STREET MACHINE

Telf's Top Ten 2010 - Part 9 - Craziest Event

Racing on a frozen river with spikes in your tyres? Hell yeah!

Photo: Mandy Meyer. More here

Telf's Top Ten 2010 - Part 7 - Coolest early Holden

Early Holdens are close to my heart and my favourite of 2010 was Paul's super-sweet, ultra-low EK. 

Photo: Easton Chang

Telf's Top 10 2010 - Part 6 - Favourite photoshoot

 
We get a lot of neat photos taken for us each year, but my favourite of 2010 was Thomas Wielecki's shoot of the Scro Brother's stunning A-V8, taken only days before the location (the old Meadow Lea factory in Sydney's inner West) was demolished. Probably my favourite hot rod of the year too.

Telf's Top Ten 2010 - Part 5 - Most awesome feature car

 
What got my personal SMOTY vote? Adam Barnes's HARDHT, featured in our August issue. Sure it's got a mega tough single-turbo 440ci LSX (with a stick shift no less), but what really makes it stand out is the industrial-style, less-is-more, who-needs-chrome treatment that Adam and his crew served up in the engine bay and interior.

Photo: Easton Chang.

Telf's Top 10 2010 - Part 4 - Best Retrotech

 
For part four of my random list of the best of 2010 - Ricky Absolom's stunning EH. Not only does this car have one of the world's coolest looking LS engines (thanks in no small part to the Harrop rocker covers and cross ram injection) but it has an amazingly well-integrated late model Commodore interior and a bunch of trick body mods. Love it!

Telf's Top Ten of 2010 - Part 3 - Top Stocker

 
We don't feature too many stockers in SM, but for our 50 Years of Falcon series, we found a bunch of cool ones. My fave was Denis Matheson's XB GS wagon, complete with factory eight-seat capacity, 302, power steer and a ton of other neat accessories.

Photo: Peter Bateman

Telfs' Top Ten 2010 - Coolest Commodore

 
Another tough decision, but of all the Commodores we featured this year, Melissa Todd's sweet VK is the one I'd like in my garage. Specs include a Holden 355 assisted by a GT42R turbo, COME intake and Autronic ECU. Paint is Shanghai Red and those FR19 Simmons measure up at 19x11in at the back!

Photo: Dean Summers

Telf's Top Ten 2010 - Toughest Mopar

As the year draws to a close, I thought I'd present my Top Ten Street Machine moments of the year. There's nothing scientific about the list, just ten cars that pushed my buttons. I'll start with my favourite Chrylser. It was a pretty tough field this year, but I can't go past Brad Riepe's 69 Plymouth Road Runner, as featured in the September 2010 issue.