Street Machine Australia Magazine - March 2023

In this issue

DRAG CHALLENGE
Our king-sized drag-and-drive torture test returns after more than three years.

TIME MACHINE
Mark Grimes’s iconic PRO ONE Malibu is still going strong, 36 years after our feature.

URBAN WARFARE
Danny Landsdowne’s VL wagon is set to rocket into the sixes courtesy of a screaming 2JZ..

AMERICAN EXPRESS

THE STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS JUGGERNAUT HITS THE PERTH MOTORPLEX, WITH AUSSIE RACERS FACING A TOUGH WEEKEND AGAINST THE US INVADERS

4 mins

LET THE RECORD SHOW

WE PAY TRIBUTE TO KEN WARBY, WORLD RECORD-HOLDING AUSSIE MOTORBOAT AND DRAG RACER

2 mins

AN ORDERLY 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

4 mins

FAMILY BUSINESS

MICK MATTHEWS TURNS HIS POP’S BELOVED DAILY DRIVER INTO ONE OF THE BEST XF FALCONS AUSTRALIA’S EVER SEEN

4 mins

CHALLENGE ACCEPETED

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

7 mins

PURPLE REIGN

DANNY DEBONO'S NINE-SECOND, 975HP BLOWN XT FALCON IS BURSTING WITH PRO STREET ATTITUDE

5 mins

Modern Rock

SCOTT LAWRENCE CATAPULTED HIS 1972 CH VALIANT INTO THE CURRENT CENTURY WITH A BLOWN GEN 3 HEMI POWERPLANT

4 mins

DAY JOB

GAVIN IRVINE BUILT HIS DAYTONA COBRA REPLICA WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS. THE RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO AN AUTOMOTIVE LEGEND

4 mins

IRON MAIDEN

TAYLAH LOUISE > NEWCASTLE, NSW

2 mins

DRAGGIN' WAGON

DANNY LANDSDOWNE’S 2JZ-EQUIPPED VL WAGON IS HEADING FOR THE SIX-SECOND ZONE

4 mins

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Street Machine Australia Magazine Description:

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.