Since Street Machine was founded in 1981, we’ve featured over 1500 customised Holdens from the very first 1948 FX to the final VFII Commodore.
HDT Aero-inspired, Lin-a-mint VP Berlina
Power, performance, and you’ll never lose it in the snow
Video: Anna and Lee Povey’s Duramax-powered VL wagon
Anna and Lee Povey’s Duramax-powered VL wagon is a coal-rolling, street-and-strip revolution!
Red CentreNATS hat-trick: Mick Jury’s HQ Monaro
Mick Jury has owned his stunning HQ Monaro for 20 years and is now a three-time class winner in the Red CentreNATS Heavy Hitters drags!
Video: Jayden Grimshaw’s NOHQPE HQ Holden ute
Jayden Grimshaw was bored with his too-slow HQ ute, so he turned it up to 1400RWHP and aimed it at the staging lanes
Mark Hayes’ iconic LC4540 Torana
Mark Hayes’s 1970 LC has been running single-digit ETs since Telstra was Telecom!
The Brock brigade: the HDT story, part two
By the mid-’80s it seemed there was no limit to HDT’s success, but a dramatic change was about to occur – a shake-up which would rock the industry
The Brock brigade: The HDT story, part one
Decades after the first HDT cars were produced, no other homegrown automotive product can hold a candle to ‘the cars that Brock built’
Blown, slammed Rodeo mini truck debuts at Red CentreNATS 12
Mick and Jake Keegan’s blown TF Rodeo is causing a hell of a stir at Red CentreNATS 2026, and it’s not even finished yet!
Jo Davies’s HQ-fronted HZ One Tonner
Jo Davies’s punchy, Orchid Metallic, HQ-fronted HZ One Tonner is the fruit of her long-term fondness for Holden’s 70s tradie offering.
Video: Richard Collins’ new twin-turbo, big-block HK makes 2000kW!
Richard Collins’s HK Premier cracks 2000kW in the run up to Drag Challenge 2026
Frank Marchese’s twin-turbo Torana Drag Challenge build
Frank Marchese is building a twin-turbo Torana that may rewrite the Drag Challenge record books
Supercharged 202-powered HR Holden wagon
People sometimes question why I didn’t stay carby, but I say carbies are like potatoes – they shouldn’t be used to put fuel in an engine!
Adrian Cuthbertson’s blown and injected VE ute
Adrian Cuthbertson’s candy-coloured, blown and injected VE ute looks so sweet it’ll give you cavities, but don’t be fooled – it’s ready to unleash a world of hurt
In the build: VN S-Pack Commodore, XB ute, 1978 Pontiac Macho T/A & TC Cortina
We check out some of our readers’ project cars from the July issue of Street Machine
Lloyd Williams’s retrotech 1956 Holden FJ ute
Lloyd Williams built this FJ ute for his four-year-old son
Young gun Andy Box’s HQ Belmont ute
We caught up with 18-year-old Andy Box and his HQ ute at the recent NPRA Gunfight at Gunnedah
Drag Challenge profile: Turbo LS3-powered HR Holden
Late-night shed chats led Heath Carroll to turn his HR Holden from a six-pot screamer to an 820hp, turbocharged LS machine to take on Drag Challenge
Icon: Lindsay & Cathy Gunston’s blown HQ one-tonner
A look back at our feature on Lindsay Gunston’s iconic HQ one-tonner!
Alan Norris’s pro street EH Holden – BAD EH
NZ’s meanest streeter – a blown, tubbed and totally legal pro street EH
Billy Rajab’s Harlequin VL Calais
There’s more to this VL than meets the eye. Not only does it have stunning looks and nine-second performance, it also honours a fallen brother