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Iain Kelly

Journalist

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Iain (or Marv, as he’s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machine’s work experience kid.

He has contributed to a range of titles, focusing mostly on modified late-model cars, street machines and hot rods. Following his time as editor at MOTOR, Marv returned to freelancing in 2014.

He has also worked with Mighty Car Mods to build cars and write two books for them, and authored the 10th anniversary book on the World Time Attack Challenge.

Instagram @aka_marv

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Blown 350-cube 1999 Holden VS Commodore ute

Clint Stevens let his dunger V6 Holden work ute corrupt him - he just had to build an 800hp, blown Chev-powered streeter out of it

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News

Metallica’s James Hetfield donates his custom cars to the Petersen Museum

You’ll be able to check out some of Metallica frontman James Hetfield’s world-renowned hand-built custom cars from February 2020 at LA’s Petersen Museum

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Supercharged widebody Holden VE Commodore ute - BELTFD

Luke Bailey's work truck quickly got out of control and turned into this custom widebody supercharged showstopper

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Drag Racing

Grudge Kings 2019 - Gallery

Grudge Kings settled scores at Sydney Dragway on Saturday, with over $100K prize money on offer

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Elite-level turbo Holden VE SS-V ute

With a turbo 403ci stroker LS up front, race car underpinnings and a Summernats elite-winning finish, Peter Robson's VE ute is one of Queensland's coolest streeters

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Big-block 1974 Ford XB Falcon hardtop

Pete Aitken didn’t let a rat infestation or blood disease stand in the way of his dream of building a blown, big-block XB hardtop

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Nitrous 548-cube big-block 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS

Packing a nitrous-huffing 548ci big-block, Paul Paterson's 1967 Camaro is a brawny streeter that runs nines on the side

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Andy Lynes's Holden HQ ute, GTS coupe and GTS sedan

When Andy Lynes's dad brought his new Holden HQ ute home, he didn't realise it'd spark his son's obsession with the model that has lasted over 40 years

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Rockynats ready to rock!

Rockhampton is gearing up to throw the wildest party Central Queensland has seen in decades with the first Rockynats set to bring drag racing into the centre of town

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750hp LSX454 - Mill of the Month

Gary McRae takes one of the Holy Grail LS crate engines and gives it a solid shake up

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Custom pillarless HR Holden two door coupe

United Speed Shop is busting discs to build the pillarless HR hardtop that Holden should have

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NASCAR-powered 1970 Dodge Challenger

The cops wouldn't have caught Kowalski in Vanishing Point if he'd been driving this NASCAR-powered, corner-carving Challenger from NZ

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Turbo 1972 Holden LJ Torana + turbo big-block 1977 LX Torana

Tony Webb's eight-second LJ Torana has a new turbo big-block stablemate that's gunning for sixes

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Pro touring Ford Coyote-powered F100 pick-up

Sly Stallone inspired this knock-out pro touring Ford F100 pick-up from Queensland

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600hp 1964 Ford XM Futura coupe

Beauty is more than skin deep with Mike King's Ford XM Futura coupe

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Blown LSX454-powered 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS

Gino Aiello took one of the baddest big-block muscle cars and made it even better by fitting a small-block!

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Twin-turbo 440-cube 1986 HDT VL LE Calais

Street car, show car, or drag car? Nathan Borg's genuine HDT LE is all three, with a 1250rwhp 440ci LS, elite detailing and PB of 8.1@171mph first time out!

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509-cube 1932 Ford three-window coupe

Dave Monaghan's 509ci 1932 coupe has enough 60s style to give any falfa fan nightmares

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Pro touring LS3-powered 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS

Jonny Wadsworth bought a bare shell from the USA and set about building one killer 600hp 418ci pro touring Camaro

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Twin-turbo 1969 Holden HT ute - 1TUFGM

A Summernats Top 60 spot and nine-second timeslips make this Holden HT ute a serious all-rounder

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Supercharged 2007 Holden VE Calais V sleeper

Plush comfort and smooth styling meets supercharged 6L power in Ben Hiles's 622rwhp sleeper Calais

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LS3-powered 1966 Chevrolet C10 pick-up

Andrew Cresswick's Chev C10 pick-up might look low 'n' slow, but it packs 540hp worth of grumpy LS3 to burn critics at will

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LS1-swapped 1965 Chevrolet Nova SS - part one

Here's how to improve the reliability and power output of the matching-numbers muscle car by stealthily swapping in an LS1

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Mardi Knight's 1971 Chrysler VG Valiant sedan

Mardi Knight bought her VG Valiant 11 years ago and now that it's fitted with a new 265 built last year, she's hoping to get back on the track very soon