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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RADIAL RENEGADE • SCOTTY GOES BIG IN THE ‘GRIMACE’ VS UTE AT KENDA’S NIGHTMARE AT THE BEND, THROWING DOWN WITH AUSTRALIA’S BEST RADIAL RACERS
HOT GOSSIP
TURNING PRO • THE PRO BURNOUT SERIES IS RAMPING UP INTO SOMETHING EPIC IN 2025, WITH CASTLEMAINE ROD SHOP JUMPING ABOARD THE TYRE-HATING TRAIN
TROY STYLES • TATURA, VICTORIA
DRIVE ANGRY 2011 • ONE HELL OF A RIDE
YOUR STUFF • EMAIL your missives to gday@streetmachine.com.au. Keep it short and sweet!
GET THE DRIFT?
DRIVEN, NOT HIDDEN • THIS SHED-BUILT, DRIVE-ANYWHERE PRO TOURING TORANA WAS HEATH VAN DER WAERDEN’S LIFE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS, AND IT’S NOW EARNED HIM THE BIGGEST PRIZE IN AUSSIE STREET MACHINING
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FULLY LIT • AN AUSSIE CLASSIC DIALLED UP TO 11 AND THROWN AROUND BURNOUT PADS IS OUR KINDA ROCK & ROLL!
MUSCLING UP • BEKIM BILBILOV TOOK A CONCOURS-RESTORED XA GT TRIBUTE AND TURNED IT INTO SOMETHING FAR MORE INTERESTING VIA 700HP WORTH OF SHOVE
ROUTE SIXTY-SICK! • AUTOMOTIVE NOSTALGIA TRIPS DON’T COME ANY MORE EPIC THAN SICK 66, AN EIGHT-DAY DRAG-AND-DRIVE EVENT EXPLORING AMERICA’S LOST HIGHWAY
LOW-HANGING FRUIT • GREG AND JENNY JONES’S SLAMMED EK HOLDEN IS AN ELITE-LEVEL, SHOW-WINNING MACHINE BUILT RIGHT AT HOME
IN THE PINK • THE RINGBROTHERS ADD THEIR SIGNATURE STYLE TO THEIR FIRST PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA BUILD AND ABSOLUTELY NAIL IT
NEW TRICKS • MATT BARNSLEY OF THE RENDER GARAGE GUIDES US THROUGH THE STAND-OUT DESIGN TRENDS FROM SEMA 2024, THE WORLD’S BIGGEST AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET SHOW
SCREW DRIVER • SAM CARUANA’S 1000RWHP, WHIPPLE-BLOWN SMALL-BLOCK CAMARO WAS BUILT TO CRUISE
YOUTHFUL Rebellion
HOTTEST 100 • FROM A FARM IN SOUTH DAKOTA TO QUEENSLAND FREEWAYS, DARYL WILLSHER’S 530HP F100 WALKS ITS OWN LINE
THE LO-DOWN • RON BARCLAY’S SMOTY-WINNING HQ UTE IS ONE THE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY AUSSIE STREET MACHINES EVER, BUT THIS HQ PREMIER IS WHERE HIS JOURNEY BEGAN
SHIFT WORK • THE ZF 8HP TRANSMISSION OFFERS QUICK SHIFTS, THE ABILITY TO HANDLE BIG POWER, AND TECH TO MAKE IT CRUISE SMOOTH. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS NEW-AGE RATIO-SWAPPER
IRON MAIDEN
VALIANT EFFORT • HAVING SPENT MANY HOURS DEVELOPING HIS POR440 VG VALIANT IN THE LEAD-UP TO STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE 2024, IT WAS TIME FOR ARBY TO PUT IT TO THE TEST
DIRTY STUFF
LUKE PELLE • 16, LLANDILO, NEW SOUTH WALES
JURASSIC PARK • DONTEX PERFORMANCE TESTED ITS NEW 1200RWHP, TWIN-CHARGED PACKAGE FOR THE RAM TRX IN THE PRESSURE COOKER OF DRAG CHALLENGE 2024
IN THE BUILD
IN GEAR
READERS’ ROCKETS
LOL
SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY
SUPERCHARGED 542CI BIG-BLOCK FORD • QUEANBEYAN ENGINE SERVICE, QUEANBEYAN, NSW