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Iain Kelly

Journalist

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Iain (or Marv, as he’s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machine’s work experience kid.

He has contributed to a range of titles, focusing mostly on modified late-model cars, street machines and hot rods. Following his time as editor at MOTOR, Marv returned to freelancing in 2014.

He has also worked with Mighty Car Mods to build cars and write two books for them, and authored the 10th anniversary book on the World Time Attack Challenge.

Instagram @aka_marv

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Features

LSA-powered 1963 Chevrolet Impala

A big car like a '63 Impala needs serious grunt, so it is lucky Robert Chauvet's packs a 580rwhp LSA!

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Features

Turbo LS3-powered Holden VS Commodore sleeper

This stock-looking Holden VS Commodore executive hides a 550rwkw sting in the tail from a turbo LS3

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Features

Tail dragging ’36 Ford Coupe

Dale French’s ’36 Ford is a perfect example of how keeping a build simple makes it all the sweeter

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Features

800hp aspirated LS-powered VK Calais

Tom Armstrong’s pin-sharp 445ci VK Calais makes 800hp with no turbo, gas or supercharger in sight

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Features

Turbo LQ9-powered Toyota KE20 Corolla sleeper

KE20 Corolla powered by a turbo LS motor!

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Summernats

Massive Skid Row Gallery – Street Machine Summernats 32

Massive gallery of all the mean burnouts from Summernats Skid Row.

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Features

Tubbed home-built 427-cube 1964 Holden EH

Jason Spiteri’s tubbed, ’caged, 675hp Holden EH streeter was built entirely at home

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Features

Bare-metal LSX-powered 1968 Holden HK ute

Daryl O'Sullivan's Holden HK Kingswood is already a pro touring masterpiece and it's still under construction

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Features

Twin-turbo 1400rwhp 1978 Holden HZ Kingswood SL - LUMPER

Beneath the mild-mannered exterior of Matt Lampard's HZ Kingswood SL lurks a 1400rwhp superhero that runs mid-eights!

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Features

1986 BMW E30 M3: Legend Series

The first M3 was born for homologation purposes, becoming a byword for excellent driving dynamics and kick-starting a performance car legacy of epic proportions

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Features

Days Of Thunder (1990) - Ripper car movies

The wheel-to-wheel work on the super speedways is awesome and the crashes are mega

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Drag Challenge

Sarah Heaney's Barra-powered Ford EB Falcon

Sarah Heaney waved the Barra flag for her first Street Machine Drag Challenge

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Drag Challenge

Carolyn Rosser's Holden VX Commodore

Carolyn Rosser took the family VX Commodore to compete at Drag Challenge 2018

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Drag Challenge

Kim Smith's blown 2011 HSV Maloo E Series 3

Kim Smith's third Drag Challenge run ended in disappointment when her HSV Maloo dropped pieces of piston in the tyre-warming area when something between the supercharger and the sump escaped

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Drag Challenge

Karen Barden's 1969 Chrysler VF Valiant hardtop

Karen Bawden has been racing her 1969 VF Valiant hardtop for seven years

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Drag Challenge

Alysha Teale's 383-cube Holden HQ - HERHQ

Sydneysider Alysha Teale and her matteblack HERHQ sedan are Drag Challenge stalwarts and always feature high on the DYO leaderboard

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Summernats

Eight-second HK Monaro owns the dyno and Tuff Street at Street Machine Summernats 32

Brett Armstrong’s eight-second HK Monaro makes nearly 1000hp aspirated and looks awesome doing it

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Drag Challenge

Eight-second LQ9-powered 1968 Chevrolet Camaro

Mitch Bean's fully legal first-gen Camaro runs mid-eights and cruises Queensland blacktop with the family on board

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Summernats

Twin-turbo big-block VL Calais makes 1469rwhp – Video

Brendan Cherry and Josh Ploeger's VL Calais makes big power on the dyno at Summernats 32

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Summernats

1100hp Ford Falcon FG ute at Summernats - Video

This 1100rwhp big-boost Barra is ready to bite

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Drag Challenge

700rwhp single turbo Holden V8 powered Torana at Drag Challenge 2018

700rwhp single turbo Holden V8 powered Torana at Drag Challenge 2018

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Summernats

Interview with Summernats 32 dyno operator Adam Rogash

MPW Performance’s Adam Rogash tells us why the dyno comp at Summernats 32 was the best – and most powerful – ever

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Summernats

Jake Myers wins Summernats 32 Burnout Masters – Video

Jake Myers in the S1CKO Mustang wins the Burnout Masters, following his dad Gary into Summernats burnout legend

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Summernats

Haltech Horsepower Heroes results – Summernats 32

Some of the coolest rides to come through the door of the MPW Dyno Cell at Summernats 32