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IRON MAIDEN

AUSTRALIA’S modified car scene has hot rodding at its root, but in 2020, these old jalopies – more than a century old, in some cases – are less commonplace in all-make shows and cruises.

Bel OF THE BALL

CHARLIE HARLEY TAKES HIS ’57 CHEV BEL AIR FROM BARE-METAL BEAUTY TO SUMMERNATS TOP JUDGED ELITE IN LESS THAN 12 MONTHS

CRUISE Missile

THE SLEEK EXTERIOR OF THIS GENUINE XA GT CLOAKS A 670HP CORE

BAYWATCH

> HOW TO FABRICATE A PAIR OF INNER FENDERS TO COMPLETE OUR SMOOTHED ENGINE BAY

THE FAMILY Siber

MAT BONE’S IDEA OF A SIMPLE FAMILY CRUISER IS A BIT WILDER THAN MOST, WITH 434CI OF BLOWN CHEVY POWERING HIS HK WAGON

KIWI FRUIT

WE HEAD TO NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTH ISLAND TO CHECK OUT THE DELIGHTFULLY DIFFERENT AUTOMOTIVE BUFFET ON OFFER AT MUSCLE CAR MADNESS

WESTERN STARS

PERTH’S MOTORVATION MAY NOT BE AS BIG AS IT USED TO BE, BUT THERE WAS STILL PLENTY OF TOUGH CARS AND COOL RIDES TO CHECK OUT

GOING FOR Gold

JUSTIN GAUCI SPENT NINE YEARS BUILDING HIS SMOOTH XR FALCON ONLY TO FIND HE CRAVED MORE POWER. IT WAS TIME TO GO BIG OR GO HOME

TICKLED PINK

WANT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE OVER 400HPAT THE TYRES WITH A NATURALLY ASPIRATED HOLDEN SIX?

Double TROUBLE

JOEL SMITH NEEDED A FAMILY CAR TO CRUISE WHILE HE FINISHED HIS ELITE LEVEL MUSTANG, SO HE BUILT AN XC HARDTOP AT THE SAME TIME

SHOW BOAT

LUCKY’S SPEED SHOP HAS TRANSFORMED DAN APPLEBY’S BOAT-TAIL BUICK RIVIERA INTO A SHOW-STOPPING CUSTOM

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