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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VIPER THE WORLD • LENNARD VIDOT TO DRIVE VIPER V10-POWERED CHARGER ACROSS AUSTRALIA FOR SUMMERNATS 33
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THE ULTIMATE STREET CAR? • THE INAUGURAL ‘OPTIMA SEARCH FOR THE ULTIMATE STREET CAR’ EVENT SAW A KILLER WEEKEND OF TRACK ACTION AT CALDER PARK
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SPIT AND POLISH • VICTORIAN HOT ROD SHOW 25-27 JANUARY, MELBOURNE, VIC
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John Taylor “THE CRAZYMAN” LOCO MOTION • DEARLY DEPARTED DRAG RACER JOHN ‘ THE CRAZYMAN ’ TAYLOR NEVER LET A LACK OF FUNDS CRUEL HIS FUN
Tyre Tips: TRACK DAYS!
CREATING HAVOC • ROB ZAHABI’S INCREDIBLE ‘HAVOC’ DODGE CHALLENGER WAS BUILT TO TAKE ON THE WORLD
CLEAN LIVING • NIKO PROMMNITZ’S 780HP HK MONARO PROVES YOU DON’T NEED TO GO BUCK-WILD WITH A CLASSIC DESIGN TO BUILD A KILLER STREET CAR
CHOPPED REBORN • BACK FROM HIATUS, CHOPPED ENTERED THE ASPHALT ERA WITH PLENTY OF SMOKY OLD-SCHOOL RACING ACTION
FAT ATTACK! • WHEN JOVAN BATAR REALISED HIS XP PROJECT WAS GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, HE SCREWED TOGETHER THIS TOUGH XE TO FEED HIS SPEED BUG
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Improved PRODUCTION • AN AUSSIE CLASSIC COPS A 600RWHP SUPERCHARGED MAKEOVER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WITHOUT LOSING ANY OF ITS 70S IDENTITY
Sin City SHOW-OFFS • A BUMPER CROP OF AUSSIE AND KIWI-BUILT RIDES FLEW THE FLAG FOR DOWN UNDER CAR-BUILDING AT SEMA 2019
FELINE Cool • YOU WANT TO BUILD A WHAT OUT OF A WHAT? DAVE WILLIAMS PROVES THAT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX CAN YIELD AMAZING RESULTS
DIVINE MADNESS • AN EXPAT KIWI, LIVING IN THE UK AND WORKING IN F1, BUILDS A YANKEE MUSCLE CAR
SALUTE TO SURVIVORS • OLD HOLDEN ENTHUSIASTS NEVER DIE – THEY JUST HIT THE SUNSHINE COAST FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL HKTG NATIONALS
RETURN OF THE KING
ROAD SERVICE
IN THE BLACK • SHANE PLATTS BOUGHT THIS VH SL/E AS A 16-YEAR-OLD IN 1998, AND IT’S BEEN GETTING TOUGHER AND BETTER- LOOKING EVER SINCE
THUNDER -STRUCK • MORE THAN 200 OF AUSTRALIA’S QUICKEST STREET CARS SPEND A WEEK FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND THE WEATHER ON STREET MACHINE DRAGCHALLENGE2019
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HARRY HAIG
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ALON VELLA
MARK BUSSCHER
TODD FOLEY
NATHAN GHOSN
GEORGE LYRAS
PAUL TURNER
JAKE EDWARDS
JAY ROBINSON
PHIL EDMONDSON
AARON JAMES
KAI MCPHEE
JASON RUBY
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DAVID BARBER
MATT CAREY
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CHRIS KAARSBERG
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CHRIS PALFREYMAN
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ANDREW MCLELLAN
GEOFF STONE
CHARLIE ATTARD
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DANIEL DRURY
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LIFE IN THE FAST ’LANE • DAMIEN KEMP’S FAIRLANE FASTBACK IS A PURPOSE-BUILT DRAG CHALLENGE MACHINE
LET’S ROLL! • HOW TO MAKE SURE YOUR WHEELS AND TYRES ARE THE RIGHT FIT FOR YOUR STREET MACHINE
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