THE line between a show car and a street machine has blurred over the past decade or so. People still build finely detailed, beautifully crafted vehicles to be displayed at shows, but now the engineering underneath them is often focused on being able to enjoy all the hard work, money and time wrapped up in a classic car build - you know, actually driving the thing.
Freshly unveiled at Rockynats 2022, this epic Torana treads that fine line between immaculate Elite show car and ballistic streeter. And it was built off a genuine six-pot '69 LC GTR!
Called BUCKL UP, the Dart LS-powered LC has so far made 730rwhp with just 6psi of boost on pump fuel, though it has been built to withstand 30psi on methanol. But there is so much more going on under the skin than just a stonking powertrain.
"The Torana was brought to my workshop as a standard, driving GTR Torana, with stock wheels and a six-cylinder with triple carbs," says Corey of Street Elite Industries in Brisbane. "It looks like a very simple, tidy LS Torana build, but it is a very complicated car. It was one of the most challenging cars for me to build to get the concept right for the owner, Josh, to meet his requirements of being able to do street driving, go radial racing or roll racing, but with a high-end finish, a classy look and all the mod cons. Not many old-school cars are cruising around with a paddle-shifted 1000hp at the wheels with air conditioning and power steering!"
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ROYAL CARRIAGE
BENNY ROYAL TOOK A FAMILY HEIRLOOM TOYOTA CORONA, SHOVED A 1JZ IN IT AND HEADED OFF FOR FIVE DAYS OF DRAG-AND-DRIVE
DEBUT TOUR
WITH A SCREAMING HOLDEN SIX, DEAN TROUNSON'S HOME-COOKED HR STEERS WITH THE BEST OF 'EM
FULLY FRANKED
A SNEAKY 670 HORSES OF FRANK MARCHESE POWER MAKES ROB GORGIEVSKI'S CONCOURS XW A PROPER TREAT
NOMADIC LIFESTYLE
DON'T BE FOOLED BY ITS DEMURE APPEARANCE THIS '57 CHEVY NOMAD IS A RAUNCHY RESTOMOD PACKING MODERN MUMBO
PERFECT 10 '!!!!
THE SYDNEY HOT ROD & CUSTOM AUTO EXPO TURNS 10
VAN WILDER
PETER MARRIOTT BUILT THIS TOUGH, 350 CHEV-POWERED HK PANEL VAN IN TRIBUTE TO THE LONG-LOST HT VAN OF HIS YOUTH
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.
RED HOT & BLUE
A REBORN PROGM8 SHOOTS FOR THE TITLE OF AUSTRALIA'S BEST SHOW-AND-GO COMMODORE
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).
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