Desert-rescued Chrysler VG Valiant Pacer hardtop for sale
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A VG Pacer that was used for target practice gets brought back to life in the red centre
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Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 (1983) – ripper car movies
By Di McLarty
Smokey's back! and the Bandit is at it again!
Entry List and Snot Rocket 2.0: Drag Challenge presented by VPW 2026
By Simon Telford
Chck out the full entry list for Drag Challenge presented by VPW
Video: These kids turned an XP Falcon beater into a Summernats showstopper in 19 weeks!
By Simon Telford
Meet the third place-getter in this year’s Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse YSMOTY competition!
Drag Challeng ready: Matt Dietrich’s VF Valiant Regal hardtop
By Andrew Broadley
Matt Dietrich takes one of the all-time best looking Valiants, tubs it silly and stuffs it full of new-school Mopar muscle
From Top Fuel to Drag Challenge: Dean Rossiter builds his own VH Commodore
By Di McLarty
After 12 years working behind the scenes in Top Fuel, Dean Rossiter is shifting into the driver’s seat with a 1981 VH Commodore he’s building to take on one of Australia’s toughest street car events
The epic tale of Brock and the HDT VK Group A at Bathurst 1985
By Mary Lee
With the new VK Group A up against the might of the foreign invaders in 1985, Holden’s drivers had to pull out all the stops to stay in the hunt
10-second ’34 Ford coupe taking on Drag Challenge ’26
By Di McLarty
For Portland local and South Coast Raceway president, Tim Parker, cars have been part of life since he was a teenager, and now he’s taking his latest toy on the road trip of a lifetime
Twin-turbo 427-powered 996 Porsche ‘Repco-Mod’ unveiled at Bathurst 1000
By Simon Telford
Repco and ShowTime have unveiled a landmark build in the lead-up to the Repco Bathurst 1000
Gary Myers’s Repco XACUTER Falcon GT hardtop
By Scott Taylor
Looking back on the earlier days of Gary Myers's SMOTY-winning AGROXA when it debuted as a naturally aspirated, two-tone XA GT
The future of modified car building: 3D scanning & printing is now within reach of the average street machiner
By Di McLarty
Now more affordable than ever, 3D scanning technology is radically reshaping the car-building game
VL Commodore: 40th Anniversary
By Di McLarty
One of the most important models in Holden’s history, the VL Commodore has hit the big 4-0
He repowered his Datsun 1200 ute with a four-cylinder EcoBoost from a Ford FG Falcon!
By Kian Heagney
Datsun 1200s have copped just about every engine conversion you can think of, but we’d wager no one else has used the Ford Falcon mill that powers Francesco Haber’s ute
Luke Swift’s 640hp, blown LS-swapped LC Torana
By Kian Heagney
Luke Swift’s planned “quick clean-up” of his LC Torana with a hot six-pot for power somehow turned into a 640hp, blown LS-swapped Summernats award-winner
Young Gun Jake Nolan’s 1989 Chevy Cavalier
By Scott Taylor
Sixteen-year-old Jake Nolan and his dad whipped together a cheap burnout beast for the inaugural Summernats USA
Video: 2000kW Drag Challenge dyno test
By Kian Heagney
Richard Collins's HK Premier cracks 2000kW in the run up to Drag Challenge 2026
Street Machine Drag Challenge tickets on sale now!
By Simon Telford
Grab the cheapest DC tickets you'll ever get!
Why the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals is still Aussie drag racing’s biggest show
By Simon Telford
Records tumbled and history was made at the 58th Winternationals
In the build: Morris rat rod, LX Torana, Ford Prefect, HQ SS Holden, Inter KS5 + Valiant Regal
By Street Machine Staff
We check out some of our readers’ project cars from the August issue of Street Machine
Heavy Hitter: 2000km to victory at Red CentreNATS
By Di McLarty
For William Melvin and his crew, getting to Red CentreNATS 12 was never going to be a simple matter of pointing the rig west and hoping for the best
Peter Lovering’s ’55 Chev Doorslammer
By Di McLarty
Peter Lovering’s 30-year passion for racing tri-five Chevys culminates in the quickest ’55 Chev Doorslammer in the world
This 1961 Ford Econoline runs turbo LS power!
By Kian Heagney
We thought we’d seen just about every shape of machine take on Drag Challenge – until Duane Daye’s 1961 Ford Econoline ute came along
From the Tanami Desert to Drag Challenge: Aiden Stampalia’s HG Monaro
By Di McLarty
A Holden HG GTS Monaro once buried in the Tanami Desert is set to take on one of Australia’s toughest street-car events
After 40 years, Heath has treated his XY to a stunning rebuild
By Simon Telford
Heath Lloyd has given his faithful XY the ultimate rebuild
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