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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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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - ripper car movies

George Miller’s post-apocalyptic world bears down on Max and Furiosa and the movie is basically one huge car chase

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Smokey & The Bandit (1977) - Ripper Car Movies

Plenty of tyre-smoking action and a few Dukes of Hazzard-style jumps as The Bandit and his Trans Am lead the cops on a 1450km wild-goose chase

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LS1-powered 1989 BMW E30

BMW's E30 is a small, light, rear-drive platform begging for some proper grunt, which Shayne coote was only too happy to provide

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Viper V10-powered 1968 Plymouth GTX

Eruption, Ian Neary's Viper-powered '68 Plymouth, is potentially New Zealand's greatest muscle car build of all time

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Blown LS3-powered 1985 HDT VK SS Commodore

Anthony Dooley's HDT VK SS takes the Brock recipe and turns it up to 11 with an 800hp, blown 408ci stroker LS3

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Seven-second Drag Challenge Weekend-winning XW Falcon

Mark Van Der Togt’s XW Futura won our first Drag Challenge Weekend, running eights while still being a mint streeter

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Twin-turbo Holden VE SS-V Commodore

Cammed, blown or turbo? Andrew Chao tried all three options building his epic 470rwkW stock-bottom-end VE SS-V

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Twin-turbo L33-powered 1970 Holden HG Kingswood wagon

Mark Tralau is making a habit of building killer turbo LS street cars in his Queensland garage, and we have zero problems with that!

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Slammed pro tourer Chevrolet C10 - in the build

GM Motorsport's Wayne Lineker is building his '68 C10 into an epic pro touring daily driver thanks to some choice chassis, suspension and brake upgrades

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Pro touring Ford Coyote-powered 1966 Galaxie

Malcolm Niall's gigantic '66 Galaxie is a pro touring masterpiece built tough in West Australia

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Elite-level Dart Windsor-powered 1971 Ford Capri- FRAER1

Steven Stojanovski’s uncle used to own this Capri, but it wasn’t the 800hp Dart Windsor-powered, elite-level monster it is today!

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1100rwhp Turbo LSX 2009 Holden VE Commodore SS - G8PSI

C&A Auto Fashion built an innocuous-looking sedan into Australia’s quickest and fastest street-registered VE Commodore, busting an 8.5@170mph!

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Red Centre Nats 2018 survival guide

Everything you need to know if you're heading to Alice Springs for the fourth Red CentreNATS!

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Nine-second 1987 Holden VL Commodore SL sleeper

Don't be fooled by Nathan Dyson's sedate-looking VL Commodore SL - boosted by a Gen II GTX3582 Garrett turbo, it's done a 9.87@141mph

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LS3-powered 1983 Holden VH Commodore SL/E - ST1NKY

Rocking a striking two-tone paintjob, bench seat and dash-mounted shifter, this 1050hp VH Commodore SL/E certainly stands out from the crowd

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Blown LS-powered 1983 Volvo 240GL sleeper

What a sleeper! A Swedish Brick with an L98 transplant and LSA blower for good measure

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House of Kolor Inauguration at Meguiar's MotorEx 2018

We check out the newly unveiled rides at MotorEx 2018 in Melbourne

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Guide to LS engine swaps

How to fit an LS engine into just about anything

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Nostalgia Lane at the 2018 Sydney Hot Rod and Custom Show

Get down Rosehill Racecourse this weekend to check out the Nostalgia Lane display at the 2018 Hot Rod and Custom Show

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LS engine variants part two - Generation IV

In part two of our LS family tree, we look at the Gen IV-series starting with the LS2

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Summernats supercharges Tuff Street!

Yep, you’ll be able to lay some rubber on Tuff Street at Street Machine Summernats 32

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LS-powered 1978 Toyota KE30 Corolla

Nathan Patterson transformes a nanna-spec Toyota Corolla into a fearsome tyre-scorcher

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LS engine variants part one - Generation III

After almost 20 years in production, there are dozens of LS engine variants, so here is he skinny on the LS family tree

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LSX-powered strip warriors: Turbo 2000 Holden VT Commodore & twin-turbo 1973 Mazda RX3

Looking back on two LS-powered monsters from the guys from Castle Hill exhaust