by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Peter Sharp’s Holden HQ Monaro, known as SHQRP, has been in the build now for around a decade. I photographed the car in bare metal around six years ago for its owner on a trip to the team at Down Town Kustoms. The wait has been worth it.This is no ordinary HQ...
by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Originally a hobbyist in vehicle fabrication, Graeme turned his passion into a full-time career by opening his own workshop over seven years ago. The workshop specializes in full custom builds of muscle cars, hot rods, and customs, as well as offering chassis and...
by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Photographers: Ben Hosking 3D printing is bringing street machining into the future. We sit down with some of the leading authorities in Oz to see how these plastic pieces are revolutionising car-building UNTIL fairly recently, the concept of printing parts for your...
by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Photographers: Chris Thorogood Graeme Brewer doesn’t mince words. He is a straight shooter in the classic sense of the term, especially when it comes to his ’31 Ford tudor GRAEME Brewer doesn’t mince words. He is a straight shooter in the classic sense of the term,...
by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Photographers: Nathan Jacobs, Shaun Tanner We follow the step-by-step process of forming the SHQRP HQ’s wide-body custom panels THE art of hand-forming sheet metal into complex shapes almost seems like black magic in this age of high-volume production and exotic...
by admin | Mar 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
Photographers: Ben Hosking After eight years of painstaking work, one of Australia’s most ambitious car builds is finally unveiled: Peter Sharp’s wide-body HQ Monaro WRITING feature articles on cars built by Down Town Kustoms is normally quite a task, as the...
by admin | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Photographers: Mark Bean, Dean Morton Iain Kelly chooses his 13 favourite rides from the 2021 Sydney Hot Rod and Custom Auto Expo HELD at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse near Parramatta, the Hot Rod and Custom Auto Expo has filled the gap left by Meguiar’s...
by admin | Mar 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
The December issue of Street Machine is on sale now! WE’RE finishing the year strongly – the December issue of Street Machine is a pearler, packed with seriously mean cars, coverage from Supernats and Chopped, and we crown our Street Machine Of The Year!...
