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Ron Smith's Graphic Galaxie
Ron Smith bought his Aussie-assembled Galaxie at age 18 and 35 years later, they are still going strong!
Flashback: Inside FPV's supercharged Miami V8
Under the skin of FPV's 335kW blown Miami V8
Race safety: How to prepare your car before you head to the track
Arby provides some pointers for readying your race car for a tech inspection
Mick Curren's Terminator HQ Monaro
Looking back on a legend of Australia’s 1980s car scene - Mick Curren's tough HQ Monaro, dubbed The Terminator
Reaching the ton: Chris Thorogood shoots his 100th Street Machine cover
Chris Thorogood’s incredible photography has now graced 100 Street Machine front covers. Here, he recalls 10 of his favourites
Chopped eight-second VJ Valiant hardtop
With its rev-happy 394-cube Mopar and fat stance, Rob Evans’s chopped VJ Valiant hardtop packs a spicy punch
Jade: HJ Sandman survivor
The life and times of one of the coolest survivors of the van era
ProFlo-built, blown 427ci Windsor V8 combo
ProFlo Performance pieced together this 1100hp blown and injected Windsor for a customer's Street Elite XY sedan
Legend vans: The Green Knight HG Holden
In the days when more was more, Greg Hocking's Green Knight proved that a van with subtle but perfectly executed mods could be a winner
Howard Astill's Rock 4 Compact Fairlane
Street Machine has given away over a dozen cars over the years, but Howard Astill’s show-winning Compact Fairlane, ROCK 4, was one of the best
Mark Blekic’s EFI 250-powered XP ute
A lesson in subtle car craft, by a genuine Ford master
Readers' Rockets: '64 Impala, Ford Escort + XD Falcon, HZ ute, FE panel van + more
We check out some of our readers' rides from the May issue of Street Machine
427ci twin-turbo VL: WALKE
First-time drag racer Trent Blainey runs eights on debut in his wild, 1800hp Walkinshaw replica
1000hp Harrop-blown 440ci VL Calais
Nick Samuel threw lashings of gorgeous Candy Raspberry paint and 1000hp of blown LS grunt at his genuine VL Calais. This is the result
Readers' project cars in the build
We check out some of our readers' works in progress from the May issue of Street Machine
Blown big-block 1949 Ford single-spinner 1BAD49
Brett Hewerdine is back with another epic streeter, this time a 1949 ‘shoebox’ Ford packing a blown big-block and Elite-level detailing
Tyres 101: What you need to know
Everything you need to know about the most important part of your car
Blown Indy Maxx Hemi-powered VJ Valiant Ranger
You might remember this VJ Valiant from Summernats 25, where it blew up in spectacular fashion. Now it's back, bigger and better than ever!
The Driver (1978): Ripper Car Movies
Fast-paced, high-impact, big-city car chases are all the better for the unusual inclusion of a Chevy C10 pick-up in the 1978 flick, The Driver
Four-day XP Falcon wagon thrash build
An Easter long-weekend thrash by a bunch of good mates brings a languishing project to fruition
1TUFGM: RB30-powered LC Torana
A classic mid-sized Aussie muscle car stuffed full of stove-hot Japanese six-pot is a sure-fire recipe for a good time
The Greatest Supercars Ever: 70 Years of Wheels
To make this list, a car needs to be the result of visionary thinking, outlandish design, and be worthy of a magazine poster
The Greatest Hot Hatches Ever: 70 Years of Wheels
France aced the formula and created a legend
Andy French's chopped EK Holden V8
Looking back on Andy Fenech's hard-hitting custom EK