...otherwise known as Brendan Akhurst, the man behind the beautifully illustrated and thoroughly surreal Wayne & Vicky strip you can find in the back of each issue of Street Machine.
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December 07, 2009
Meet the real Wayne Clodpole...
...otherwise known as Brendan Akhurst, the man behind the beautifully illustrated and thoroughly surreal Wayne & Vicky strip you can find in the back of each issue of Street Machine.
Fuel mag winners!
Congrats to Jace Roberts and Troy Fewings. Not only to they both own a neat early Holden each, but they'll soon both have a copy of Fuel in the letter box. We'll give some more Fuel gear later in the week, in the meantime check 'em out here
December 02, 2009
Win a copy of Fuel!
Fuel is a beaut Aussie-produced mag that examines hot rod culture through some smoking photography and art. We've got copies of both the first and second issues to give away - to win, just send a good shot of your ride to readerscars@acp.com.au by the end of play Friday. To check out Fuel, just click here
November 26, 2009
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November 13, 2009
Trippytaka t-shirt winners!
Congrats to Dean Gough and Felicity Tilbrook who won a XY and HQ Trippytaka muscle car shirt respectively.
Dave Johnson custom FJ
While Dave Johnson's Cosmic Blue FJ custom was never featured in Street Machine, we did feature his next build, the even more audacious Jigsaw (Oct/Nov '87). The blue car was run extensively in other mags and even scored a spread to itself in Norm Darwin's The History of the Holden since 1917.
Now it has turned up on eBay, in a sad, but surprisingly complete condition. All the body mods are there - the inverted LJ grille, 929 quad headlights, LJ bumpers, AP6 tailights, nosed bonnet, flared guards and continental kit. I remember seeing the car at a QLD FX-FJ State Titles in the early 80s and remember being entranced by the centre and overhead consoles.
November 10, 2009
Norman-blown FJ
We featured Peter Wooley's Norman-supercharged FJ Holden back in SM, Jun 2006. The setup features a ton of neat fabrication work courtesy of Peter's on Dean, including new brackets, inlet manifold, a water/methanol injection system, neat air box and an electronic clutch.
If that gets your nostalgic juices flowing, be sure to grab a copy of the 2009 Street Machine Hot Rod Annual, which features a tribute to the blokes who have fitted Normans to their street and race cars over the last 40-odd years. Including:
* George Cole's 'Wrecker II' Viva
* The Burnett/Don 'Alki Burner'
* The Syrmis/Richards 'Time Machine'
* Cliff Kiss's double-blown rail
* Alan Jones's howling FJ saloon car
And plenty more! On sale November 25.
