SOME CARS WERE CLEARLY SHOW PONIES THAT RARELY FEEL THE TARMAC UNDER THEIR TYRES. OTHERS WERE BATTLE-SCARRED DAILY DRIVERS

~ C~ Lucky’s sweet truck hides something with a bit more punch than the original 352 – a 428 Cobra Jet with ported heads, decent cam and a ridgy-didge Holman Moody intake. The 428 sends power through a C6 to a built Dana 60 with a Grizzly locker, custom axles and floating hubs. It’s normally used to ferry dirt bikes around, but at the AFD it was the gathering point (and seating) for Lucky’s friends and family ~ D~ Jason’s XB coupe sports a rare mod – it’s a targa-top. The rear windows have been replaced with steel panels, the roof was braced and the chassis has been reinforced with box tubing. The original owner had it done professionally in the mid-80s, and Jason took it off his hands six years ago. Running gear is standard GT stuff, and the bright red paint is nicely balanced by a set of fat hotwires ~ E~ We featured Alex Moshopoulos’s ballistic Quicksilver XY in the February 2018 edition of SM. The beast’s neat exterior is hard at work trying to disguise the ’cage and enough boosted 411 Windsor to run well into the 8s! ~ A~ Matt Dietrich’s recently completed Moby Dick ’65 F100 adorned the Big L’s Chop Shop stand. The chassis magic was done by Leon Davies at Big L’s, and includes a Jag front end, four-link rear and airbags all ’round. The engine is a stock 302 Cleveland, backed by a C4 trans and Geelong Differentials 9in ~ B~ After a six-year restoration, Jayden Mizzi’s immaculate ’84 XE ESP was awarded Best Overall Ford at the AFD. The car is in concours condition, right down to the 30-year-old Uniroyal Wildcat tyres that he managed to dig up for it