STREET MACHINE

Concept car of the day

Holden's Coupe 60 concept, unveiled at today's Melbourne Motorshow. The pillarless coupe is 60mm shorter than a VE sedan, rolls on 21 centre-lock rims and has a very trick interior. Just don't upset anyone and call it a Monaro.

Norman-blown digger

           

Ken Stephenson from Towoomba debuted his new FED at the Shannon's Nostalgia Drags this weekend past. The car is powered by a Holden 186...force-fed by a rare Norman supercharger! Running mechanical injection, the whole schebang was gorgeous to behold and fast too, with Ken running 9.6 @ 135mph in practice. More on this car and the history of Norman blowers in future issues of Street Machine and the 2008 Hot Rod Annual.

Also shown: The Smith Family's 245 Hemi-powered FX Vintage Gasser, Laurie Kyte's Flatout and a Honda Four racing in the embryonic TCB classic Bike class

                                                                   

Legend of the Day

Wollongong's Mick Voase has been a mainstay of the Pro Street scene for decades. His LX Torana hatch has always been quick and currently holds the Number One spot in Modified Street Blown, with a best of 8.15 @ 173mph, thanks to a nitrous-assisted 582ci big block Chev. More importantly, Mick knows how to win races and has amassed a pile of trophies in both heads up and dail-your-own competition. 2008 looks like being the biggest year yet for Mick and his hatch. At the inaugral Vic Supercruz, he won both the dyno comp and the Go-to-Whoa. He returned to Calder last weekend for the National Bracket Championships, where he not only ran 8.30s on street tyres to win the $2500 Pro Radial class, but then defeated the winners of every other class in a overall shootout. The prize? A brand new Holden Rodeo! For more info about the meeting, check out www.exesivemotorsports.com.au

Shot of the day

Ah, Melbourne - home of atmospheric alleys and cool early Falcons.

This Moon-themed XK belongs to Cameron Harris and packs a turbo EFI 4.1-litre six.

Photo: Cristian Brunelli

TGIF Crack Shot

Paul Zajakovski loves Fridays - he knows that when he goes home, this is what is waiting for him! The car is a '66 Mustang, powered by a blown 351 Windsor. She looks old-school, but under the Enderle Bugcatcher hides an EMS EFI set up. It is pretty trick underneath too, with four-spot calipers all 'round, rack and pinion steering and coil over shocks out back.

Photo: Easton Chang

Crack Shot of the Day

The car - Phil Micalleff's HG GTS Monaro

The rims - 17 and 18in Intro Sport 5

The paint - DuPont Bright Orange

The donk - 6/71-blown 308

The shooter - John 'Deadeye' Jovic

Endangered Species?

We spied these sweet Falcon hardtops somewhere along the Pacific Highway. Hope these babies don't rust into the ground!

SAD

This is Canberra International Dragway as of last weekend. What a waste! It is just sitting there - beside an airport - while the town fathers continue to do nothing about the lack of quarter mile action in our nation's capital. Grrr!