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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ETERNAL OPTIMISTS • THE 2025 RUNNING OF OPTIMA UTIMATE STREET CAR WAS A RECORD BREAKER, WITH ALL KINDS OF MACHINES DUKING IT OUT FOR THE TOP HONOURS

HOT GOSSIP

ROCK ON! • ROCKYNATS IS BACK FOR 2025, THUMPING INTO ROCKHAMPTON IN APRIL FOR THREE DAYS OF AUTOMOTIVE AWESOMENESS!

JAKE DIXON • THAGOONA, QUEENSLAND

HIGH-BALLIN’ 1978 • TRUCKIN’ IS ONE THING, HIGH-BALLIN’ IS ANOTHER, AND THE WAY THEY DO IT IS SOMETHING ELSE!

SIMO’S LA STORY • BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND

YOUR STUFF

A LEGEND REBORN • THE FAMILY OF THE LATE SAM FENECH REBUILD HIS ICONIC TORANA AND PAY HIM THE ULTIMATE TRIBUTE BY WINNING GRAND CHAMPION

HORSES FOR COURSES • IN JUST SIX MONTHS, THIS MUSTANG WENT FROM RUSTY JUNK TO ONE OF THE GREATEST-EVER AUSSIE-BUILT PRO TOURERS

HOT & SPICY • THERE MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN A BUSHFIRE THIS YEAR, BUT MOTORVATION 39 STILL BROUGHT PLENTY OF HEAT TO THE PERTH MOTORPLEX

IF YOU NEED ME, I’LL BE IN THE SHED

BLACK TIE, WHITE NOISE • A NEAT VK BLUE MEANIE REPLICA BECOMES A 700HP BRUTE IN A SHARP BLACK SUIT IN JUST SIX MONTHS

SINGLE-CAM JAM • AARON HAMILTON’S XD WENT FROM A BARBECUE GAS-HUFFINGBUDGET STREETER TO A 1200HP STRIP-STORMER WITH A TURBOCHARGED, SINGLE-OVERHEAD-CAM INTECH SIX

GONZO THE GREAT • PETER ‘GONZ’ CASATI HAS A 1650-CUBE, 300MPH DREAM

’Wood WORKED • STEVE MILLIAS TOOK AN ALREADY NEAT, LSA-POWERED HK KINGSWOOD AND FINE-TUNED ALL THE DETAILS TO MAKE IT THE PERFECT CRUISER

LIGHT BITE • WITH A BETTER POWER-TO-WEIGHT RATIO THAN MOST SUPERCARS AND STUNNING FINISH INSIDE AND OUT, MICHAEL WILLOUGHBY’S 1200 IS WAGON THE PERFECT DATSUN STREETER

C-CHANGE • A FORMER FARM TRUCK THAT HAD BEEN LEFT IN A FIELD FOR YEARS, WAYNE LINEKER’S CHEVY C10 HAS BEEN RESURRECTED AS A STORMING PRO TOURER WITH BLOWN V8 POWER

LAST DRINKS • WE TOUR THE AMAZING SHEDS OF BURNOUT LEGEND PHIL KERJEAN, AS HE AND HIS FAMILY PREPARE TO MOVE ON AFTER 12 AT THE SMOKIN’ ROO

JESS JOHNSTONE • HOBART, TASMANIA

CRUSTY DEMON • KIWI SIMON UPHAM ADDS AN LS AND PLENTY OF TRICK SUSPENSION GEAR TO A WEATHERED EH WAGON TO CREATE ONE OF THE WACKIEST DRIFT CARS YOU’VE EVER SEEN!

ADAM PATRUNO • 22, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

MURPHY’S LAW • JOSEPH MURPHY’S STEALTHY HQ WAGON BOASTS 850HP ON TAP AND STACKS OF COOL ENGINEERING

DIRTY STUFF

MANUAL LABOUR • MAXX PERFORMANCE’S ZANE HEATH BUILT A MANUAL WRX HATCH IN JUST FOUR WEEKS TO TAKE ON DRAG CHALLENGE 2024

IN THE BUILD

IN GEAR

READERS’ ROCKETS • WANT your pride and joy featured in the mag? Just send some photos of your car (minimum file size 2MB each) and a few details of what went into the build to readerscars@streetmachine.com.au.

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SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY

CHEVROLET W ENGINE • 1958–1965