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ROMPER STOMPER

JOE BAUER'S 3000HP DODGE CHARGER TOOK ON STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 36 AND EMERGED AS GRAND CHAMPION

LAPS OF LUXURY

RICCARDO PONTONIO PLANS TO RUN LAPS AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2023 IN ONE OF THE SLEEPIER ENTRANTS LINING UP FOR THE EVENT - A 1980s MERCEDES WAGON WITH AN LSA AND TWIN TURBOS!

REAL BIG FISH

COME WITH US AS WE DELVE INTO THE WORLD OF BOLT-ON MODS FOR FORD'S MIGHTY BARRA SIX-CYLINDER

THE FLYING BRICK

THIS WEAPONS-GRADE VOLVO IS A FAR CRY FROM YOUR GEOGRAPHY TEACHER'S BEIGE WAGON

PONY UP!

KYLLIE GARRETT'S 560HP MUSTANG FASTBACK MELDS SHELBY HERITAGE WITH TOUGH MODERN STYLING

WORLDS COLLIDE

THE 2023 WORLD TIME ATTACK CHALLENGE SAW THE QUICKEST TINTOPS IN THE WORLD DESCEND ON SYDNEY MOTORSPORT PARK

Not The KINGSWOOD!

TED BULLPITT WOULD BE MORTIFIED BY JAY JORGENSEN'S nitrous-huffing. LS-POWERED HK KINGSWOOD

GRAND SLAM

BUILT IN JUST TWO YEARS BECAUSE HIS OTHER PROJECT WAS TAKING TOO LONG, MITCHELL RANDO'S '69 CAMARO WENT ON TO BE CROWNED MOTORVATION 37 GRAND CHAMPION

CENTRE PUNCH

RED CENTRENATS 9 DREW HOT-CAR PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER AUSTRALIA AND BEYOND TO SOAK UP THREE DAYS OF DESERT ACTION IN ALICE SPRINGS

Moy's Toy

JOHN MOY'S FC HOLDEN UTE COMBINES STUNNING LOOKS WITH MODERN TURBO TOYOTA POWER TO MAKE ONE SLEEK STREETER

FORGED IN FIRE!

DAN MORTON'S 'FORGED' XY FAIRMONT BRINGS CONCEPT-CAR EXECUTION TO A CLASSIC AUSSIE MUSCLE CAR

PURPLE PATCH

WE'VE GOT A NEW CARNAGE PROJECT CAR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE OUR QUICKEST ONE EVER!

DIRTY STUFF

OF ALL the different makes and models of carburettors I have worked on – from the really crude all-brass veteran car stuff, through SUs and Rochesters, to Zeniths and Holleys – my-all time favourites would have to be the Italian Webers. Not that they are made there anymore, for I hear that they are manufactured in Spain these days.

CROSS POLLINATION

CHRIS ETHELL'S VL COMMODORE MAKES 1000RWHP WITH A JAPANESE INLINE SIX, BUT THERE'S NO RB TO BE SEEN

ZSA ZSA BIACSI - BAROSSA VALLEY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ZSA Zsa Biacsi has been a keen revhead since she was a young lass, and is a willing wrench-turner on her stable of rides.

SILLY SEASON

BRENDON DE RUYTER COMBINED A HONDA K24 FOUR-POT AND AN UGLY 80s CELICA TO MAKE A 1200RWHP, SEVEN-SECOND DRAG-AND-DRIVE WEAPON

Golden Palomino

NEARLY 40 YEARS AFTER IT FEATURED IN STREET MACHINE, JANET HOUGH AND VICTOR REILLY'S 1966 MUSTANG IS STILL ON THE ROAD AND STILL TURNING HEADS

DREAM WEAVER

BENNY GATT TURNS HIS LATE DAD'S OLD XT INTO THE CRUISER HE'D ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT

Premier LEAGUE

FORGET YOUR 427s AND 502s; THIS HQ PREMIER THUMPS TO THE TUNE OF 632CI OF THE GENERAL'S FINEST

Rockin' & Rollin'

THE ICONIC COOLY ROCKS ON FESTIVAL DREW THOUSANDS OF PUNTERS TO THE GOLD COAST FOR FIVE DAYS OF CLASSIC CARS, ROCK 'N' ROLL AND ALL THINGS RETRO

CRANKY AS

RAY ELIA'S VH VALIANT REGAL HAS GONE FROM P-PLATE CHARIOT TO BAD-ARSE, 543-CUBE TYRE-FRYER

STRIP TEASE

ADAM ROGASH HAS STRAYED FROM HIS COMMODORE ROOTS TO BUILD ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S QUICKEST STREET CARS

GREASE 1978 - GREASE IS THE WORD

THE 1978 flick Grease has become such a cultural touchstone over the past 45 years that reviewing it in 2023 seems a little redundant.

AUSTRALIAN CUSTOM FORDS & CHRYSLERS

WHILE Holden was the maker of choice for many budding Australian customisers of the 1960s and early 70s, Ford and Chrysler products from the preceding decades were also popular and cheaply available once they had a few years under their belts.

BRYAN & TRACEY LITTLE - BRIBIE ISLAND, QUEENSLAND

WHEN we heard there was some unique metal rolling around this year’s Cooly Rocks On festival (see p.42 for full feature), we set out on a mission to spot Bryan and Tracey Little’s split-window Kombi and Ford Sunliner convertible amongst the thousands of assembled cars.

ON THE WAGON

OUR CARNAGE 1UZ V8 SLEEPER WAGON PROJECT IS FULL STEAM AHEAD!

QUEY TO THE CAPE

TOM CARRIERA'S MASSIVE FUNDRAISING ODYSSEY ENDED WITH A BANG!

BOWTIE BADDIE

JOSH MESSINEO BLENDED LS GRUNT, AN AP5 VALIANT AND 80s STREET MACHINE STYLING TO CREATE A 100ORWHP DRAG-AND-DRIVE WEAPON

DARK & STORMY

DRENCHED IN ACRES OF BLACK AND PUNCHING OUT NORTH OF 800HP, ROB HERRINGTON'S ALL-MOTOR XY IS A STREETER TO FEAR

DUTCH COURAGE

STEVE HOLLAND OF DUTCHY'S GARAGE BUILT A CAR THAT'S THE VERY DEFINITION OF FUN, WHETHER ON THE STREET OR THE TRACK: A 1961 MINI THAT GOES LIKE A WRX!