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STREET MACHINE NATIONALS WHEN, WHERE, WHAT IF?
G’day Paul, I was looking through some old magazines and saw a feature on the Street Machine Nationals that you held at Rosehill Racecourse. It looked like a great event. Are there plans to bring that event back? For me, the Summernats has gone away from what it was originally about. I want to go back to where it was all about the cars. So how about it, will the Street Machine Nationals make a comeback? Will B via Email
Hi Will, Yes, the Street Machine Nationals was a great event at Rosehill. We had so many sections there but it did lack some cruising etc. The next year, 2011, we made the move to Sydney Dragway where, at the time, there was a huge maquee in the pit area that we had show cars in and we set up the APSA to run their first ShootOut. They were good times, but at the time, with events like Summernats and Powercruise making huge inroads in the scene, it just didn’t make sense to continue with the Street Machine Nationals. Who knows what may happen down the track… 18
GETTING READY FOR THE ROAD TRIP
G’day Paul, Like so many others, I can’t wait for the Performance Street Car Road Trip to happen. My wife and I are planning to have our LS-powered HR Wagon ready to roll with everyone. We are going to treat this event as a family holiday as we have never been to many of the places the Road Trip travels through. Just one thing though, will you have a list of fuel stations where we can fill up along the way? We are so looking forward to hitting the road with a bunch of cool cars. Bring on October 2022! Andrew and Tania Via Messenger
WHEEL TUBS AND REGO IS IT POSSIBLE? Hi Paul, I have just purchased a well-worn HQ sedan and want to add a 600-plus cube Chev and I also want to tub the rear end to fit at least a pair of 15x12-inch rims and 15-inch Mickey Thompsons. The only issue I have is keeping the car legal to drive on the street. I have been told so many different stories from “you can’t fit bigger than 10-inch rims legally” to “ my 15x15’s are fully engineered and legal.” I want to be able to drive my car anwhere I want without the fear of getting a defect. Any ideas? Love the mag by the way, keep up the great work. Simon W via Messenger.
G’day Andrew and Tania, Good luck with the build on the HR, here’s hoping you get it finished in time to make the cruise from Wollongong to Ballarat. In regards to fuel stops, each registered entrant will receive a daily schedule showing not only the cruise route but also each fuel stop and amenities stations along the way. We won’t be driving hours between each fuel stop so even those with horrendous fuel economy should still be OK. I’m with you – bring it on! G’day Simon, Whilst that sounds like BARRA THE WORLD? I DON’T THINK SO! the ideal, tuff-street Hi Paul, HQ, I reckon you’ll have First we had the “LS the world” where everyone decided to put those engines some rego issues with into anything they could, from Corolla’s to Cadillacs, and now, it seems the the tubs and maybe “Barra the World” guys are making inroads with the humble Ford six-pack even the size of the engine. At the end of the day, now the weapon of choice. What are we coming too? Commodore’s with the certified engineer is the only person you should Falcon powerplants? Whatever happened to the Holden vs. Ford rivalry? OK, probably be listening to. If you’re lucky enough to they make power, but so does a 20B and we don’t see those being shoved find an engineer that will pass those specs, let me into Torana’s, Mustangs and others. Come on guys, keep you Ford all Ford know, I’ll buy my old Studebaker back for a street and you Holden all GM! car. At the end of the day, you can still build a Reg N Via Email tough HQ by the book that will allow you to cruise anywhere, anytime. Good luck with it all… G’day Reg. As they say “Each to their own!”
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