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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AUSSIE STREET MACHINING’S GOLDEN JUBILEE • CELEBRATING 50 YEARS SINCE THE INAUGURAL STREET MACHINE NATIONALS

HOT GOSSIP

SIX-PACK IS BACK! • THE SIX-CYLINDER MUSCLE CAR IS BACK! DODGE IS THROWING ITS TWIN-TURBO SIX INTO THE UNSUCCESSFUL EV CHARGER TO GIVE IT SOME LIFE ON THE SALES CHARTS

JOSH SOXSMITH • REDCLIFFE, QUEENSLAND

CHIPS 2017 • CHIP HAPPENS

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

YELLOW FEVER • CLAYTON GOW HAD A PLAN TO BLOW SOCKS OFF IN THE SUMMERNATS TOP 60, AND THIS FINE DATSUN 1200 WITH A CABINET FULL OF SILVERWARE IS THE RESULT

BOSS STATUS • PAUL JOHNSTON’S METICULOUSLY DETAILED VK PROVES IT PAYS TO SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF

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

YOUNG ACHIEVERS • THE 2025 HARE & FORBES MACHINERYHOUSE YOUNG STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION HAS BEEN RUN AND WON. HERE’S YOUR PODIUM!

STORAGE WARS • CHRIS MURPHY’S XW UTE SPENT YEARS BEING USED AS A STORAGE CLOSET UNTIL HIS WIFE GAVE HIM A GENTLE PUSH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

CODE BROWN • BURNOUT-MAD JOE THRING’S LATEST SMOKE MACHINE COMBINES QUALITY SHOW WITH 8500RPM OF GO

MOUNTAIN HIGH • IT’S ORGANISED CHAOS AS STREET MACHINE’S MATT HULL TRIES HIS HAND AT MANAGING A RACE TEAM AT MOUNT PANORAMA’S BATHURST 6-HOUR

GREY MATTER • WHEN ONLY HALF HIS ’68 CAMARO CAME BACK FROM THE BLASTERS, BEN FINK TURNED TRAGEDY INTO TRIUMPH BY BUILDING IT INTO AN AWARD-WINNING, BIG BLOCK-POWERED PRO TOURER

Brown Sugar • STEVEN HARPER TOOK THE ORIGINAL 1970s LX TORANA RECIPE, KEPT THE CORE INGREDIENTS, AND TWEAKED IT JUST ENOUGH TO MAKE IT AN EVEN TASTIER DISH FOR THE 21st CENTURY

FORM GUIDE • LET’S TAKE A PEEK AT SOME OF THE INTRIGUING CARS LINING UP IN EACH CLASS FOR STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE 2025

JASON WAYE • FORD MUSTANG SPEED PRO SIX-CYLINDER

ALEXIS MARGARITIS • LC TORANA OUTLAW BLOWN

‘DENI DAVE’ DOWNIE • SUZUKI VITARA VCM PERFORMANCE/HP TUNERS DIAL YOUR OWN

KYLE BRAY • HK HOLDEN UTE TUFF MOUNTS 235 BLOWN

PAUL WOOD • LJ TORANA KEMPPI RADIAL ASPIRATED

PETER RADITSAS • HG KINGSWOOD ITF HIRE 235 ASPIRATED

DAVID LORINC • VH COMMODORE ENTHUSIAST MOTOR INSURANCE OUTLAW ASPIRATED

JASON VYNER • NISSAN XFN UTE UNRIVALED ENGINEERING STICK-SHIFT

MARK REYNOLDS • TOYOTA SUPRA Mk3 SPEED PRO SIX-CYLINDER

BUMPY RIDE • SINCE WE FEATURED IT THREE YEARS AGO, BRAD McGILL’S ’68 F100 BUMPSIDE HAS REMAINED IN A CONTINUAL STATE OF IMPROVEMENT

YOUNG, WILD & FREE • STREET MACHINE AND HARE & FORBES MACHINERYHOUSE STAGE A MULTI-STATE SHINDIG TO CELEBRATE THE 2025 YOUNG STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

SUE BOYLE • SHEPPARTON, VICTORIA

NEED FOR SWEDE • OVER 600HP OF AUSTRALIA’S FINEST IN AN UNASSUMING SWEDISH BRICK MAKES FOR A PARTICULARLY SNOOZY SLEEPER

THE STARS ALIGN • THE INAUGURAL ALLSTARS DRAG & DRIVE SAW SOME OF THE COUNTRY’S QUICKEST STREETERS ROAD-TRIPPING FROM WILLOWBANK TO WARWICK AND BACK TO BATTLE IT OUT ON TRACK

DIRTY STUFF

GERMAN TERRIER • THE BMW N54 HAS FLOWN UNDER THE RADAR ON OUR SHORES, BUT MARK HEYWARD SET OUT TO AMEND THAT WITH A RECORD-BREAKING, BUDGET TILT AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2024

IN THE BUILD

IN GEAR...