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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KIN YOU DIG IT? • THE GUYS FROM THE KINDIG CUSTOMS TV SHOW TEAMED UP WITH AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST ELITE SHOW CARS TO PUT ON A HELL OF A SHOW AT THE ADELAIDE 500

HOT GOSSIP

VALE KERRY DIGNEY • WE SAY GOODBYE TO KERRY DIGNEY, THE VOICE OF SUMMERNATS, POWERCRUISE, DRAG CHALLENGE AND MUCH MORE

BRETT PAIGE • BIGGERA WATERS, QUEENSLAND

KATHRYN MORAN • GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP 1971 • THEIR WORLD IS A TWO-LANE BLACKTOP. NO BEGINNING, NO END, NO SPEED LIMIT!

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YOUR STUFF • Write to: Your Stuff, Street Machine, Unit 9/3-5 Gilda Court, Mulgrave, Vic 3170, or email gday@streetmachine.com.au. Make sure you include your address (not necessarily for publication). Keep it short and sweet!

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APEX PREDATOR • ROB TOOK ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST ICONIC MUSCLE CARS AND STUFFED IT WITH 1050HP OF ALL-MOTOR THUMP

Smooth OPERATOR • CHRIS FRANKLING’S AFTER-HOURS XR FALCON HOTTIE FEATURES SMART CUSTOM LINES AND CLEVOR SHOVE

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DEATH WARMED UP • SOMEWHERE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL, DEATH WEEK WAS A NINE-DAY AMERICAN DRAG-AND-DRIVE EVENT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RACING AMONG ALL THE SIGHTSEEING

ONCE IN A Blue Moon • MIKE DAVISON AND PAT’S PRO RESTOS JOIN FORCES FOR A SHOWSTOPPING, ROAD-READY ’54 CHEV

EUROPEAN VACATION • THIS 800HP, TWIN-TURBO MERCEDES WAGON IS RICCARDO PONTONIO’S IDEA OF A STRESS-FREE DRAG CHALLENGE CRUISER

Show AND TELL • MATT BARNSLEY OF THE RENDER GARAGE TAKES US THROUGH HIS FAVOURITE RIDES FROM THE 2023 SEMA SHOW IN LAS VEGAS, AND THE EMERGING DESIGN TRENDS THAT DEFINED THEM

MATT’S SEMA TOP NINE

TOP SEMA DESIGN TRENDS

ORIGINAL SIN • THIS HG KINGSWOOD IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 2000HP OF METHANOL-DRINKING, TYRE-FRYING BIG-BLOCK MEETS SHOW-QUALITY FIT AND FINISH

CLEVOR THINKING • TONY DI BIAGIO’S NATURALLY ASPIRATED, 451-CUBE DRAG CHALLENGE XY IS ALL KINDS OF COOL

Party ANIMALS • THEY’RE THE HIGH-IMPACT, LOW-BUCK BUILDS THAT ALWAYS TURN HEADS AT AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST HORSEPOWER HOOTENANNY. WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL TRADITION OF THE SUMMERNATS SPECIAL

AUTOMOTIVE THERAPY • THE BUILD OF THIS VL COMMODORE HELPED JOSH STEWART COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES OF A DEBILITATING MEDICAL CONDITION

FIT & FIDDLE • CARNAGE CHIEFTAIN SCOTTY TAYLOR GIVES US THE LOWDOWN ON USING 200-SERIES PROFLOW LINES AND FITTINGS

FALSELY ACCUSED • YOU’D BE FORGIVEN FOR THINKING THIS VL CALAIS IS ROB BEAUCHAMP’S TRAILBLAZING PRO STREETER FROM THE LATE 80s, BUT ALL IS NOT AS IT SEEMS

YEAR OF THE ’CAT • MANNY DEBRINCAT’S VL CALAIS ROCKED 3.2 LITRES OF TURBOCHARGED BILLET RB POWER TO TAKE THE WIN IN THE SPEED PRO SIX-CYLINDER CLASS AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2023

IN THE BUILD

DIRTY STUFF

IN GEAR • To have your product featured here, call Kim Simonsen on 0439 422 285 or email kim.simonsen@streetmachine.com.au.

READERS ROCKETS • SEND photos of your car and a few details of what went into the build to Readers’ Rockets, Street Machine, Unit 9/3-5 Gilda Court, Mulgrave, Vic 3170 or email readerscars@streetmachine.com.au. Please note: Send us copies of prints as we are unable to return your photos.

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