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A GOOD CAUSE
MATER Cars For Cancer is celebrating its 100th draw by offering up a bumper prize package, including a limited-edition Mustang Mach 1. The Queenslandbased charity has been operating for 16 years and raised millions to help support cancer research. In addition to the Mach 1, the winner of Cars For Cancer 100 will take home a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon, a Patriot Campers X3 camper trailer, $60,000 of cashable gold bullion and plus even more! If that doesn’t tickle your fancy, you can instead choose a Mach 1, a RAM 1500 Express Crew Cab pick-up, a Harley-davidson Breakout motorbike, $60,000 in gold bullion and the $2700 Coles-myer voucher. Each package is worth over $300K! Tickets are $30 and entries close at 7:55pm on 13 September 2021, ahead of the draw on 15 September. QLD: Licence No. 29792; NSW: Permit No. GOCAU/2327; VIC: Permit No. 10270/21; ACT: Permit No. R21/00097. Terms and Conditions apply, visit carsforcancer.com.au.
BIG HITTER
AUSSIE boxing royalty Danny Green has put his killer Falcon coupe up for auction at Grays Online. The former world champ has owned his ‘Green Machine’ XB since 2006, and it copped a full rotisserie makeover the same year. It now runs a 541ci, carbfed big-block Ford backed by an auto ’box. “I wasn’t interested in turbos or anything like that,” he told SM. “I just wanted a tough-as-nails V8 that sounded like an angry T-rex, and that’s exactly what I got.” Danny says the car has done little work under his ownership. “That engine probably only has 3500km on it since it was built, and the car just doesn’t get used like it should. I’d love to see it go to a new home where someone can really enjoy it.” It will hit the Grays auction block on 27 August.
NEXT!
JUST as we’re poised to send this historic issue of Street Machine off to print, we turn our focus to October – no rest for the wicked, eh? We’ll head north to Mopar Sunday, then attend the opening of the Shepparton Motor Museum. Our feature cars will range in vintage from a Deluxe Rod Shopbuilt, Ls-powered ’34 Chev sedan, to a tubbed, turbocharged, plastic-powered VS Clubsport, so you can bet there will be something for everyone. The October issue of SM goes on sale 9 September. Do yourself a favour!