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OUTER CRUST

DALE GRIDLEY WEDGED 426 CUBES OF MODERN MOPAR INTO AN UNSUSPECTING SURVIVOR AP5

HAVING IT ALL

STREET MANNERS, A SHOW-QUALITY FINISH AND SEVEN-SECOND POTENTIAL MAKE FOR A SPOT-ON VS!

THEM'S THE BREAKS

HAS YOUR BROKEN-DOWN RIDE GOT YOU HOT UNDER THE COLLAR? HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP GET YOUR CAR CHARGED , COOL AND BACK ON THE ROAD

NIPPED AND TUCKED

JAMES BULLIONS'S SLAMMED MAZDA R100 MAY LOOK SIMPLE ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT IT HARBOURS MIND-BOGGLING ENGINEERING UNDER THE SKIN

WAY OUT WEST

ONE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S MARQUEE MODIFIED CAR EVENTS, THE 38TH EDITION OF MOTORVATION SAW ACTION APLENTY

Minor MIRACLE

IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF CAR TO STAND OUT, JUST A LOT OF WORK, AS RHONDA AND AL MAGRITZER DISCOVERED WITH THEIR BLOWN AND CONTINENTAL-KITTED MORRIS MINOR CUSTOM

TICKLED PINK

ASHLEY BELL'S XA FAIRMONT WENT FROM GRANDPA-SPEC TO A WILD PLUM STUNNER IN UNDER 12 MONTHS!

ROMPER STOMPER

JOE BAUER'S 3000HP DODGE CHARGER TOOK ON STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 36 AND EMERGED AS GRAND CHAMPION

LAPS OF LUXURY

RICCARDO PONTONIO PLANS TO RUN LAPS AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2023 IN ONE OF THE SLEEPIER ENTRANTS LINING UP FOR THE EVENT - A 1980s MERCEDES WAGON WITH AN LSA AND TWIN TURBOS!

REAL BIG FISH

COME WITH US AS WE DELVE INTO THE WORLD OF BOLT-ON MODS FOR FORD'S MIGHTY BARRA SIX-CYLINDER

THE FLYING BRICK

THIS WEAPONS-GRADE VOLVO IS A FAR CRY FROM YOUR GEOGRAPHY TEACHER'S BEIGE WAGON

PONY UP!

KYLLIE GARRETT'S 560HP MUSTANG FASTBACK MELDS SHELBY HERITAGE WITH TOUGH MODERN STYLING

WORLDS COLLIDE

THE 2023 WORLD TIME ATTACK CHALLENGE SAW THE QUICKEST TINTOPS IN THE WORLD DESCEND ON SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK

Not The KINGSWOOD!

TED BULLPITT WOULD BE MORTIFIED BY JAY JORGENSEN'S nitrous-huffing. LS-POWERED HK KINGSWOOD

GRAND SLAM

BUILT IN JUST TWO YEARS BECAUSE HIS OTHER PROJECT WAS TAKING TOO LONG, MITCHELL RANDO'S '69 CAMARO WENT ON TO BE CROWNED MOTORVATION 37 GRAND CHAMPION

CENTRE PUNCH

RED CENTRENATS 9 DREW HOT-CAR PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND TO SOAK UP THREE DAYS OF DESERT ACTION IN ALICE SPRINGS

Moy's Toy

JOHN MOY'S FC HOLDEN UTE COMBINES STUNNING LOOKS WITH MODERN TURBO TOYOTA POWER TO MAKE ONE SLEEK STREETER

FORGED IN FIRE!

DAN MORTON'S 'FORGED' XY FAIRMONT BRINGS CONCEPT-CAR EXECUTION TO A CLASSIC AUSSIE MUSCLE CAR

PURPLE PATCH

WE'VE GOT A NEW CARNAGE PROJECT CAR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE OUR QUICKEST ONE EVER!

DIRTY STUFF

OF ALL the different makes and models of carburettors I have worked on – from the really crude all-brass veteran car stuff, through SUs and Rochesters, to Zeniths and Holleys – my-all time favourites would have to be the Italian Webers. Not that they are made there anymore, for I hear that they are manufactured in Spain these days.

CROSS POLLINATION

CHRIS ETHELL'S VL COMMODORE MAKES 1000RWHP WITH A JAPANESE INLINE SIX, BUT THERE'S NO RB TO BE SEEN

ZSA ZSA BIACSI - BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ZSA Zsa Biacsi has been a keen revhead since she was a young lass, and is a willing wrench-turner on her stable of rides.

SILLY SEASON

BRENDON DE RUYTER COMBINED A HONDA K24 FOUR-POT AND AN UGLY 80s CELICA TO MAKE A 1200RWHP, SEVEN-SECOND DRAG-AND-DRIVE WEAPON

Golden Palomino

NEARLY 40 YEARS AFTER IT FEATURED IN STREET MACHINE, JANET HOUGH AND VICTOR REILLY'S 1966 MUSTANG IS STILL ON THE ROAD AND STILL TURNING HEADS

DREAM WEAVER

BENNY GATT TURNS HIS LATE DAD'S OLD XT INTO THE CRUISER HE'D ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT

Premier LEAGUE

FORGET YOUR 427s AND 502s; THIS HQ PREMIER THUMPS TO THE TUNE OF 632CI OF THE GENERAL'S FINEST

Rockin' & Rollin'

THE ICONIC COOLY ROCKS ON FESTIVAL DREW THOUSANDS OF PUNTERS TO THE GOLD COAST FOR FIVE DAYS OF CLASSIC CARS, ROCK 'N' ROLL AND ALL THINGS RETRO

CRANKY AS

RAY ELIA'S VH VALIANT REGAL HAS GONE FROM P-PLATE CHARIOT TO BAD-ARSE, 543-CUBE TYRE-FRYER

STRIP TEASE

ADAM ROGASH HAS STRAYED FROM HIS COMMODORE ROOTS TO BUILD ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S QUICKEST STREET CARS

GREASE 1978 - GREASE IS THE WORD

THE 1978 flick Grease has become such a cultural touchstone over the past 45 years that reviewing it in 2023 seems a little redundant.