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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DRAG CHALLENGE SELLS OUT! • > STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE 2026 ENTRIES SOLD OUT IN NO TIME, BUT WHO IS COMING?

> HOT GOSSIP

VALE DALE WILKENS • > AMERICAN FUEL ALTERED RACER AND WORKSHOP OWNER DALE ‘LURCH’ WILKENS HELPED COUNTLESS AUSSIES ACHIEVE THEIR STATESIDE DRAG-AND-DRIVE DREAMS

CHARLES BEECHER • > BOYNE ISLAND, QUEENSLAND

HIGH ROLLING 1977 • > THEY’RE WILD, OUTRAGEOUS AND LOVEABLE!

YOUR STUFF

> DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH

> IN YOUR FACEBOOK

DOUBLE TROUBLE • AUSTRALIA’S MOST NOTORIOUS PRO STREET CAR HAS A LITTLE BROTHER, AND YOU WON’T WANNA GO MESSING WITH EITHER OF THEM

IF YOU NEED ME, I’LL BE IN THE SHED

READY FOR U • ONE OF STREET MACHINE’S MOST LEGENDARY BUILDS, VUFORU IS NOW BACK IN OUR FLEET, REBUILT AND READY FOR ONE OF YOU TO WIN!

NORTHEN EXPOSURE • WE HEAD NORTH FOR THE SIXTH INSTALMENT OF ROCKYNATS – QUEENSLAND’S BIGGEST HORSEPOWER PARTY!

ALL THE RAGE • AFTER MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP, ANTHONY AND RENEE VAN KALKEN DECIDED TO PUT A PROPER OLD-SCHOOL HEMI INTO THEIR VJ CHARGER

Premier LEAGUE • DAVE DARCY EARNED STREET CHAMPION SILVERWARE AT THIS YEAR’S STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS WITH HIS STUNNING HJ KINGSWOOD

VAN WILDER • THE 2026 AUSTRALIAN VAN NATIONALS ATTRACTED THE BEST PANEL VANS FROM ACROSS THE LAND – JUST AS IT HAS DONE EVERY EASTER FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

DRESSED TO KILL • GEZ DI GIAMMATTEO’S XR FALCON PACKS STYLE, SUBSTANCE, AND 620HP INTO ONE SLICK PACKAGE

THE GOLD STANDARD • FORGET SILVER MINK – ANDREW MIDDLETON’S TROPHY-MAGNET, 700HP HK MONARO PROVES THAT WINNERS WEAR GOLD

Tuf Love • FELIX CEFAI’S STUNNING ’57 CHEV COMBINES MULTI-AWARD-WINNING LOOKS WITH MORE THAN 600 PONIES’ WORTH OF GRUNT

THE BEAT GOES ON • > IF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SMALL-BLOCKS FROM GM, FORD AND CHRYSLER ARE ANYTHING TO GO BY, THE V8 ENGINE IS A LONG WAY FROM DEAD

SILVER BULLET • > LATE-NIGHT SHED CHATS LED HEATH CARROLL TO TURN HIS HR HOLDEN FROM A SIX-POT SCREAMER TO AN 820HP, TURBOCHARGED LS MACHINE TO TAKE ON DRAG CHALLENGE

DEATH PROOF • > MICHAEL BROHOLM IS OUR KIND OF CRAZY, AND HIS ’34 PLYMOUTH RALLY CAR IS COMPLETELY ABSURD IN THE COOLEST WAY POSSIBLE

JACK HISLOP • > 19, GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA

CHRISTINA VITHOULKAS • > MELBOURNE, VICTORIA

THE ICE MAN COMETH • > ICE IGNITION HEAD HONCHO MICHAEL KONSTANDINOU TOOK AN LS-POWERED VN COMMODORE TO THE STATES TO BATTLE THE BEST RADIAL RACERS IN THE WORLD

SIMO SAYS

IN THE BUILD

IN GEAR • To have your product featured here, call Kim Simonsen on 0439 422 285 or email kim.simonsen@streetmachine.com.au.

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.

LOL • Email your favourite funnies to gday@streetmachine.com.au.

SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY • EMAIL your high-resolution images (1mb+) of fun with cars to sundaytoofaraway@streetmachine.com.au.

388CI BILLET LS • > PARAMOUNT PERFORMANCE, TOOWOOMBA, QUEENSLAND