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Thunder Run (1986) - ripper car movies
For 200 miles, the action never stops!
Jamie Small's LS1-swapped HQ Kingswood ute
Jamie Small's classic Kingswood ute cruises Aussie streets in style thanks to some modern mumbo
Anaconda: LX Torana hatchback
Giant snake eats blown Torana - it could only happen in Queensland
Adrian Romandini's 528-cube Hemi-powered Dodge Charger
It may have taken six years, but Adrian Romandini's Dodge Charger is now a quintessential Hemi stomper
Brad Pizzi's EH Holden panel van
Brad Pizzi's Holden EH panel van used to be a bog-filled basket case; now it's a Summernats star
Peter Grandoni's 632-cube Camaro
We caught up with Peter Grandoni and his monster big-block Camaro at Victoria's Summernats Slam earlier this year
The Zed Father: Our interview with Hiroshi Tamura
Nissan’s new Z ascends to new heights. We pick the brain of the man who took it there
Bluey Boxsell's 1935 Airborne Eight pick-up
Bluey's Airborne Eight contains parts from 68 different cars. Can you spot them all?
4/71 blown EFI Holden 202
Everyone knows that if you want a load of power on the cheap, the tried-and-true Barra or LS is probably the best way to go – but where’s the fun in that?
Castlemaine Rod Shop custom bolt-in nine-inch diff build
Building a custom bolt-in nine-inch diff from scratch for Broads's Harrop-blown LC Torana
MR NUTS Outlaw 275 LC Torana
A good old-fashioned blown Torana serving it up to the turbo teddies in radial racing
Resto with grunt: BK Race Engines XA GT
It looks like an immaculately restored Red Pepper XA GT - but there is 670hp hidden under the stock aircleaner
LSA-powered 1964 Chev C10
This old farm truck hides a few little tricks under its weather-beaten skin – including a blown, modern 500hp heart
Interview: Dandy Engines’ Frank Marchese
Frank Marchese’s thirst for power nearly killed him as a kid, but the 2018 Drag Challenge champion has only got thirstier with age
Paul Thomas’s pro-street 1967 Mustang
Packed with killer engineering and 20 years’ worth of work, Paul Thomas’s Top 60 elite Mustang is a pro-street stunner
Mario Colalillo's chopped FB Holden van
Slam an FB ute into an FB van and you might end up with something like Mario Colalillo's mild-to-wild custom stunner
Blown and injected XY GT replica
A stunningly built XY GT replica with a 900hp, blown and injected twist!
Nitrous 427-cube HQ Monaro GTS
After a long on-and-off gestation, Simon White's nitrous-huffing HQ finally debuted at Motorvation 36 and was one of the stars of the show
Ten nifty workshop hacks
If you're just getting started with working on cars, here are some top workshop hacks to help you overcome the common problems you might strike
Jamie Skews's XA Falcon hardtop
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
Emanuel Darmanin’s XDF351 Falcon
Pure darkness and a thundering exhaust herald this flawless Pro Street XD Falcon
Enormous Horns - Dean Woods's HRT69
Looking back on Dean Woods's injected Holden VR ute
XB GS Fairmont - GSHOON
After a collision with a concrete block, Michael Stivala's Ford XB GS Fairmont GSHOON is back and better than ever
Readers' project cars in the build
We check out some of our readers' works in progress from the September 2022 issue of Street Machine