNS A FIVE-SECOND PASS IN SYDNEY

RB RECORD ATTACK

READERS’ ROCKETS

LOL

SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY

427CI WHIPPLE-BLOWN WINDSOR • WESTEND PERFORMANCE, CAMPBELLTOWN, NSW