Street Machine

Street Machine is the country’s biggest selling, most widely read and most respected modified car magazine. Combining great photography with accurate, expert coverage of the Aussie modified car scene and in-depth technical features, Street Machine celebrates Australia’s passion for older cars, V8s and the lifestyle that surrounds them.

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VALE: GENE WINFIELD • WE SAY GOODBYE TO ONE OF THE MOST PIVOTAL FIGURES IN CUSTOM CAR CULTURE

A WHOLE NEW WORLD • THE MOTOREX YOU KNOW AND LOVE IS COPPING A MAJOR REVAMP FOR 2025, INCLUDING A NEW ‘WORLDS’ CONCEPT AND SLASHED TICKET PRICES

HOT GOSSIP

DAVID WADDINGTON • REDCLIFFE, QUEENSLAND

THE CANNONBALL RUN 1981 • THE MOVIE THAT GOT 200 TICKETS BEFORE THE BOX OFFICE EVEN OPENED

SIMO’S LA STORY • BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND

YOUR STUFF • EMAIL your missives to gday@streetmachine.com.au. Keep it short and sweet!

DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH

IN YOUR FACEBOOK

ENDLESS APPEAL • IT’S A GOOD THING FRANK ZAMMIT’S XW IS A UTE, BECAUSE HE HAD TO HAUL PLENTY OF TINWARE HOME FROM SUMMERNATS 37!

AUSSIE POST • SLICK PAINT, KILLER TRIM AND FOUR-DIGIT GRUNT FROM A TWIN-TURBO BIG-BLOCK MAKE THIS ’57 CHEV ONE OF THE HOTTEST RIDES ON AUSSIE ROADS

OPTIMA’S PRIME • A RECORD SELL-OUT ENTRY LIST – INCLUDING OUR STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR WINNER – MADE THIS YEAR’S OPTIMA ULTIMATE STREET CAR AT CALDER PARK A BATTLE OF THE AGES

IF YOU NEED ME, I’LL BE IN THE SHED • SAVE UP TO 38% ON A SUBSCRIPTION TO

PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT •  ALAN ROBSON’S GENUINE LC GTR TORANA INITIALLY PRESENTS AS A PARTICULARLY FINE RESTORATION, BUT DON’T BE FOOLED – IT’S BEEN PUMPED FULL OF STEROIDS

MAX FACTOR • NICK CINI’S INTIMIDATING XB HARDTOP MIGHT HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY A CERTAIN PURSUIT SPECIAL, BUT ITS CONSIDERABLE GRUNT COMES FROM A MORE MODERN SOURCE

STAYING POWER • POWERCRUISE 97 SAW THE LONG-RUNNING EVENT RETURN TO ITS SPIRITUAL HOME TO LIGHT UP QUEENSLAND RACEWAY

NO LAUGHING MATTER • AUSTRALIAN NITRO FUNNY CAR CHAMPION JUSTIN WALSHE STEPS INTO A NEW WILD RIDE IN THE FORM OF THIS 1100HP CLUBSPORT CLOUD-MAKER

VELVET CLOUT • A CONCOURS-RESTORED BEAUTY THAT’S ALSO AN 11-SECOND STREET ANIMAL? SIGN US UP!

The SLEEPER AWAKENS • LAST TIME IAN WRIGHT’S HT KINGSWOOD APPEARED IN THE MAG, IT WAS AN UNDER-THE-RADAR SLEEPER. NOW? NOT SO MUCH

JULIA CRANE • DARWIN, NORTHERN TERRITORY

KALE CARTER • 16, BANNOCKBURN, VICTORIA

BOOST JUICE • ARMED ONLY WITH FACTORY STEELIES, A SUN VISOR, AND A BUDGET TURBO FORD SIX, NATHAN CAMILLERI’S XE FALCON GL RUNS DEEP INTO THE 10S

PAW PATROL • THIS ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE TURBO NISSAN BELTS OUT 1200HP AT THE TREADS – BUT IT AIN’T NO SKYLINE GT-R!

DIRTY STUFF

LIFE OF LUXURY • DAN OXTON SPARES A HILUX FROM A LIFE OF MINI-TRUCKING AND TURNS IT INTO AN EIGHT-SECOND-CAPABLE DRAG-AND-DRIVE SLEEPER!

IN THE BUILD

IN GEAR

READERS’ ROCKETS

LOL

SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY

BLOWN 632CI BIG-BLOCK FORD • POLITO’S AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES, WETHERILL PARK, NSW