Street Machine Australia Magazine - July 2024

In this issue

GAME CHANGER
How Rob Beauchamp rocked Aussie street machining
Nexus R5 install + PROGM8 + Northern Nats
INSIDE: 200HP Coronet Procharged XP & 1JZ Corona sleeper
DRAG CHALLENGE 2024 IS GO! Australia's toughest street car test

DRIVING INNOVATION

EVER WISH YOU COULD HAVE A BRAND-NEW VERSION OF AN ICONIC 1970s AUSSIE MUSCLE CAR, FULL OF THE LATEST TECH? DRIVE SOUTH IS WORKING TO MAKE THAT A REALITY

2 mins

DRAG CHALLENGE 2024 DATES ANNOUNCED!

THE 2024 RUNNING OF DRAG CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE HUGE!

1 min

PEOPLE LIKE US

WHEN Michael Gonzalez isn't busy making eight-second passes in CHOCTOP, his street-driven, LSA-fed VC Commodore, or cruising one of the many other cars in his collection, he can be found managing Springmount Raceway, home to Far North Queensland's biggest horsepower hoedown, Northern Nats (see p. 48 for full feature).

2 mins

STREETS AHEAD

THE Street Machine team and wider modified car community were shocked and saddened to learn that one of the legends of our sport, Rob Beauchamp, had passed away in May following a two-year battle with cancer, aged 67.

2 mins

RED HOT & BLUE

A REBORN PROGM8 SHOOTS FOR THE TITLE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST SHOW-AND-GO COMMODORE

4 mins

EXPRESS DELIVERY

IF YOU'VE ever been to the Bright Rod Run (and you damn well should've), odds are you've seen Joel Beatson lapping in an early Falcon.

4 mins

TRUE NORTH

AFTER MONTHS OF RAIN, THE DRAG RACING DROUGHT BROKE AT SPRINGMOUNT RACEWAY WITH NORTHERN NATS 8

3 mins

VELVET SLED GEHAMMER

THIS 1969 DODGE CORONET R/T IS A BRUTAL STREET THUG DRESSED IN AN ARMANI SUIT

5 mins

VAN WILDER

PETER MARRIOTT BUILT THIS TOUGH, 350 CHEV-POWERED HK PANEL VAN IN TRIBUTE TO THE LONG-LOST HT VAN OF HIS YOUTH

4 mins

PERFECT 10 '!!!!

THE SYDNEY HOT ROD & CUSTOM AUTO EXPO TURNS 10

3 mins

NOMADIC LIFESTYLE

DON'T BE FOOLED BY ITS DEMURE APPEARANCE THIS '57 CHEVY NOMAD IS A RAUNCHY RESTOMOD PACKING MODERN MUMBO

4 mins

FULLY FRANKED

A SNEAKY 670 HORSES OF FRANK MARCHESE POWER MAKES ROB GORGIEVSKI'S CONCOURS XW A PROPER TREAT

4 mins

DEBUT TOUR

WITH A SCREAMING HOLDEN SIX, DEAN TROUNSON'S HOME-COOKED HR STEERS WITH THE BEST OF 'EM

3 mins

COMPUTER GAMES

SCOTTY SHOWS US THE INS AND OUTS OF INSTALLING A HALTECH NEXUS R5 INTO OUR DRAG CHALLENGESPEC, TWIN-TURBO VS COMMODORE UTE

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.