Features
Gorgeous, glossing spreads on the most beautiful and hardcore modified cars that Australia’s custom scene has to offer.
Roman Auto-Tek VS Commodore ute
Italian style and Aussie guile makes a super slammed showstopper
Nev Shears’s XD Ford Falcon S-Pack panel van
Nev Shears’s XD panel van is a throwback to the golden era of 80s street machining – stacks and all!
1000hp blown TRIGGA XY Fairmont
Tim McDonald and his dad brought a sad XY Fairmont home nearly 40 years ago. Neither could have believed it would turn into this 1100hp monster
Ed Brodie’s SMOTY-winning 1974 Holden HJ Sedan – MR HJ
Looking back on Ed Brodie's 1998-99 SMOTY-winning Holden HJ
Chris Orchard’s Nascar-powered VH Commodore
Chris Orchard’s screaming NASCAR-engined Commodore skid car serves it up to the blown brigade
Reader’s Rocket: Simon Major’s VG Valiant hardtop
Simon Major has owned his '71 VG hardtop since 1991. Now dubbed 'Loose Morals', it's a 318ci V8-powered cruiser
Ground breaker: Johnny Musladin’s EH Holden
Johnny Musladin's beautiful EH Holden EH
Blown 427 SOHC ‘Cammer’-powered 1962 Ford Falcon Sedan Delivery
Would you believe a blown Cammer?
Ron Kirwan’s FC Holden Crewman custom
Holden never built an FC Crewman so Ron Kirwan created his own
Mark Thornton’s 1100rwhp VK Calais Blue Meanie replica
We caught up with Mark Thornton and his blown LS-powered VK Calais at Street Machine Summernats 36
Chris Hollingworth’s pro street HG ute
Rebuilding this magnifico HG ute demanded a mountain of folding stuff
Cam Waters’s XB Falcon coupe is powered by screaming, Supercars-bred 369ci Windsor
Here's what happens when a professional Supercars racer commissions an ex-Supercars and Nascar engineer to build a ball-tearing mill for his street machine
Tech: How a limited slip differential works
We pull apart a differential to show you how it gets the power to the ground
Family-heirloom twin-turbo LS-powered VH Valiant ute
Luke Novel was told to take his grandfather's VH Valiant ute to the tip. Thankfully, he didn't listen, as it's now a twin-turbo LS-powered masterpiece
Matt Symons’s One Tonner tow truck
Matt Symons has had a passion for tow trucks from an early age, stemming from his grandfather's mechanical and towing company
Glenn Munday’s 400-cube HQ SS survivor
Having retained both the same owner and much of its period character for nearly 35 years, Glenn Munday’s HQ SS is a true 80s survivor
Roy Alati’s show-stopping 1962 S-Series Valiant – flashback
Six years of hard slog created this S-series stunner
Simon Major’s 1977 Chrysler CL Valiant panelvan – DISTURBIA
Street Machine's Simon Major dreamed up this van when he was nine years old. Three decades later, he built it for real
Where are they now? The ‘Two Hands’ XA Ford Falcon hardtop
One funny guy, one very serious car. It almost sounds like a movie script
Wildsville: Mike Cooper’s 1993 Ford pick-up
Crafted rather than built, Mike Cooper's wild Tubester rod is pure art