In the build: WB ute, Valiant VK & VJ, HT Kingswood wagon, Skyline R31 & 1968 Colt
We check out some of our readers’ project cars from the June issue of Street Machine
Video: The amazing restoration of VUFORU!
One of Street Machine’s most legendary builds, VUFORU has scored a massive birthday and you could win it!
Pro touring HK Holden ute – ABADHK
Packing a 550rwhp LSX, manual ‘box and a tray-load of clever tricks, Daryl O’Sullivan’s HK ute defines Aussie pro touring
Da Hulk: Harrop-blown 4×4 Holden VY ute
Forget the Crewman Cross 8 – Gary Gibons’s Hulk is the ultimate go-anywhere ute
Da Hulk 4×4 Holden VY ute is back!
Remember ‘Da Hulk’, the 4×4 Holden VY SS ute? It’s making a comeback this weekend!
Mike Roycroft’s Sting Red HQ Holden ute
For a Mopar maniac, Mike Roycroft builds a pretty good Holden, as this blown, methanol-sucking, 900hp HQ ute proves
Jordan Ross’s 2005 Holden VZ SS Z ute
Jordan’s low-kilometre, well-preserved ute is one of just 1200 produced
Nicole and Paul Jaggs return for Rockynats 6
Nicole and Paul Jaggs are set to make their annual pilgrimage to Rockynats
Scott Abdy and his ‘Deaf Trap’ blown HT ute set to return to Rockynats
Scott Abdy is defying limits, one burnout at a time
Stephen Micallef’s seven-second VZ Maloo
Stephen Micallef drove his seven-second VZ Maloo to a Top 10 finish at Drag Challenge 2025
Video: Budget-built, 1000rwhp HQ one-tonner
Dave Carnell’s HQ Tonner runs nines, makes 1000rwhp and completed Drag Challenge with a cheap-as-chips turbo LS!
The creation of VUFORU
Getting our own show ute ready to be given away wasn’t all plain sailing. Here’s a look back at what it took to get the build done in time for Summernats 17 in 2004
Video: We’ve bought back VUFORU!
VUFORU is back in the family, and we’re going to give the ute a massive birthday
VUFORU build 2003: JVC sound system
See the installation of VUFORU’s new street-neat audio system
VUFORU build 2003: air bag suspension
VUFORU gets slammed into the ground with rubber bags
VUFORU build 2003: new interior trim
New trim completes our VUFORU’s redder-than-red interior
VUFORU build 2003: new carpet & Sparco seats
Our VUFORU project car gets a snug new floor that rocks
VUFORU build 2003: changing the IRS diff gears
Our VUFORU project car gets a diff upgrade
VUFORU build 2003: chassis and bodywork
How we slotted massive 24-inch wheels under VUFORU
Young gun’s Holden HZ One Tonner in the build
Bought when he was just 13, Jack Lacy’s tonner is now in its second build – and has been a hands-on learning journey