Here you’ll find the motherlode of custom cars from Australia, New Zealand and around the world! Drawing on Street Machine‘s 40 year history of showcasing the fastest, wildest and weirdest customs, hot rods, drag cars, show cars and budget-built cruisers, this is the place to find your modified car inspiration.
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Troy Styles’s chopped AP6 Valiant
Troy Styles’s tubbed, V8-powered AP6 Val was a standout at Chopped 2024
10 hours ago - Features
Flashback: 2004 HSV Avalanche XUV
With a name like Avalanche, we didn’t fancy taking HSV’s then-new AWD ute to the snow. Here’s a look back at our test of the XUV off road, from 2004
1 day ago - Features
Monster twin-turbo Windsor-powered XE Fairmont Ghia ESP
Dragos Bjelogrlic reasoned that shoehorning an engine from a six-second radial car into his genuine XE Fairmont Ghia ESP should make for a pretty rapid streeter. He was right
2 days ago - Features
Martin White’s 800hp twin-turbo 1967 Mustang
This amazing Mustang used to be Martin White’s ride to school. Then it became his 800hp toy
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Dean Prodger’s stunning 1968 Chev SS RS Camaro
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Ex-pursuit 1982 XE Falcon in the build
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Full metal jacket: The Colalillo coupe reborn
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Sick 66 eight-day drag-and-drive, USA
6 days ago
Custom Holdens
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Flashback: 2004 HSV Avalanche XUV
With a name like Avalanche, we didn’t fancy taking HSV’s then-new AWD ute to the snow. Here’s a look back at our test of the XUV off road, from 2004
1 day ago - Street Machine TV
Video: Supermang gets a 4.2-litre V6 stroker!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty installs a new stroker V6 into our VN Berlina
4 days ago - Features
SEQUEL EH Holden Premier wins Motorvation 39 Grand Champion
Mitchell Rando’s EH Holden proves that sometimes the sequel is better than the original
1 week ago - Features
Jody Vincitorio’s 468ci big-block CHOPPT HQ Monaro
Jody Vincitorio threw needs to the breeze to create exactly the Summernats stunner he wanted
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Video: The 4.2-litre L67 build hits some roadblocks
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Harrop-blown HK heading to Optima Ultimate Street Car
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Absinth Yellow Holden A9X GMP&A Torana hatch
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Peter Bonassi’s 1000hp SHUTEM VK Commodore
2 weeks ago
Custom Fords
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Monster twin-turbo Windsor-powered XE Fairmont Ghia ESP
Dragos Bjelogrlic reasoned that shoehorning an engine from a six-second radial car into his genuine XE Fairmont Ghia ESP should make for a pretty rapid streeter. He was right
2 days ago - Features
Martin White’s 800hp twin-turbo 1967 Mustang
This amazing Mustang used to be Martin White’s ride to school. Then it became his 800hp toy
2 days ago - Features
Ex-pursuit 1982 XE Falcon in the build
After four years of extensive repairs of his V8 manual XE Falcon ex-cop car, Jeffrey Clinkers is expecting it will take another two years to complete the build
3 days ago - Gear
Ford announces 1000hp Megazilla 2.0 and 800hp Coyote blown crate motors
The Godzilla-based Megazilla 2.0 and the Dark Horse Coyote V8 are Ford’s latest blown crate engines
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Vortech-blown big-block XD Falcon
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SHOCK: Triple Eight Red Bull Racing defects to Ford for 2026
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Tubbed, blown Boss 302-powered XP Falcon
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Johnny Roso’s 408-cube Cleveland TD Cortina
2 weeks ago
Custom Chryslers
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Troy Styles’s chopped AP6 Valiant
Troy Styles’s tubbed, V8-powered AP6 Val was a standout at Chopped 2024
10 hours ago - Features
Nick Dailianis’s blown 360-cube VC Valiant
It’s fat, loud, blown and built with a licence to thrill …meet Nick Dailianis’s Valiant
4 weeks ago - Features
Gen III 426 Hemi-powered VF Valiant custom
With a little TLC and a lot of metalwork, Colin McQuinn’s VF coupe went from crusty wreck to show-winner
2 months ago - Features
Expression Session: 413 Max Wedge-powered AP5 Valiant
Imagining an Aussie-built AP5 Valiant with a grunty 413 cubes of Max Wedge muscle
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POR440: Arby’s Drag Challenge preparation
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Budget-built: Simon Major’s Valiant VG Hardtop & CL van
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Matt Turner’s EFI big-block VG Valiant Pacer
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ProCharged Hemi Charger runs 251mph at Bonneville
6 months ago