CATCH of the DAY

WITH SOME FAMILY ASSISTANCE, MATT MITCHELL & KATIE BOURKE CREATED THE HAND-CONTROLLED BARRACUDA OF THEIR DREAMS

GREEN WITH Envy

THAT’S THE REACTION DARREN YOUNG’S NEAT-AS-A-PIN, 355 V8-POWERED HD HOLDEN TENDS TO INSPIRE

BUMP & GRIND

OUR OWN IAIN KELLY REMAGINES A BUMPSIDE F100 AS A PRO TOURER, AND AIDAN BRINGS THE IDEA TO LIFE

ANGER MANAGEMENT

THIS STUNNING HZ PREM TOOK A TOP 60 SPOT AT SUMMERNATS 33, BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP OWNER DAVE CUELL PULLING IT APART AGAIN

2022 SURVIVAL GUIDE

AFTER a one-year hiatus, the biggest horsepower party of the year is finally set to return to Canberra when Street Machine Summernats 34 rolls into Exhibition Park, 6-9 January. The 2022 ’Nats promises to be a cracker!

METAL MILITIA

AS NEW BILLET BLOCKS FOR THE HOLDEN V8, BARRA SIX AND CLEVELAND V8 HIT THE MARKET, WE TAKE A DIVE INTO WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL

The BRIGHT SIDE

THE BELOVED BRIGHT ROD RUN’S 2021 CANCELLATION DIDN’T STOP DETERMINED PILGRIMS FROM MOUNTING THEIR OWN UNOFFICIAL VERSION

DEJA VROOM!

SOUTH AUSTRALIA SHOWED ITS MUSCLE AT THE SECOND ADELAIDE AUTO EXPO IN A CALENDAR YEAR

DAD'S ARMY

LAKESIDE PARK’S ALL AUSSIE FATHER’S DAY BASH SAWDADS AND THEIR FAMILIES CELEBRATE ALON GSIDE A BATTALION OF HOMEGROWN CLASSICS

10 OF THE BEST

AS STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 34 APPROACHES, LET’S LOOK BACK AT THE FIRST INCREDIBLE 10 YEARS OF THE WORLD’S BEST CAR FESTIVAL

DREAM CATCHER

LOUIS YOUNIS COULDN’T RESIST THE CHANCE TO TICK A CHILDHOOD DREAM CAR OFF HIS BUCKET LIST

FINE LIME

JAMIE SKEWS RESCUED THIS XA HARDTOP FROM A SLOW DEATH VIA A 640HP CLEVO HEART TRANSPLANT, A THIRD PEDAL AND THE BRIGHTEST GREEN HUMANITY HAS EVER SEEN

Market FORCES

KILLED BY COVID LAST YEAR, THE 2021 SEMA SHOW SAW EXHIBITORS AND BUYERS ALIKE BUZZING TO BE BACK AT THE LARGEST AFTERMARKET AUTOMOTIVE TRADE EVENT ON EARTH

Mr Summernats

AS WE REV UP FOR THE RETURN OF STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS, WE PAY TRIBUTE TO THE MAN WHO MADE IT ALL POSSIBLE

REVOLUTIONARY RETURN

AFTER 13 YEARS IN HIBERNATION, THE 2ENIL8 XW FALCON IS BACK, FASTER AND WAAAY BETTER THAN EVER

PUMP ACTION

WITH A 978HP BLOWN SMALL-BLOCK AND THE TOUGHEST STANCE THIS SIDE OF A RUGBY FRONT ROW, THIS HK PREMIER IS PRIMED FOR STREET ACTION

DEATH-DEFYING

DARREN AND LEAH DUBBELMAN TURN TRIBULATION INTO TRIUMPH WITH THEIR 2000HP RADIAL TORANA

DIRTY STUFF

WHEN I was young and didn’t know much, I went to work in a used-car yard that specialised in selling sports cars.

MAZ ROMANDINI

WHEELERS HILL, VIC

BLUE BLAZES

OUR GRUNT HUNT GIVEAWAY BLUE 202 PROUDLY SERVED IN JEFF FOLEY’S UC TORANA FOR 20 YEARS

BIG TIME

TIM HADDOCK’S VJ UTE MAY LOOK UNASSUMING, BUT THERE’S SOME SERIOUS GEAR LURKING BENEATH ITS DIE-STRAIGHT PANELS, INCLUDING A TORQUEY CHRYSLER BIG-BLOCK

BLOWN 510CI BIG-BLOCK

BG ENGINES, NORTH RICHMOND, NSW

GLOW-UP

PAUL BRINCAT GIVES A FAMILY-HEIRLOOM XY FAIRMONT A 500HP BIRTHDAY

MAN WITH A SCAN

IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE SCIENCE FICTION, BUT 3D SCANNING CAN TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF BUILDING YOUR PROJECT CAR

TANGERINE DREAM

SHAUN SCERRI ORIGINALLY RESTORED HIS HQ GTS TO FACTORY SPECS, BUT THE 253 SOON MADE WAY FOR SOME FAR STRONGER FRUIT

Desert Stormer

A Land Cruiser? In street machine? If the blown big-block isn’t enough to ease your pain, read on

Ultra Violet

> Attention to detail made Simon Bonello’s HR Holden a top 10 hit at summernats 10, kick-starting a remarkable career

Theo Stergi 1964 Chrysler AP5 Valiant - Tough Street Machine

The AP5 Valiant isn’t often viewed as tough street machine material, but Theo Stergi’s jet-black, 10-second rocket might just change that

Do The Stomp!

Larger than life, John ‘Stomper’ Winterburn did big things for aussie drag racing

Street Cruisin' Man

Jonathan Danaskos’s street-driven mustang toughie blends classic style with a show-winning finish and 10-second timeslips