2011 Street Machine of the Year finalists!

[blownvn]

Yes, sadly a Holden did win and it seems to be all over Facebook now. Not sure if it's been officially announced yet.

[homegrown]

That sucks. I only just seen this, but I would have voted for the Capri because its the only one with "right" size wheels IMO

I might be stubborn but Still havnt taken to the modern wheels on old cars.

[HP-0351]

Originally Posted by blownvn

Yes, sadly a Holden did win and it seems to be all over Facebook now. Not sure if it's been officially announced yet.

Subscribers got their issues last friday so it has been 'released'

[prasac]

Originally Posted by homegrown

That sucks. I only just seen this, but I would have voted for the Capri because its the only one with "right" size wheels IMO

I might be stubborn but Still havnt taken to the modern wheels on old cars.

it's funny how only 10-15 short years ago having a set of 17's would get u some action from the ladies when u go out on a cruise, now u need at least 22's. guess size does matter

yeah it was a Holden, there was no chance anything else would win. can't have a Holden not win 2 years in a row

[blownvn]

Originally Posted by HP-0351

Subscribers got their issues last friday so it has been 'released'

Okay, wasn't sure because I still haven't got my issue in the mail yet. Couldn't remember if it was out this week or next week.

[davenl5l]

how could you expect a street driven car to win street machine ? lol

[HP-0351]

Originally Posted by prasac

it's funny how only 10-15 short years ago having a set of 17's would get u some action from the ladies when u go out on a cruise, now u need at least 22's. guess size does matter

yeah it was a Holden, there was no chance anything else would win. can't have a Holden not win 2 years in a row

Never had a problem with my 15x10's...must be a thickness thing!

[prasac]

Originally Posted by HP-0351

Never had a problem with my 15x10's...must be a thickness thing!

it's almost as thick as it is round, that might be the problem 295's worn down Toyo's on the back. nice set of 295 street Hoosier's waiting to go on. kickin' it old skool again with the Hoosiers

the good old days of cruisin' down to Manly/Bondi etc when it was a 302W you'd get 10-15 girls come up want to go for a drive. feel the rumbling V8, now, you're lucky to get 4 or 5, but, the bad thing is it's the same old chicks from 10 years earlier and most are from out our way (Blacktown)

[blownvn]

Originally Posted by davenl5l

how could you expect a street driven car to win street machine ? lol

Given that it's the readers who vote, maybe you should ask them.

[HP-0351]

Originally Posted by prasac

it's almost as thick as it is round, that might be the problem 295's worn down Toyo's on the back. nice set of 295 street Hoosier's waiting to go on. kickin' it old skool again with the Hoosiers

the good old days of cruisin' down to Manly/Bondi etc when it was a 302W you'd get 10-15 girls come up want to go for a drive. feel the rumbling V8, now, you're lucky to get 4 or 5, but, the bad thing is it's the same old chicks from 10 years earlier and most are from out our way (Blacktown)

Oh you mean tyres...

[HP-0351]

Originally Posted by blownvn

Given that it's the readers who vote, maybe you should ask them.

So do you work for ACP or are you a contributor?

I'm a reader of Street Machine and voted. If you ask me I can tell you that I voted for a regularly driven street car, and not a show car that MAY one day hit the street...

[blownvn]

Originally Posted by HP-0351

So do you work for ACP or are you a contributor?

I'm a reader of Street Machine and voted. If you ask me I can tell you that I voted for a regularly driven street car, and not a show car that MAY one day hit the street...

Contributor Roy, but almost exclusively for Street Machine.

I lean more towards the street stuff myself, but we hear the same complaints every year from people who reckon the cars that win SMOTY aren't "street machines". Yet, every year they seem to keep voting in car's like Fitzy's FC or Angela's Dow's hatchback.

[xm falcon]

sad to see that the capri didn't win! not to take anything away from Fitzy's FC as it is a nice car, but the capri is what should have won it! Thats my 2cents anyway! But Congrats to Fitzy anyway.

[prasac]

Originally Posted by HP-0351

Oh you mean tyres...

i'm not half the man you are to compete with you so i had to change the subject

i think alot of people don't believe they are street driven till they see it themselves with their own eyes, most think it's made up when they see it in magazines. we have heaps of people come up at the track when we are putting the street tyres on or as we are driving home, they say you actually really drive this thing to and from the track. they thought it was just made up

we took the car down to Harry's a month back, it was ****in' down rain, thunderin' people were freakin' out. they couldn't believe we drove her in that weather, we just looked at each other and cracked up. after the 3rd or 4th person we thought they must be serious i get abused by Joe and mates all the time for wasting my money and building a drag car, they don't see the point of having a car and spending so much money and not being able to enjoy driving it on the street Joe keeps saying so i sell it and we build a nice 7-sec street driven fully legal modular motored car

[prasac]

Originally Posted by xm falcon

sad to see that the capri didn't win! not to take anything away from Fitzy's FC as it is a nice car, but the capri is what should have won it! Thats my 2cents anyway! But Congrats to Fitzy anyway.

thanks. had a good look at Fitzy's and Arby's cars in the flesh. i put my money on one them winning. Fitzy's thing is just a work of art. when we say it's an honour to just be nominated it's true.