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

TRUE NORTH

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

DRAG CHALLENGE 2024 DATES ANNOUNCED!

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

COMPUTER GAMES

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

VELVET SLED GEHAMMER

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

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.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

JAPANESE STEEZE MEETS AUSSIE ICONOGRAPHY IN JAY DUCA'S GENRE-HOPPING VL

BIG-BUCK BURNOUTS

SUMMERNATS ANNOUNCES MASSIVE NEW PRIZEMONEY AND A BRAND-NEW BURNOUT SERIES

RETURN OF THE KINGS

WITH SOME OF AUSTRALIA'S MOST ESTEEMED CAR BUILDERS SET TO DEBUT CARS, THIS YEAR'S MEGUIAR'S MOTOREX IS SET TO BE A CRACKER

YACHT ROCK

PRO STREET luxury cars may as well be a religion unto themselves in Victoria.

THE LONG ROAD

A 20-YEAR ODYSSEY SAW JASON MACKENZIE’S CAMARO TRANSFIGURED FROM BURNOUTBRUISER TO SHOWSTOPPING BOULEVARD CRUISER

KICKSTART MY HEART

TWO HEART ATTACKS JOLTED JASON HANNAM TO HOME-BUILD HIS SL/R 5000-STYLE HOTTIE

DOUBLE ACTION

THINK BUILDING AN ELITE CAR IS TOUGH? TRY DOING A 1700RWHP HQ MONARO STREETER AT THE SAME TIME!

Mission BROWN

TWIN BROTHERS YOUNAN AND EDDIE KHAZI SET OUT TO SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS WITH THIS CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BARRA TURBO XE GHIA BUILD

HELL YEAH

HOW DO YOU IMPROVE ONE OF THE BEST-LOOKING MUSCLE CARS EVER? GIVE IT TO RINGBROTHERS, OF COURSE!

DIY DREAM

MONIQUE O'GARR'S EH WAGON WAS THREE DECADES COMING, BUT AN ELITE HALL DEBUT MADE IT ALL WORTHWHILE

HIT FOR SIX

GLORIOUS RB30 POWER SENT ZAC SHEPHERD'S DEBUTANT LJ TORANA TO SECOND IN TUFF MOUNTS 235 BLOWN AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2023

SUPER NOVA

MIKE WARD'S TWIN-TURBO NOVA HAS RESET THE DRAG-AND-DRIVE BAR FOR AUSSIES RACING IN THE US

Tail OF SUCCESS

MICHAEL MORRIS IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE CUSTOMS GREAT AGAIN

THE FIRST QUARTER

WARWICK DRAGWAY CHRISTENS ITS NEW QUARTER-MILE SURFACE WITH A BIG DOSE OF NITRO!

TRADE SECRETS

> DAVE CARNELL’S HQ TONNER RUNS NINES, MAKES 780HP AND COMPLETED DRAG CHALLENGE WITH A CHEAP-AS-CHIPS TURBO LS!