Street Machine Australia - May 2018

TOXIC SHOCK

Scotty takes an unsuspecting Ford

Territory to Calder Park and puts it

on an extreme weight-loss program

CONTENTS

MAY 2018 | VOLUME 38 | ISSUE 5

> REGULARS

05 TELFO 10 NEWSFRONT 14 SPIT & POLISH

16 PEOPLE LIKE US 18 FANGING FLICK 20 SNAP SHOTS

23 YOUR STUFF & PRIVACY NOTICE 122 DIRTY STUFF

124 IN GEAR 12 6 URBAN WARFARE 12 9 TOP 10 LISTS

13 0 WILD AT HEART 132 STAGE WRITE 134 YOUNG GUN

13 9 IRON MAIDEN 14 0 BLOWIN’ GASKETS

144 READERS’ ROCKETS 14 9 LOL 150 SUNDAY TOO

FAR AWAY 154 MILL OF THE MONTH

LEGEND: KELLY BETTES

We chat to Australia’s quickest female, who’s already

bagged two event wins in her rookie Top Fuel season

COMMODORE HISTORY PART 4

Our bonus fourth round of Commodore goodness covers

the VE-VF models – Holden’s last-ever Aussie-built cars

MOTOREX 2018 GUIDE

MotorEx 2018 returns to Melbourne bigger and better

than ever. Here’s all the info you’ll need

FAST FRIDAY

Adelaide’s top street-driven race machines do battle on

the strip

RACEWARS

350 cars ready to race flat-out on an airport runway in

WA? Sign us up!

ALL FORD DAY GEELONG

7000 blue-bloods get together in Geelong to enjoy some

of Henry’s best and brightest...

ALL HOLDEN DAY ADELAIDE

...while over in Adelaide, a bunch of Lion-hearted

folk are red all over

FEATURES

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FASTER &

FURIOUSER

This Fast & Furious Dodge

Charger tribute has a blower

that actually works!

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1444 READERS’ R OCKEKETSTSS 1414149 999 LOLOL 1550 SUNDAY TOO
FAR AWAY 1544 MILILL LLOFOF THE MONTH

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