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    Articles by Iain Kelly

    Iain Kelly

    Iain Kelly

    Contributing Journalist

    A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro. 

    For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights. 

    Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions.

    Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.

    Singer teams up with Williams and Mezger to build 373kW ultimate 911 engine

    10 August 2017 by Iain Kelly

    This Ferrari cost its owner $427,000 per hour

    31 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    It is the dream of many car enthusiasts - to go out and buy not just a Ferrari, but one of their special lightweight track day models. For one unfortunate bloke in the UK his dream became a nightmare, crashing his rare...Read more

    One man combined several cars to make his perfect '50s custom

    25 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    Dubbed "Coupenstein", this 1947 Ford Coupe blends parts from a plethora of manufacturers to build its owner's perfect vision of a 1950s custom car. Mark Apap is the man responsible for the bare metal beauty, having...Read more

    One man's workshop on wheels

    25 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    One of the coolest rides at last weekend's Meguiar's MotorEx wasn't a car, but a custom-built workshop on wheels. Ryan Carter towed the big rig down from Newcastle with his super-cool 1955 Chevy pick-up truck, which...Read more

    Five Aussie cars from MotorEx 2017 that will blow you away

    24 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    The annual Meguiar’s MotorEx is one of Australia’s premier showcases for the top street machines, hot rods, muscle cars and race cars. Alternating each year between Sydney and Mebourne, it was the Harbour City’s turn to...Read more

    This man has proven you can create your dream car from nothing

    13 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    We all love to personalise our cars to suit our individual tastes. Sometimes that is adding a set of car seat covers or tinted wheels, other times the car looks fresh from the last The Fast and the Furious movie. And...Read more

    Part Rodeo, part police chaser, Aaron Gregory's "Memphis Hell" '51 Chevy pickup is all cool

    13 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    It takes a whole lot of commitment to restore a classic car, but that is nothing compared to what is involved when you take three cars and build one amazing machine out of them using basic tools and your own imagination...Read more

    The "Inferno" '69 Camaro is America's best street machine

    13 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    The Goodguys PPG 2017 Street Machine Of The Year has been won by an eye-searing 1969 Chevy Camaro known as "Inferno". The mega-horsepower machine comes from The Roadster Shop, who also built cars that took out the...Read more

    ​These Ferrari F1 cars have been brought back from extinction

    3 July 2017 by Iain Kelly
    While all Ferraris are relatively rare, some are rarer than others simply because they no longer exist! For instance, there are no surviving original Ferrari Formula One cars from the 1961 season. While they had a...Read more

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