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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GOING, GOING, GONE! • THREE LANDMARK AUSSIE MUSCLE CARS ARE SET TO COME ACROSS THE AUCTION BLOCKS LATER THIS MONTH
> HOT GOSSIP
FIGHTBACK • THE US AFTERMARKET IS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THE EPA
PAUL SOKLEV • MILL PARK, VICTORIA
GARRY JOHNSTONE • MACKAY, QUEENSLAND
CAR CRASH 1981 • NOT EVEN THE MOB CAN STOP THEM
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!
Highly DECORATED • THE 2021 THE YEAR RESULT IS AN EMOTIONAL ONE, WITH CHAD RIBBONS’S LOW-BUCK, SHED-BUILT HD HOLDEN UTE BEING A ROLLING TRIBUTE TO A DEARLY DEPARTED DAD
A TOUCH OF EVIL • STEVE GREW TOOK AN ALREADY TOUGH XC FALCON HARDTOP AND BROUGHT OUT ITS EVILL SIDE
TROPiCAL PUNCH • THE LIFELONG DREAM OF A PAPAYA ORANGE TORANA HATCH WITH RED AND ORANGE STRIPES HAS FINALLY COME TRUE FOR MATT WATTS
ON THE Road AGAIN
US 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK, MARTIN, MICHIGAN
SUMMIT MOTORSPORTS PARK, NORWALK, OHIO
LUCAS OIL RACEWAY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA
BYRON DRAGWAY, BYRON, ILLINOIS
US 131 MOTORSPORTS PARK, MARTIN, MICHIGAN
RED ALERT! • JEREMY TOMIC’S HJ MONARO WENT FROM BARN-FIND TO 1100HP STREET BRAWLER
YESTERDAY’S Hero • THIS EARLY-80S SHOW CAR WAS SAVED AND BROUGHT BACK BADDER THAN EVER
DEFINING Features • WE CHECK OUT SOME OF THE BEST SPECIAL FEATURES TO RUN IN THE FIRST 400 ISSUES OF STREET MACHINE
TOWER OF POWER • COCO SHEAHAN’S EYE-CATCHING TURISMO BLUE HK KINGSWOOD CRACKS NINE-SECOND QUARTERS. HOW GOOD ARE BLOWERS?
Power TO THE PEOPLE • WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BUCKLE UP ALONGSIDE A POWERCRUISE BIG GUN? WE RIDE SHOTGUN AT BRISBANE’S POWERCRUISE #86 TO FIND OUT
STREET FIGHTER • BUILT AS A DRAG CAR IN THE 90S, THIS VC SL/E HAS BEEN REBORN AS A FIERCE STREET-LEGAL CRUISER
SWEET REDEMPTION • QUEENSLANDERS KEEP THE RADIAL TRAIN A-ROLLING AT KENDA TIRES RADIAL REDEMPTION 2.0
DRIVER REVIVER • IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME BETWEEN DRIVES FOR VINNIE TIGANI AND HIS XY FAIRMONT, BUT HE’S RAPIDLY MAKING UP THOSE LOST MILES THANKS TO A STOUT MODERN-DAY DRIVELINE
FABRICATING EXCELLENCE • IN A QUIET, UNASSUMING SHED IN CENTRAL VICTORIA, ROBI FEKETE IS FORGING AUTOMOTIVE GOLD
OPEN FOR BUSINESS • IF YOU WANT TO HANG WITH THE BIG-TYRE GANG, FIRST YOU’VE GOTTA STRETCH THOSE GUARDS
BLACK THUNDER • ANTHONY FABRIS’S VL WALKINSHAW IS ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY COMMODORES TO EVER GRACE THE PAGES OF STREET MACHINE
JEEPERS CREEPERS • AIDAN REIMAGINES A WORLD WAR II-ERA WILLYS JEEP AS A WILD POST-WAR HOT ROD
RIP SNORTER • WORLD-RENOWNED BRITISH DJ CARL COX HAS HIS SIGHTS SET ON DRAG CHALLENGE WITH A 1600RWHP HG PREMIER ON 235S!
IN THE BUILD
DEE PITTMAN-WHITE • BURSWOOD, WA
NECESSARY EVIL • MUM’S THE WORD ON THIS BLOWN AND INJECTED TYRE-SLAYER
DIRTY STUFF
IN GEAR
READERS’ ROCKETS
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SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY
265CI CHRYSLER HEMI SIX • PETER HARAVITSIDIS, MELBOURNE