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VINCE Panuccio’s EK rolls street-car attitude together with show-car quality for
a killer result. Jutting through the bonnet is a Blower Shop 6/71 pump, sitting
atop a solid-roller-equipped 327ci small-block Chev, which puts the hurt on the
gigantic 20-inch Schott rear wheels hiding in the tubbed rear end. Vince’s EK
took out Top Interior, Top Modified and Outstanding Engineering in the Street
class at Summernats 31, and was the cover star of our September 2018 issue. “It
has plenty of power, though if I want I can put five people in and just cruise it,”
Vince says. And yep, it is an EK - wearing FB chrome bits!08
VINCE PANUCCIO
EK HOLDEN
SEPTEMBER 2018
FROM its Opaline Blue paint to the Simmons hoops and SL/ R body
styling, Jason Sandner’s LX sedan pays tribute to the Torana’s racing
heritage, but with a modern twist. “I always loved Group C touring cars,
and that was the whole inspiration around the build; to get as close as
possible to a Group C car in road-going form, but with a modern look,” he
says. A 378-cube aluminium Donovan small-block sits up front, with coil-
over suspension, tube control arms, fat sway-bars and big Harrop brakes
helping handling, but the carbonfibre dash is pure race-car cool!03
JASON SANDNER
LX TORANA
NOVEMBER 2018
BUILT off a brand new reproduction body, Joe Panzarino’s ’57 Chev is a
masterclass in combining wild mechanicals with simple style to create an
absolutely knockout streeter. Tubbed and four-linked with a full chassis, Joe’s
’57 also has had a new floor, firewall, boot and tunnel made so the rear end
could swallow 20x16in Hot Rods By Boyd Motorious billets. Under the bonnet
is a blown 377ci small-block that has been detuned to 900hp to run sweet on
the street thanks to the addition of EFI and E85 fuel. Unveiled at Summernats
32, Joe’s tough streeter took out Top Super Street and landed in the Top 20.04
JOE PANZARINO
1957 CHEVROLET
MAY 2019
RESTRAINED style and elegance are the keys to the impact Mike King’s
Deluxe Rod Shop-built XM Futura has, though it also packs a serious wallop
thanks to a near-600hp 363ci Windsor and six-speed manual under the
shapely custom bonnet. There are countless modifications underneath, with
pro touring suspension and fat brakes making the svelte coupe sweet to
drive, while the painfully straight body came thanks to three years of work by
the Deluxe crew. Unveiled at Summernats 32, the subtlety of the build blew
many away, landing it in the Top 10 and snaring the PPG Supreme award.07
MIKE KING
XM FUTURA
MARCH 2019