THE CONCEPT WAS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE: IT'S NOT A GT OR A TRIBUTE, OR A PURIST'S RESTO - IT'S JUST MY VISION OF A TOUGH STREETER
FOR Simon Pickrell, a childhood trip to Exhibition Park in Canberra cemented his passion for tough, top-quality Blue Ovals. "I first went to Summernats 25 years ago," the 46-year-old recounts. "I'd always had a love for cars growing up and a soft spot for Fords, but when I got to the 'Nats for the first time, that's when the bug really hit. Ever since then, I've wanted to build an Elite-level street car that I could take."
But as many of us have learned, life has a habit of getting in the way, and it would be another couple of decades before Simon could realise his dream. "This build has been a 25-year itch that I've only just scratched!" he laughs. "The concept was really quite simple; it's not a GT or a tribute, or a purist's resto - it's just my vision of a tough streeter."
The build kicked off in early 2020 with Simon scouring the nation for an ideal canvas. "I spent about six months and endless kilometres searching and inspecting cars to no avail, until I found this XW listed on Marketplace," he says. "I flew into Sydney and hired a car, drove to a small town just outside of Camden and met a guy named Gino. He was a super-nice bloke and had a couple of interesting-looking cars lying around, and more parts in his shed than you could possibly imagine." The XW in question was in reasonable shape, with a non-running 351 Cleveland in the engine bay. "After a bit of negotiating, we struck a deal and I was back on a plane on my way home and sending a truck to pick it up."
Once the car had landed in his garage on the Gold Coast, Simon got stuck into stripping the Fairmont before having it blasted and primed. It was then hitched to a dolly and handed over to Yatala's Rust Rat Kustoms for the full treatment.
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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
ARBY’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HIS VG VALIANT’S 60-FOOT TIMES YIELD PROMISING RESULTS IN THE RUN-UP TO STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE
ANIKA HODGES
THE CAR DROVE INTO OUR SHED AS A CREAM 202CI VC AND DROVE OUT AS A SILVER CAR WITH A 355 V8
STAGE FRIGHT
IT TOOK OWEN SCOTT MORE THAN 20 YEARS TO BUILD A TROPHY-WINING, 600HP EH HOLDEN UTE THAT WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME
THE Ummmal SUSPECT
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT MINI-TRUCKS. THIS SUMMERNATS TOP 60 HILUX IS A PROPER STREET MACHINE
FULLY UTILISED
HARDWOOD ROD & CUSTOM TURNS DARREN ISON'S HAND-ME-DOWN HT INTO A SMOOTH OPERATOR
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
ARBY’S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE HIS VG VALIANT’S 60-FOOT TIMES YIELD PROMISING RESULTS IN THE RUN-UP TO STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE
PEOPLE POWER
WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT 36 YEARS OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS - AND MOST DEMOCRATICALLY AWARDED - HONOUR IN OUR SPORT: STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR
OUT-AND-OUT MAYHEM
STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE IS ALREADY A ROLLICKING GOOD TIME, BUT WHAT CAR EVENT CAN'T BE MADE EVEN BETTER BY ADDING A BURNOUT COMP? INTRODUCING OUR INAUGURAL RODS OUT!
BAD TO THE BONE
THANKS TO HIS SON, ANDY, THE LATE MARIO COLALILLO’S 39 PLYMOUTH COUPE IS BACK ON THE ROAD AND STILL ONE OF THE BADDEST HOT RODS IN THE COUNTRY
THE CHALLENGE IS REAL
FROM TRACK DRAMAS TO SOARING TEMPERATURES, DRAG CHALLENGE 2024 THREW US SOME OF ITS TOUGHEST TESTS YET, BUT IT ALSO BROUGHT SOME OF THE QUICKEST TIMES THE EVENT HAS EVER SEEN
