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.

BROADCAST • THIS ISSUE’S COVER STAR – MATT McINTOSH’S HQ STATESMAN – IS AN EXCEPTIONAL CAR

STREET MACHINE

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AMERICAN EXPRESS • THE STREET OUTLAWS: NO PREP KINGS JUGGERNAUT HITS THE PERTH MOTORPLEX, WITH AUSSIE RACERS FACING A TOUGH WEEKEND AGAINST THE US INVADERS

HOT GOSSIP

LET THE RECORD SHOW • WE PAY TRIBUTE TO KEN WARBY, WORLD RECORD-HOLDING AUSSIE MOTORBOAT AND DRAG RACER

DARREN SMITH • BENDIGO, VICTORIA

DAN AUSWILD • GRAFTON, NSW

HIGH SCHOOL USA 1983 • THE WRONG BOY JUST MET THE RIGHT GIRL

POP STAR

YOUR STUFF • Write to: Your Stuff, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email streetmachine@wheelsmedia.com.au. Make sure you include your address (not necessarily for publication). Keep it short and sweet!

OSCAR WINNER

V6 VENGEANCE

AN ORERLY Q • MATT McINTOSH’S FIVE-YEAR HQ STATESMAN BUILD WAS NEVER MEANT TO BECOME AN ELITE-LEVEL CAR, BUT THE NUMEROUS TOP GONGS IT SCORED AT SUMMERNATS 35 SUGGEST OTHERWISE

TURNS HIS POP’S FAMILY BUSINESS • MICK MATTHEWS BELOVED DAILY DRIVER INTO ONE OF THE BEST XF FALCONS AUSTRALIA’S EVER SEEN

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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED • AFTER A THREE-YEAR LAY-OFF, THE FULL FIVE-DAY DRAG CHALLENGE FINALLY RETURNED, WITH NEARLY 140 ENTRANTS SUBJECTING THEIR CARS TO THE ULTIMATE DRAG-AND-DRIVE ODYSSEY

BOLT FROM BLUE • CAROLYN HAYES SETS OUT TO BUILD AN EIGHT-SECOND DRAG CHALLENGE CAR AND ENDS UP WITH A SUMMERNATS TOP 20 SHOWSTOPPER

PURPLE REIGN

WESTERN FRONT

Modern Rock • SCOTT LAWRENCE CATAPULTED HIS 1972 CH VALIANT INTO THE CURRENT CENTURY WITH A BLOWN GEN 3 HEMI POWERPLANT

DAY JOB • GAVIN IRVINE BUILT HIS DAYTONA COBRA REPLICA WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS. THE RESULT IS A BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO AN AUTOMOTIVE LEGEND

GO NUTZ • OVER SEVEN YEARS, YOUNG GUN MARK BARTYN TRANSFORMED HIS HK KINGSWOOD FROM RELIC TO RIOT

LONG LIVE THE King! • REVISITING ONE OF THE MOST ICONIC YANKEE PRO STREETERS OF ALL TIME

IN THE BUILD

TAYLAH LOUISE • NEWCASTLE, NSW

DIRTY STUFF

DRAGGIN’ WAGON • DANNY LANDSDOWNE’S 2JZ-EQUIPPED VL WAGON IS HEADING FOR THE SIX-SECOND ZONE

IN GEAR • To have your product featured here, call Joseph Lenthall on (02) 8114 9421 or email joseph.lenthall@wheelsmedia.com.au.

READERS ROCKETS • SEND photos of your car and a few details of what went into the build to Readers’ Rockets, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email readerscars@wheelsmedia.com.au. Please note: Send us copies of prints as we are unable to return your photos.

LOL • Send your favourite funnies to: LOL, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166 or email them to: streetmachine@wheelsmedia.com.au.

HEAD FIRST

SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY • Send your photos of fun with cars to: Sunday Too Far Away, Street Machine, Locked Bag 12, Oakleigh, Vic 3166, or email high-resolution images (1mb+) to: sundaytoofaraway@wheelsmedia.com.au. Please send copies of prints as we are unable to return your photos.

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