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House Of Fun

Peter Volaris and Jim Raptis’s go logistics warehouse is gearhead heaven, with thousands of square feet of space, no neighbours and a stack of sweet muscle cars

LION TAMER

FAT RUBBER, SLAMMED STANCE AND A 500RWHP ASPIRATED SMALL-BLOCK CHEV MAKE THIS HQ COUPE A KILLER CRUISER

YOUNG GUN

ROWAN WARD > 19, GOLD COAST, QUEENSLAND

KIWI FRUIT

DRAG RACER PETER SCHIMANSKI’S 1200HP, 8/71-BLOWN HT MONARO IS STREET-LEGAL IN NEW ZEALAND. HOW GOOD ARE KIWI REGO LAWS?

LOCO MOTIVE

WITH KILLER LOWRIDER-INSPIRED PAINT, LUSCIOUS TRIM, 420HP UNDERFOOT AND A WORM-BURNING STANCE, THIS C10 SURE MAKES A SWEET STREETER

New Heights

Dean Rickard’s ht monaro is no small feat of custom building excellence

Driving Ambition

A go-fast Escort was always John Dennis’s goal, but the turbo street/track weapon he ended up with is a genre-busting masterpiece

Steve Roussis's XY Falcon

Steve Roussis’s XY falcon is a nine-second rolling celebration of the life of a much-loved wife, mother and friend

Master Of Design

After decades in the sport, Howard astill is still hard at it

Pump Up The Volume

For Adam Nagy, cubes are king, so his stunning lx torana hides big american grunt

Fast FRIDGE

TERRY PYLE HAS HAD A STRING OF TOUGH CARS OVER THE YEARS, BUT THIS LS7-POWERED HOT ROD TOPS THE LOT

WILD HART

AFTER HALF A CENTURY ON THE TOOLS, LOCAL ROD AND CUSTOM PIONEER DAVE HART CAN TELL SOME WILD TALES

HOT PURSUIT

HUSS AYACHE’S VL TURBO IS A FORMER POLICE CHASER REINCARNATED AS A NINE-SECOND MISSILE

AUTO EROTICA

BENNY GATT’S LINCOLN ZEPHYR IS JUST AS GORGEOUS TODAY AS IT WAS ON DEBUT AT SUMMERNATS IN 2003

ACCESS DENIED

ANTHONY RASCHELLA WAS EN ROUTE TO DRAG CHALLENGE WEEKEND WITH HIS NEW ’67 MALIBU. BUT THE COVID-19 CURSE STRUCK AGAIN

People Like Us

Allen Macfadyen > Geelong, Victoria

Gold Rush

A Mothballed LX Torana survivor is transformed into a tough, elite-grade streeter

Born To Be Wild

> From its Lairy graphics to its Russell Jones-built 351 cleveland, owen webb’s wild thing XY was an instant aussie pro street classic

IRON MAIDEN

ROBYN BRADBURY > WODONGA, VIC

LEMON ZEST

HAVING LONG PARTED WITH HIS FIRST YELLOW XY FALCON, MAT ‘GUDGE’ BUDAJ DECIDED TO BUILD ANOTHER – THIS TIME WITH FEWER DOORS

SECRET AGENT

THE MOITS RACING WOG007 CORTINA IS BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER – NOW WITH BOOST!

GAME DAY

AFTER STAGE ONE OF AN $11 MILLION REFURBISHMENT, SYDNEY DRAGWAY IS GO! WE DROPPED BY FOR A TOUR AND TO CHECK OUT OPENING NIGHT

CUSSO KING

JIM KERR LIVED AN INCREDIBLE LIFE OF CUSTOMLINES, TOP FUELLERS AND RESTORED FORDS

COMET'S TALE

CAN DRAG CHALLENGE REGULAR JOHN KERR AND HIS ’64 MERCURY COMET CRACK THE 10.5S IN HIS FIRST DRAG CHALLENGE WEEKEND?

600CI BIG-BLOCK FORD

> ASTILL DESIGNS, SOUTH COAST, NSW

Super Nova

just $25 buys you the chance to own one of the best custom cars in Australia, all while supporting a great cause

Phat Stacks

Jeremy Spiteri’s Phatxy Falcon is a pro street monster with over 700hp and a stance to make grown men drool

Dirty Stuff

NUMBER plate spotted on the back of a bright yellow Corvette Stingray: AHOON – steered by a white-haired senior citizen, and he wasn’t hanging about. Made me wonder if this guy was a time-warped rock ’n’ roll rager from the era of Elvis and the Beach Boys, perhaps an escapee from an old folks’ home, totally determined to grow old disgracefully while flying as low and fast as possible.

Precious Metal

This factory-fresh bronze wine fairmont packs a sleepy 600hp punch and GTHO flavour

Ready For Battle

Packing 1600rwhp and seven-second potential, Graeme Horner’s VH commodore is primed to take on the big bangers at drag challenge weekend