JOHN STRICK

RETIRED motor mechanic and sales rep John Strick caught our attention when he inserted 6.0 litres of L98 goodness into a stuffy British roadster and rolled into the Austin-Healey Nationals to watch the establishment squirm. We were so impressed with his Austin-Healey ‘6000’ that we featured it in Street Machine LSX Tuner #8. John was born into the motor industry; his family ran an Ampol servo in Scarsdale, 20km out of Ballarat, where John started pumping petrol and tinkering with cars from age eight. Fast-forward 50 years and John has an engaging, interesting history of hot cars and