Video: Mid-engined, WRX-powered 1961 Mini

Steve Holland of Dutchy’s Garage is a bona fide automotive mad scientist. This gorgeous – and ferocious – Mini is testament to that, although his journey to this project started…

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Anthony Fabris’s Grand Champion-winning 1955 Chev Bel Air

Street Machine Summernats 1995 was a big year for Anthony Fabris. The pilot of a particularly-tough black VL Walkinshaw Commodore etched his name in the minds of Summernats showgoers by proving that…

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John Coultis’s ground-breaking FJ ute

It was a long-odds bet that this car was ever built in the first place. In fact, owner, John Coultis had more chance winning Tattslotto. To hear John tell it,…

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Mark Sanders’s ground-breaking LH Torana

Sometimes, when you’re trying to make a statement, the best way to make the point is to repeat the message with a different twist. Take Mark Sanders’s LH Torana, for…

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Supercharged Ford V10-powered Mercules

Last month, we were sad to report on the currrent state of Mercules, languishing and up for auction in Turkiye. If you never had the chace to see the car…

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Rob Herrington’s 800hp XY Falcon

It’s not too often you see a stripped-out XY sitting in a driveway these days, so when you do, chances are the owner is worth having a yarn with. Rob…

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Simon Andrus’s elite XB Falcon GT tribute

Growing up, all Simon Andrus wanted to do was build a tough, clean streeter that could get unveiled at Summernats, make the Top 60 and get featured in Street Machine. Well,…

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Nicole Jaggs’s carby-fed LS-swapped LH Torana

When we spied Nicole Jaggs’s glistening LS-powered LH Torana amongst the Grand Champ contenders at this year’s Rockynats, we knew we had to find out more about both the lady…

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This perfectly contemporised Top 60 Torana proves just how good a classic muscle car can be in 2023

Back when the term ‘retrotech’ was first coined, it basically meant bolting an injected five-litre and overdrive auto into your Torana and calling it a day. But OEM powertrain tech…

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Reader’s Rocket: Sam Zullo’s HT Monaro

“My story started 40 years ago when my red HT Monaro was stolen two weeks before I was married. Of course, I didn’t renew the insurance, so I lost everything….

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