Street Machine Australia – September 2019

warehouse and outside car park were chockers an hour before the event

had even kicked off, we knew we were going to be in for a huge day! With

some unseasonably beautiful weather on our side, we had an estimated

5000 people rock up and maybe 500 cars, transforming a quiet industrial

estate into a sprawling car show.

All kinds of unique shapes and sizes rolled up to be part of the event, from

classic Aussie metal, modern-day heroes, Yank tanks and JDM stalwarts,

making for one hell of a feast for the eyes and the ears. We brought all of our

Carnage projects that are currently in one piece, namely Turbo Taxi, MX5.7,

Broads’s Torana, the AU XR6 and the VT Calais. That’s not to say they are

all running, but they were there.

In addition to our own bangers, the Street Machine stand was decorated

by last month’s cover car – Angelo Furfaro’s twin-turbo VC Valiant – and

Bubba Medlyn’s monstrous VH Commodore.

Thanks to GraysOnline and Melbourne Old School Cruisers for putting on

an absolute ripper of a show. After the huge success of this year’s event, we

almost feel obligated to make this an annual affair – so make sure you help

us out in reaching that 200K milestone! s

1: Graeme Carter’s VE Valiant

graced the pages of SM a few

years ago in basically the

same guise as it presents now,

with a 530hp 440ci Mopar.

Graeme plans on throwing in

a new 512ci big-block soon to

sink his PB from 11.7 to a 10,

but said the main point of the

beast is to haul him on the

street to events just like this

2: Shane Crowther’s VZ

Lumina was another of the

oddball street-driven drifters

to make its way down to

the meet with good mate

James Mackie. Under the

artistically decorated bonnet

sits an LS2 and a Vortech

supercharger boosting the

power to 460rwkW and

endless smiles

CLASSIC AUSSIE METAL, MODERN-DAY HEROES, YANK TANKS AND

JDM STALWARTS MADE FOR ONE HELL OF A FEAST FOR THE EYES

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