CROWN JEWEL
WE’VE had all sorts of cool and diverse entries in our first Milwaukee Young Street Machine of the Year competition, including Maxamillion Edwards’s 2006 Toyota Crown Majesta (above). At first glance, the Japanese ride may look like just another tilty-boy build, but Max has completely customised the car from top to bottom with his own hands, including a full-steel, three-inch widebody; a rear-mounted twin-turbo system for the 4.3L V8; and a ton of suspension work. He has documented the whole build on Tiktok and gathered a bunch of followers in the process, who were stoked to see the car in our YSMOTY Top 16. We shared Max’s entry into the comp on our Facebook page, and here’s what you had to say.
Heath van der Waerden – Certainly a build that deserves an enthusiastic hat tip, but I’m still not sure how I feel about it being part of this publication, though.
Simon Simo – With traditional Street Machine fodder being priced out of the market for nearly everyone, I’m happy to see people applying their efforts to less common stuff.
Simon Clark – And I bet young old mate driving that would be smiling as hard as what we do in our old dungers.
James Forge – The tyre stretch and negative camber are not my cup of tea, but I can appreciate the love, attention and work that’s gone into this build. It’s beautifully executed. Street machining is all about individual tastes, which we should all appreciate and embrace, otherwise we may as well be driving grey SUVS like everyone else.
Adam Moore – Why would someone say it’s not a traditional street machine? Is it just a case of old men yelling at clouds?
Glenn-john Tronc – I’m loving the inclusion of Max’s wild ride! Personally, I think it is well deserved to be in the mag, and possibly see more like this.
Cris van Oosterwijck – There won’t be any Holdens, Fords or Valiants around soon, so street machining is going to have to adapt if it is going to survive, and this Toyota is an awesome way to start that happening. Love it!
Kelvin Trevaskis – A custom car is just a street machine with a different label. People have still put time, effort and thought into their vehicles, and while I’m not into the way this thing sits when parked, it is someone’s ride and is the way they want it. I like the vehicle otherwise.
Jason O’halloran – First it was hot rodders versus street machiners; now it’s street machiners versus JDM freaks. Same same.
Lex Hurdle – I’d love it if it didn’t have that camber. But it’s his car, good on him.
Bruce Donaldson – I’ve gotta commend Street Machine for including this rig. I personally love it. If these guys stuck in the 80s could see past the badge and realise how much passion and work goes into a VIP build, maybe they’d retract their worthless comment. You don’t have to like it, but you don’t gotta flap ya gums about how wrong it is.
Lindsay Condon – I have followed this guy through the build. He has a go at it all and has continued to do all the work himself while constantly getting better and more skilled; more power to him. It’s about young people getting into it and really having a good crack, and I can’t wait to see the new grille he is working on for this car.
Dennis Obrien – Good on ya mate – building what he likes and fark everybody else. It’s not my cup of tea, but nice work, young man.