Month: November 2024

Feature Car: Mark Caruana's HK Holden

Flawless 700hp N/A Beauty

Mark Caruana found a unicorn when he stumbled across this genuine 11,000-mile survivor that had already been through one ground-up resto. A truly ‘only driven on Sundays’ situation, much of this car’s interior is actually original!

It was a quick build, with the final rush from painted shell to Summernats taking just three short months. Find a copy of the November 2024 issue of Street Machine to read all about it.

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Feature Car: Al Vella's Ford Capri

1000hp 468ci N/A Carbon-Bodied Racer

Al Vella is no stranger to drag racing or to Street Machine’s Drag Challenge. But his latest Capri build will decimate everything he’s achieved before, thanks to its monster 468ci naturally-apirated small-block build and light weight carbon panels.

Making a stout 1000hp, this little British coupe runs on 15x14in rear wheels and 315 radials. Despite all the horsepower and racing influence, the car has been beautifully finished, with the panel work handled by the talented crew at Image Vehicle Manufacturing.

My shoot was featured in the November 2024 issue of Street Machine.

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Cover Car: Simon Kryger's WB Holden

632ci Big-Block Patina Sleeper

Simon Kryger’s WB Tonner was a first for Street Machine. The magazine has never run a car quite like it on the front cover before and may never do so again.

Powered by a nitrous-sniffing 632ci big-block and underpinned by a number of drag-oriented chassis and suspension upgrades, this machine looks like it just got done with 40 years of tradie work… and in many ways it has.

Get up close and you’ll see most of the patina on this thing is legit. Original paint, original steel tray. Look closer though and you see the tray floor is now a digital print of a photo of the original tray. The brown vinyl trim actually hides a pair of Kirkey race seats and matching brown painted roll cage. The reverse-cowl scoop is covered in a beautifully executed vinyl wrap featuring matching rust spots and well-matched pale yellow.

The shoot was featured on the cover of the October 2024 issue of Street Machine.

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