DESIGNATED DRIVER

IT MIGHT BE AN ELITE-LEVEL STUNNER, BUT THIS 580HP EH HOLDEN FROM MASKELL’S CUSTOMS & CLASSICS WAS BUILT TO DRIVE

POWER AND GLORY

KEVIN MANTACH’S ’50 CHEV COULD HAVE BECOME A SWEET CUSTOM SLED, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT’S NOT HIS STYLE

ALL THE RAGE

WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS, FORGET THE LEMONADE – KEEP BUILDING RIDICULOUSLY TOUGH CARS!

NO HOLDS BARRED

THROUGH A 40-YEAR IMMERSION IN THE MODIFIED CAR SCENE, ANDREW HOLDSWORTH HAS BEEN AN INNOVATOR BOTH IN EARLY STREET MACHINING AND THE LOCAL PERFORMANCE INDUSTRY

TAKING FLIGHT

STREET MACHINERS TAKE OFF AT TAREE AIRPORT FOR ITS FIRST-EVER EIGHTH-MILE DRAG MEETING

SPRING FEVER

AFTER 27 YEARS, SP RINGNATS IS STILL LIGHTING UP SHEPPARTON

ICY GLARE

A STRONG RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OWNERS AND BUILDER HELPED MAKE AN ACCIDENTAL SUPERSTAR OF THIS PRO TOURING CAMARO

SIZE MATTERS

PROFLO PERFORMANCE UPS THE STREET-CAR ANTE WITH THIS 940CI LJ TORANA

FULL SEND

TONY ROHR IS GROWING OLD DISGRACEFULLY WITH THIS SHED-BUILT, EIGHT-SECOND VH COMMODORE

BOSS BABY

ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S COOLEST SMALL FORDS IS NOW EVEN SWEETER THANKS TO A 1000HP METHANOL-SUCKING BLOWN SMALL-BLOCK

John Taylor-LOCO MOTION

DEARLY DEPARTED DRAG RACER JOHN ‘THE CRAZYMAN’ TAYLOR NEVER LET A LACK OF FUNDS CRUEL HIS FUN

SALUTE TO SURVIVORS

OLD HOLDEN ENTHUSIASTS NEVER DIE – THEY JUST HIT THE SUNSHINE COAST FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL HKTG NATIONALS

CHOPPED REBORN

BACK FROM HIATUS, CHOPPED ENTERED THE ASPHALT ERA WITH PLENTY OF SMOKY OLD-SCHOOL OO RACING ACTION

Young Gun

WE HAD A FAMILY MEETING AND I SAID THAT I’D LIKE TO BUILD THE KOMBI AND I COULD WORK IN MUM AND DAD’S CAFÉ ON SCHOOL HOLIDAYS AND WEEKENDS TO PAY FOR IT

Hammer Time

DANIEL SZABOLICS’S TW IN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK HQ MONARO PACKS SIX-SECOND POTENTIAL AND DOORSLAMMER-LEVEL POWER

Valvoline Smoty Winner

MATT MORGILLO HAS BEEN THROUGH THICK AND THIN WITH HIS HQ STATESMAN, BUT WINNING VALVOLINE STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR IS DEFINITELY AT THE THICK END

Cool Runnings

DR TIM EXPLAINS HOW TO OPTIMISE YOUR CAR’S COOLING SYSTEM SO YOU DON’T GET HOT UNDER THE COLLAR

Holden Built My Hot Rod

PROJECT MONARO SEES HOLDEN BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO ITS MOST ICONIC MODERN AUSSIE MUSCLE CAR – AND YOU COULD OWN IT!

Brown Rice

ROHAN GORDON’S TORANA IS NO XU-1 REPLICA – HIS FACTORY FOUR-CYLINDER LJ NOW DANCES TO A JAPANESE DRUM

Good-Time Charlie

1100HP WORTH OF HEMI UNDER THE HOOD OF A CLASSIC DODGE CHARGER IS CHARLIE TOUMA’S IDEA OF FUN

Boxer Rebellion

MARK BOXER SLIDES 1000HP OF TURBOCHARGED BARRA INTO AN UNSUSPECTING XH FALCON UTE

Deep Blue C

HOW DO YOU BUILD A THOROUGHLY MODERNISED ’35 CHEVROLET COUPE BUT KEEP ALL OF THE ORIGINAL STYLING CUES? JUST LIKE THIS

Blue Velvet

JON SANDHAM’S BIGNLO FAIRLANE LUXO-BARGE COPS A 21ST-CENTURY UPDATE

Slip 'N' Grip

THE RIDES BY KAM TEAM BRING OUT THEIR BEST BUILDS AND BEST MATES FOR A DAY OF DRAGS AND DRIF TING

Make My Day

THE SHOWCARS MELBOURNE FATHER’S DAY CAR & BIKE SHOW PACKED OUT ST KILDA’S ACLAND STREET WITH QUALITY CARS AND FAMILY FUN

Red Centre Nats

RED CENTRE NATS 5 IN ALICE SPRINGS PROMISED A WEEKEND OF SMOKY BURNOUTS, HEAVY-HITTING DRAGS, SHOW-STOPPING RIDES AND CRAZY CRUISING, AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT

New-School Rules

OLD-SCHOOL CAR-BUILDING SKILLS BLEND WITH STATE-OF-THE-ART COMPUTER TECH AT GRAEME BREWER’S DOWN TOWN KUSTOMS, WITH AWARD-WINNING RESULTS

Bird Of Prey

TOM JURIC BUILDS THE 800HP PRO STREET FALCON HE DREAMED OF AS A 16-YEAR-OLD

Blown To Hell

American Racing Headers Is Jamming a 1000hp+ Blown Hellcat Motor Into a Prius!

Ben There, Done That

An Icon of Australian Drag Racing, Ben Gatt Celebrates 50 Years of Quarter-mile Mayhem This Year