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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NEW NATIONAL DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP • THE NEWLY ANNOUNCED NATIONAL DRAG RACING CHAMPIONSHIP PROMISES A UNIFIED SPORT INCLUDING ALL GROUP ONE CATEGORIES SUCH AS TOP FUEL AND NITRO FUNNY CAR

> HOT GOSSIP

CHECK OUT THE TOP 16 FROM OUR SECOND-EVER MILWAUKEE YOUNG STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR!

RON SMITH • MOUNT EVELYN, VICTORIA

CUSTOM FX-FJ HOLDENS Part 3

SHAKER RUN 1985 • THE DEADLIEST CARGO, THE ULTIMATE CHASE

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

BLUE Diamond • PETER LEWIS’S KAASE-POWERED, ASTILL-BUILT XC IS A TECH-PACKED AND STREET-READY MASTERPIECE

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STRAIGHT SHOOTER • LLOYD TAYLOR’S SHOWSTOPPING, ARROW-STRAIGHT HT MONARO WAS BUILT 1000 MILES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST BIG CITY

Exhibitionists • MEGUIAR’S MOTOREX 21 WAS AN 800-STRONG HOT-CAR BONANZA THAT WARMED THE HEARTS OF 20,000 CHILLY, DAMP MELBURNIANS

BLOWN SKY-HIGH • WHEN DANNY HOWE WANTED A STREET CRUISER TO DO SUMMERNATS AND POWERCRUISE, HE BUILT A WILD, 8/71-BLOWN VN SV89 TRIBUTE PACKING 700 HORSES

ENCYCLOPAEDIA MECCANICA • STELIO BIRBAS BEGAN HIS VF VALIANT COUPE BUILD AS A TEENAGER. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND MANY MISSED DEADLINES LATER, THE CAR IS FINALLY COMPLETE – AND WORTH THE WAIT

PRIDE OF LIONS • A CENTRAL VICTORIAN DRAG STRIP IS TRANSFORMED INTO A HOLDEN LOVER’S PARADISE FOR THE 2023 TUFF MOUNTS HOLDEN NATIONALS

MEMORY 'Lane • THIS FACTORY 351 ZC FAIRLANE HAS ENTERTAINED THREE GENERATIONS OF THE TAYLOR CLAN – AND IT NOW MAKES 1100HP!

HARD to TOP • THIS CLASSIC-LOOKING ’55 CHEVY BEL AIR HIDES A WEALTH OF MODERN TOUCHES UNDER ITS TWO-TONE PAINT

SUPER SPORT • JOHN SZWEDE’S GENUINE LX SS TORANA HAS BEEN BUILT TO ENJOY THE WAY THE GENERAL INTENDED – FLAT-OUT!

TYRES 101 • EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF YOUR CAR

FAMILY AFFAIR • STEVEN SERONE AND HIS DAD DAVE TOOK A CRUSTY EJ HOLDEN BURNOUT MACHINE AND TURNED IT INTO A NITROUS-FED RACER RIPE FOR DRAG CHALLENGE

IN THE BUILD

EMMA BELL • SYDNEY, NSW

CONNOR CHIARELLI • 22, PERTH, WA

DIRTY STUFF

THE SAFETY DANCE • ARBY PROVIDES SOME POINTERS FOR READYING YOUR RACE CAR FOR A TECH INSPECTION

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, Unit 9/3-5 Gilda Court, Mulgrave, Vic 3170 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, Unit 9/3-5 Gilda Court, Mulgrave, Vic 3170, or email them to: streetmachine@wheelsmedia.com.au.

SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY • SEND your photos of fun with cars to: Sunday Too Far Away, Street Machine, Unit 9/3-5 Gilda Court, Mulgrave, Vic 3170, or email high-resolution images (1mb+) to: sundaytoofaraway@wheelsmedia.com.au. Please send copies of prints as we are unable to return your photos.

BLOWN 427CI WINDSOR V8 • PROFLO PERFORMANCE, CAMPBELTOWN, NSW