Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Daniel Cooper’s ex-Police VC Commodore
We chat to Daniel Cooper about his award-winning mullet and his factory manual VC Commodore ex-cop car
Jamie Dahl’s Pro Street XR Fairmont
Jamie Dahl's a country boy with a way cool Pro Street Fairmont in his shed - but it didn't come easy!
This Volvo 242 GT runs eights!
This weapons-grade Volvo is a far cry from your geography teacher’s beige wagon
BOSSXT: Chris Wright’s 800hp XT Fairmont
Chris Wright returns to the street-car world with 800hp worth of XT Falcon!
ProFlo Performance-built Nissan CA18 mill
Overshadowed by the Nissan SR20 turbo, the CA18 is a turbocharged gem more resembling the straight-six RB25. ProFlo Performance built this ripper little combo for a customer's Datsun 1200 with the goal of reaching 500rwhp
Samantha Holden’s 1965 Impala & 1940 Ford coupe
Samantha Holden grew up immersed in car culture watching her dad build street machines. Her two current rides are a race-look '65 Impala and '40 Ford coupe hot rod
Greg Thornton’s LS-powered FJ Holden
We caught up with Greg Thornton from Western Australia at the recent Gazzanats in Darwin
Greg Wilton’s FB Holden coupe
Looking back on Greg Wilton's neat mild custom FB coupe from West Oz
The benefits of stripping paint by soda blasting
Take several kilos of baking soda and throw it at your car. Really hard. It'll take the paint clean off. You think we're kidding?
Reader’s Rocket: 1969 Fiat Abarth 595
Dallas Bright's pocket-rocket ’69 Fiat Abarth 595 was transformed from a rusty wreck
Paul Murray’s Iron Man HR Holden van
We can rebuild him, better than he was before.” Okay, Brisbane’s Paul Murray might not have said those exact words, but I’m sure he was thinking something similar. See, his candy red HR Holden, Iron Man, was once a show-stopping 90s playboy, built by Mark Ivey and known as Badass (SM, Sep ’93). ‘A-ha!’ I […]
Raw Orange: The XW Ford Falcon van loaded with clever thinking
We check out a tres-cool custom van unveiled at Rockynats 2024
Fitting airbag suspension to your street machine
Modern, computer-controlled airbags aren't just for the low 'n' slow crew. Here's what's involved in fitting airbag suspension to your car
1400hp twin-turbo 388ci VH Valiant Charger
Theo Diamond’s Valiant Charger blends old-school carby V8 tech with modern turbo grunt
LS-swapped BMW E30 taking on Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge
BMW's E30 is a small, light, rear-drive platform begging for some proper grunt, which Shayne coote was only too happy to provide
Maxiumum Madness in Rockhampton
Rod Coverdale's famous Mad Max replica is certified art in the Rockhampton Museum of Art
Eight-second 1800hp VS Commodore
Street manners, a show-quality finish and seven-second potential make for a spot-on VS!
Phoenix from the ashes: ’46 Chev rebuilt and ready to rock Rockynats
When nineteen-year-old Kadin Berry's '46 Chevy hot rod caught fire en route to Rockynats 3, the local car community united to help him rebuild it
Bryce McCabe’s tunnel-rammed XR Falcon
Dragged from a shed and brought back from the dead, Bryce McCabe's XR is a true blue-collar success story
Dave Carnell’s nine-second HQ One-Tonner
Dave Carnell's HQ Tonner runs nines, makes 780hp and completed Drag Challenge with a cheap-as-chips turbo LS!