PHATTT LOT OF GOOD

MARCUS NIKOLIC ENVISAGED HIS VL CALAIS AS THE ULTIMATE SUPERCHARGED STREET CRUISER, AND WOUND UP IN THE SUMMERNATS TOP 60

JULIE PFENNIG

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SEX MACHINE

> ONE OF THE STARS OF THE AUTO SALON SCENE IS REBORN TO ONCE AGAIN WOW THE SHOW CROWDS

WORLD BEATER

GREG 'MAULER' TSAKIRIDIS TAKES AIM AT THE WORLD'S QUICKEST PRO MODS IN HIS 4500HP PRO-LINE-POWERED MUSTANG

STRONG WEEKEND

OUR FIRST DRAG CHALLENGE EVENT SINCE 2020 WENT OFF LIKE A FROG IN THE PROVERBIAL!

INCH PERFECT

BRETT RUSSELL HAS POURED 36 YEARS' WORTH OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS INTO HIS BIG-INCH PRO TOURING TORANA - AND IT SHOWS

ORIGINAL SIN

WHEN YOUR DAD BUILDS RACE ENGINES, YOUR GENUINE XA GT BETTER BE ABLE TO REEL OFF AN EIGHT-SECOND QUARTER-MILE IN 70s STYLE 14797 z PONTIAL

EVIL INTENT

> PETER NUSSER'S XR UTE PACKS 1250 HORSES' WORTH OF TURBO-BARRA HELL, AND IT'S HEADED STRAIGHT FOR DRAG CHALLENGE

Khaos THEORY

JASMINE GREEN DIDN'T LET A LACK OF BUDGET OR PROFESSIONAL TICKETS KEEP HER FROM BUILDING AN ELITE-LEVEL MINI-TRUCK ALL ON HER OWN

BLUE SKY HIGH

THIS CALIFORNIA-STYLE MUSTANG CRUISER WAS RESCUED FROM A RUSTY DEMISE AND NOW HIDES A BOOSTED AUSSIE HEART

FUELLING THE Fire

TOP FUEL SCORCHERS RETURN TO MILDURA AFTER ALMOST A DECADE AWAY

Border PATROL

THE CANCELLATION OF CHRYSLERS ON THE MURRAY DIDN'T DETER THE MOPAR FAITHFUL FROM MAKING THEIR ANNUAL BORDER PILGRIMAGE

BLACK OPS

WHEN LOUIE DEMETRIOU FIRST SPOTTED A BLACK '68 DODGE CHARGER, HE FELL DEEPLY IN LUST, TWO DECADES LATER, THAT LUST WAS FINALLY SATED BY THIS TUNNEL-RAMMED BIG-BLOCK BRAWLER

PROCHARGED PRIZE FIGHTER

DAN SZABOLICS’S NEW PROCHARGED, PRO LINE-POWERED RADIAL ROCKET IS READY TO GO ROUNDS WITH THE BEST

HIT FOR SIX

JOE ORDON HAS BUILT WHAT’LL PROBABLY BE THE QUICKEST STREET-DRIVEN NISSAN PATROL IN THE WORLD, AND IT’S HEADING STRAIGHT FOR STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE

KNOCKING ON SEVEN'S DOOR

JOSH TUSKIN’S BARRA-SWAPPED XW IS HEADING FOR THE SEVEN-SECOND ZONE, LEAVING A TRAIL OF BROKEN PARTS IN ITS WAKE

ZESTY ORANGE

PAUL CAMILLERI’S 550HP LX TORANA IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ‘QUICK TIDY-UPS’ THAT GOT MORE THAN A LITTLE OUT OF HAND – AND DON’T WE LOVE IT!

TIME TO Shine

MICHELLE WHITE’S SUMMERNATS TOP 60 BLOWN HZ IS THE GLEAMING END RESULT OF A 40-YEAR AUTOMOTIVE ODYSSEY

MCQ 1974

THE COP NO ONE CAN STOP. EVEN THE COPS

POWERING FORWARD

WHEN DARREN GOJAK LOST HIS WIFE SUE, HE VOWED TO MOVE FORWARD. ADDING A HEAP OF EXTRA GRUNT TO HIS 1964½ MUSTANG DEFINITELY HELPED WITH THAT

GREY'S ANATOMY

TWO DECADES AGO, TODD BLAZELY HAD TO SELL HIS BELOVED ATLAS GREY VN SS, SO WHEN HE FINALLY SNAGGED ANOTHER ONE, HE WENT ALL-OUT

FULL REGALIA

ANTHONY BARONE HAS OWNED HIS VC VALIANT REGAL FOR 34 YEARS, BUT THE CAR’S LATEST REBUILD HAS IT TRULY LIVING UP TO ITS NAME

DIRTY STUFF

MY OLD mate Kev had a Valiant, a VC station wagon that was a tad tired and needed another engine.

Wild Cherry

WITH ITS 550RWHP LSX, MANUAL GEARBOX AND TRAY-LOAD OF CLEVER TRICKS, DARYL O’SULLIVAN’S HK UTE DEFINES AUSSIE PRO TOURING

RAW ANIMAL

THE BEAST LURKING WITHIN PETER TSEKENIS’S EIGHT-SECOND, STREET-DRIVEN XY IS A NATURALLY ASPIRATED SMALL-BLOCK MAKING OVER 1000HP

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

PAS DASKALAKIS LOVES FALCON COUPES, BUT HE WANTED HIS LATEST TO BE ABSOLUTELY INSANE – PURISTS BE DAMNED

QUICK TEMPER

MORE THAN 30 YEARS AFTER BUYING IT, DAVE BARNARD HAS FINALLY PIECED TOGETHER THE QUICK-AND-ANGRY MONARO HE ALWAYS WANTED

INFINITY AND BEYOND

IN THE 1990S, CARMINE CAROFANO’S SLICK HQ STATESMAN WAS A WEAPONS-GRADE TROPHY MAGNET

KINGDOM COME

GRUDGE KINGS BROKE THE COVID BLUES WITH ITS FIRST SYDNEY SHOWDOWN SINCE SHUTDOWN

HOMEBREWED

JUSTIN SCHMIDT BEGAN TINKERING WITH VLs AS A BROKE TEENAGER, AND IT’S PAID OFF BIG-TIME IN THE FORM OF THIS HOME-BUILT EIGHT-SECOND STREETER