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  • Street Machine

    MUSCLE MEMORY

    May 15, 2019 4 minutes
    STORY SIMON MAJOR
    PHOTOS
    NATHAN JACOBS

    THERE are a few key factors necessary for a tough car build: Stance, power, wheels, colour – actually, let’s nutshell this in one word: presence. Nail all of these elements and your street presence will be a given. Get one or more wrong and it can leave your pride and joy looking ‘meh’.

    But if there was ever a poster child for the perfect hot-car build with timeless presence, it would be Mick Curren’s HQ GTS Monaro (SM, Apr-May ’86), forever remembered as The Terminator.

    Were you always just a ‘natural’ car guy, or were there experiences that pointed you down this path?

    A few

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