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Dave Carey

Journalist

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A lifelong car enthusiast, Dave was identifying makes and models before he could read. Obsessed with automotive history, he entered the world of freelancing in 2014, contributing features and retrospectives to Street Machine and Unique Cars. A skillset more suited to writing than spannering hasn’t stopped him from owning two LS-powered Holdens, a handful of Yank tanks and nine vintage Isuzu cars – mostly at the same time. In his spare moments, he ensures his housekids are fed and watered, buggerises around with Classic Space Lego and creates content for online entity Garage of Awesome across Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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CARS 3 (2017) – RIPPER CAR MOVIES

Third dose of Pixar chrome takes Lightning home

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ELITE-LEVEL 1969 FORD XW FALCON - BLUE RAY

This XW Falcon was unveiled at Summernats 30 and zoomed straight into the Top 20

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INSIDE MASON'S SIGN WORX

This shed on Tasmania’s northern coast tells the story of Dave Mason’s life – if you know how to read the signs

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VIPER V10-POWERED AC COBRA

Troy Hansen combined the legendary AC Cobra with Dodge’s modern Cobra tribute, the Viper. Now this 8.4-litre V10-powered snake is ready to strike

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TURBO LQ9-POWERED HOLDEN VL CALAIS IN NZ

When Shyam Patel’s BT1 VL Commodore got pinched, he considered getting an import but he couldn’t resist the temptation of a boosted LS

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HARVEY MILES'S HOLDEN EH S4 AND GM TRIBUTE SHED

Harvey Miles's shed is a veritable shrine to classic General Motors - Holden machines - and they have plenty of tales to tell

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NINE-SECOND 434-CUBE 1963 CHEVROLET NOVA SEDAN

Four doors, two gears and 434 cubic inches make for a nine-second bruiser that's also a cool cruiser

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FORD XY FAIRMONT SEDAN

When Anthony Palazzo built this Ford XY Fairmont as a teenager, he never dreamed he’d do it all again – bigger, better and with room for the kids

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572-CUBE 1972 PONTIAC FIREBIRD

Veteran street machiner Mark Sullivan rights some wrongs by taking an emissions-constrained ’72 Firebird and giving it the big-cube, high-horsepower donk it always deserved

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1964 FORD XM FALCON FUTURA

Mike Blackmore’s Boss-powered Ford XM Futura coupe hit 5.4 on the Richter scale before the engine was even installed

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LS1-POWERED 1977 HOLDEN LX TORANA SS HATCH

David Street applies some new-school tech to an old-school classic and liberates 360 horses!

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BLACKWOOD COFFEE & CARS - VIDEO

Blackwood's monthly Coffee & Cars meet, held in a nondescript car park in Adelaide’s foothills, is fast growing into a quality event

WAYNE DONALD'S 1957 CHEVROLET PICK-UP
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BLOWN 1957 CHEVROLET PICK-UP

Wayne Donald’s blown LS1-powered ’57 Chev was just supposed to be a rat rod, but fate had other ideas

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FORD BOSS V8-POWERED 2014 ROARING FORTIES GT40

How a bunch of mates turned a giant box of parts into a killer GT40 replica in six months

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CUSTOM HOLDEN FB NOMAD

The second part of our series on Aaron Bray's custom Holden obsession

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CUSTOM HOLDEN FX COUPE

We take a closer look at one of Aaron Bray's custom Holden's, and it's a real beaut

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V10 DODGE VIPER-POWERED PLYMOUTH GTX UNVEILED IN NZ

Kiwi car builder Ian Neary debuted his ballistic muscle-car concept, Eruption, at the National Mustang Convention in Auckland

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REPLICA FORD FAIRLANE THUNDERBOLT

The limited edition Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt was built for the drag strip and it shows

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BLOWN HOLDEN FX UTE

Glenn's Holden FX ute packs blown L67 V6 power, it's a true sleeper steeped in history.

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AUSTRALIA'S UNRESTRICTED-SPEED 'AUTOBAHN' IS KAPUT, AGAIN

The on-again, off-again derestricted section of the Stuart Highway is off again

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BLOWN BIG-BLOCK CHEV-POWERED HOLDEN SS UTE

Set to run high sevens at the strip and torch tyres at Powercruise, this blown Chev-powered SS ute is a show-and-go big gun

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INSANE TWO-STROKE MARINE V8-POWERED VOLVO AMAZON

Two crazy Swedes have jammed an Evinrude 300XP outboard V8 motor into a Volvo Amazon

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SMOTY 2016 #1: BRAD PIZZI'S HOLDEN EH PANELVAN

Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Brad Pizzi's Holden EH panelvan packing an L34-spec V8

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SMOTY 2016 #2: BRENT MURRAY'S 1968 DODGE DART CLONE

Valvoline Street Machine of the Year 2016 contender: Brent Murray's 1968 Dodge Dart Clone