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.
BROADCAST • THIS ISSUE’S COVER STAR – MATT McINTOSH’S HQ STATESMAN – IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CAR
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AMERICAN EXPRESS • THE STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS JUGGERNAUT HITS THE PERTH MOTORPLEX, WITH AUSSIE RACERS FACING A TOUGH WEEKEND AGAINST THE US INVADERS
HOT GOSSIP
LET THE RECORD SHOW • WE PAY TRIBUTE TO KEN WARBY, WORLD RECORD-HOLDING AUSSIE MOTORBOAT AND DRAG RACER
DARREN SMITH • BENDIGO, VICTORIA
DAN AUSWILD • GRAFTON, NSW
HIGH SCHOOL USA 1983 • THE WRONG BOY JUST MET THE RIGHT GIRL
POP STAR
YOUR STUFF • Write to: Your Stuff, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email streetmachine@wheelsmedia.com.au. Make sure you include your address (not necessarily for publication). Keep it short and sweet!
OSCAR WINNER
V6 VENGEANCE
AN ORERLY Q • MATT McINTOSH’S FIVE-YEAR HQ STATESMAN BUILD WAS NEVER MEANT TO BECOME AN ELITE-LEVEL CAR, BUT THE NUMEROUS TOP GONGS IT SCORED AT SUMMERNATS 35 SUGGEST OTHERWISE
TURNS HIS POP’S FAMILY BUSINESS • MICK MATTHEWS BELOVED DAILY DRIVER INTO ONE OF THE BEST XF FALCONS AUSTRALIA’S EVER SEEN
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED • AFTER A THREE-YEAR LAY-OFF, THE FULL FIVE-DAY DRAG CHALLENGE FINALLY RETURNED, WITH NEARLY 140 ENTRANTS SUBJECTING THEIR CARS TO THE ULTIMATE DRAG-AND-DRIVE ODYSSEY
BOLT FROM BLUE • CAROLYN HAYES SETS OUT TO BUILD AN EIGHT-SECOND DRAG CHALLENGE CAR AND ENDS UP WITH A SUMMERNATS TOP 20 SHOWSTOPPER
PURPLE REIGN
WESTERN FRONT
Modern Rock • SCOTT LAWRENCE CATAPULTED HIS 1972 CH VALIANT INTO THE CURRENT CENTURY WITH A BLOWN GEN 3 HEMI POWERPLANT
DAY JOB • GAVIN IRVINE BUILT HIS DAYTONA COBRA REPLICA WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS. THE RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO AN AUTOMOTIVE LEGEND
GO NUTZ • OVER SEVEN YEARS, YOUNG GUN MARK BARTYN TRANSFORMED HIS HK KINGSWOOD FROM RELIC TO RIOT
LONG LIVE THE King! • REVISITING ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC YANKEE PRO STREETERS OF ALL TIME
IN THE BUILD
TAYLAH LOUISE • NEWCASTLE, NSW
DIRTY STUFF
DRAGGIN’ WAGON • DANNY LANDSDOWNE’S 2JZ-EQUIPPED VL WAGON IS HEADING FOR THE SIX-SECOND ZONE
IN GEAR • To have your product featured here, call Joseph Lenthall on (02) 8114 9421 or email joseph.lenthall@wheelsmedia.com.au.
READERS ROCKETS • SEND photos of your car and a few details of what went into the build to Readers’ Rockets, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email readerscars@wheelsmedia.com.au. Please note: Send us copies of prints as we are unable to return your photos.
LOL • Send your favourite funnies to: LOL, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email them to: streetmachine@wheelsmedia.com.au.
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SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY • Send your photos of fun with cars to: Sunday Too Far Away, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166, or email high-resolution images (1mb+) to: sundaytoofaraway@wheelsmedia.com.au. Please send copies of prints as we are unable to return your photos.
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