Andrew Canicais is a pretty young bloke, still in his late 20s, but has had a pretty impressive list of cars already, including a couple of VN SS Commodores, a VZ Maloo and a VY GTS dubbed PRO GTS that was airbagged and ran 10-second quarters. But he was keen to get into something with […]

So, you kind of like Camaros, Shirley? I’m totally in love with first-gen Camaros. I love the shape, and they drive fantastic. We have Greg’s ’69 Camaro, his ’68 Historic race car and his ’69 Targa car, and then there’s my two ’68s. Generally if there’s a Camaro for sale around here, people call Greg […]

It’s easy to forget a time when Ford and GM-H were throwing everything but the kitchen sink at engines to make them pump out just over 200kW. For Blue Oval fans back in 1997, the EL Falcon GT was as good as it got, with the trusty five-litre Windsor tickled up by Tickford to reach the […]

Built entirely in their back shed in Serpentine, Connor and Bailey McClure’s Barra-powered Torana has caused a stir with purists and fans alike. The McClures are a drag racing family, with the boy’s old man Al, having raced everything from streeters to funny cars over his 30-year career in the sport. It was inevitable that […]

As tough as they come!   Ben Schramm’s 1970 XW Falcon packs an E85-fuelled 451ci Dart motor, which features JE Pistons, Molnar rods, a Camtech cam and Higgins race heads. A Quickfuel carb and a 250-shot nitrous plate system live up the top. Behind the donk is a Powerglide ‘box with a transbrake and a […]

It seems to be a common occurrence with the customers at Monsta Torque – once they experience their first round of modifications and get a taste of power, they want more. It is part of human nature, and well, as you know, horsepower can become very addictive. Nikola Cvetkoski is one such individual that has […]

I couldn’t have picked a worse day to shoot Nat Graham-Helwig’s slick FD RX7 – the last thing I was expecting was a torrential downpour in the middle of the Western Australian summer. We both agreed the worst was past us, so we planned on meeting up at 8 PM. We hadn’t even set up […]

Sometimes it’s nice to dream. The US-based Ramchargers were a group of Chrysler engineers that campaigned a string of drag cars back in the day – all with the blessing of Mother Mopar – so imagine if Chrysler Australia had the coin and interest to have supported something similar here? A factory-backed Charger would have […]

It’s undergone quite a few changes in the 21 years he’s owned it, but Shane Platts’s VH SL/E Commodore is still his first love. Like all first loves, it has ripped out his heart a time or two, but it’s a bond that’s tough to break. “I bought it with my dad back in 1998 […]