Street Machine

Street Machine is an Australian automotive magazine featuring customized cars from every era.

Content

Street Machine magazine contains many sections including letters from readers, feature cars and tech articles. It mostly covers cars from the 1960s to the 2000s with the occasional hot rod or rat rod, and a rare occurance of a car such as a Datsun 1600 or Austin A30.

Regular Sections

*G'day - Editor's foreword.
*Newsfront - The latest news from the Street Machining world.
*Speed Camera - A photo(s) from a recent event.
*People Like Us - Short interview with a 'Street Machiner'.
*Six Pack - Features 6 different cars, from a different genre each month.
*Your Stuff - Letters from readers.
*KB's Workshop - Tips/techniques for buliding cars, answers to letters from readers.
*In Theory - Tech article.
*Dirty Stuff - Article by William Porker.
*In Gear - Information on new car products.
*Urban Warfare - Drag racing news.
*Top 10 Lists - 10 fastest quarter mile times for different classes.
*Wild at Heart - Article by Victor Bray.
*Stage Write - Article by Bob Kotmel.
*Iron Maiden - Short interview with a female who owns a 'street machine'.
*Readers' Cars - Photos and information sent in by readers about their car(s).
*Young Guns - Short interview with a young person (around 21 or younger) who owns a 'street machine'.
*Laughing Gas - Joke page.
*Sofacharger - Latest car-related video games, DVDs, and the like.
*Expression Session - Drawing competition for readers, each one with its own unique concept. Winners are published two issues after each competition opens, on the following page.
*On Any Sunday - Photos of people having fun with cars.
*Wayne & Vicky - Comic strip series.

Feature Articles

Articles on recent events and feature cars.

History

The history of Street Machine magazine can be traced back to an early automotive magazine, the Australian Hot Rodding Review (AHRR). AHRR eventually ceased publication, yet Geoff Paradise founded Street Machine Magazine in 1981. Street Machine is Australia's biggest selling modified car magazine.

In 2006, Street Machine magazine celebrated their 25th anniversary by making the August issue a special edition 25th Aniiversary issue.

ummerNats

Street Machine is the main sponsor of the automotive show SummerNats, which is run at Exhibition Park, Canberra, ACT, Australia and features burnouts, drags and car show and shines. Street Machine writes up a Summernats Survival Guide each year as well as a feature article reviewing the car festival, which includes winners of all the major and minor awards, Miss Summernats and a feature article on the Grand Champion car.

treet Machine of the Year

The Street Machine of the Year (SMOTY) award was established in 1988 by Street Machine Magazine. The award works as follows: the staff of Street Machine magazine vote for their favourite cars of the year (usually 'the year' means September to August) and the top 16 become the SMOTY finalists. The finalists cover everything from pure street cars to hot rods, elite hall and drag-strip terrors. Street Machine Magazine's readers then put their vote in and the winner is announced in the Decemeber issue. The prize is $15,000 cash and a trophy. [ [http://www.smoty.com.au/ Official SMOTY website] ] .

Winners

Past winners [ [http://www.carpoint.com.au/Tig/Minisite/Minisite.aspx?alias=carpointau&id=6435 SMOTY Hall of fame] ] :

Other Street Machine titles

*Street Machine Commodores
*Street Machine Fords
*Street Machine Choppers

"Note: Street Machine Commodores and Street Machine Fords are unrelated to the two magazines of similar titles, Street Commodores and Street Fords."

References

External links

[http://www.carpoint.com.au/streetmachine Official Street Machine magazine website]