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An awesome byproduct of the hot-car scene is learning about the people we share this passion with and discovering what other hobbies make them tick.

First published in the July 2026 issue of Street Machine

Take Tuff Street stalwart (and aficionado for anything bright green) Tristan Ockers, for example. Although he’s well known throughout the car w...


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Jason Lee
VN Commodore

“This 1990 VN Commodore S-Pack is the first car I ever purchased, but it had sat for seven years and had started to deteriorate.

“With some help from friends, and with the motivation of using it as my wedding car, I decided to do a full restoration, along with an LS1/T56 conversion. The majority of the work has been done by...


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Luke Terbeeke
Ford XW Falcon

“I bought my XW about two years ago, after looking for one for about five years – it’d been my dream since I was a teenager to have a tough XW or XY.

“I’m slowly getting there with this one, modifying it as an 18-year-old me would have liked to have done, but doing it properly like the current 41-year-old me can d...


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First published in the July 2026 issue of Street Machine

Joe Cardoso
Toyota Corolla KE55

“My 1978 Toyota Corolla KE55 SE sedan now runs a 3.8L V6 Ecotec from a VX Commodore, with an auto to match.

“And yes, it’s wrapped in purple velvet, and appropriately named VELVET REBEL.

“It has a sticker on the windscreen explicitl...


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We were bowled over by the response to his year’s Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year, with stacks of high-quality entries flooding in. This made the task of narrowing the field down to 16 finalists tougher than ever!

The resulting list is a cracker, with some tough, traditional street machines rubbing shoulders with JDM weapons, cool ...


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