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.
Joe Thring’s stunning ORNATE VF Commodore ute
Burnout-mad Joe Thring’s latest smoke machine combines quality show with 8500rpm of go
Sue Boyle’s 1960 FB Station Sedan
Holden pride shines in a Ford household with Sue Boyle’s beautifully restored FB Station Sedan
Alex Crisa’s Series II VL Calais Turbo
Alex Crisa’s VL Calais Turbo has evolved over many years into a custom-built stunner
VKBOSS: Iron Lion with EFI stack-injection-powered VK Commodore
Paul Johnston’s meticulously detailed VK proves it pays to sweat the small stuff
1972 HQ Holden drag-and-drive beast in the build
Sean Livingstone brought a rusty HQ shell back to life for his late mum to drive. It’s now in the process of a major power upgrade
Nathan Jehu’s seven-second Torana returns for Drag Challenge 2025
Nathan Jehu’s blistering seven-second Torana got oh-so-close to shaking the top ranks during Drag Challenge 2024, and he’s coming back this year to finish the job
Home-brewed, pro touring LX Torana hatch in the build
Plans for a rotisserie resto get blown out into a full-on, pro tourer-style build
Paul Wood’s LJ Torana runs 8.32 seconds in Drag Challenge testing
Paul Wood is set for a fourth crack at Drag Challenge, aiming for the top spot in the Kemppi Radial Aspirated class
UteZ WB Run 2025
A mass gathering of the mighty WB ute!
Steve & Lacey Sines’s LS2-powered HJ ute – KINGERZ
West Aussie burnout legend Steve Sines has passed the torch to his daughter Lacey, with the pair teaming up to build this killer HJ Holden ute
Graham Oldfield’s blown big-block FX – FATRAT
454 cubic inches of blown, big-blocked brawn is enough to curdle anyone’s blood
Street Machine of the Year 2024: Heath van der Waerden’s Torana hatch
This shed-built, drive-anywhere pro touring Torana was Heath van der Waerden’s life for more than eight years, and it’s now earned him the biggest prize in Aussie street machining
Terry Vavitis’s LSA-powered VH Commodore Vacationer
Terry Vavitis took a VH Vacationer shell, LSA crate motor and an entire suite of new-old-stock Holden parts to carefully curate his ultimate street-legal cruiser
14,000km HX Sandman road trip
Brad Stott has completed the road trip of a lifetime – a 40-day solo drive halfway around Australia in his 1976 HX Sandman panel van
Jim Georgalas’s stunning HR Holden ute
Jim Georgalas is a one-eyed HR Holden fan, and his latest creation sets the gold standard for an early-Holden ute build
Shenade Austin’s L98-powered VL Calais
Shenade Austin customised her VL Calais, including the strikingly bold pink paint, drawing inspiration from the wild cars she had seen at Summernats
Mitchel Hawkins’s turbo LQ9-powered HSV VR ClubSport tribute
Like Salmon swimming upstream, Mitchel Hawkins’s turbo LS-powered VR Commodore was built to go against the flow
Daniel Dimcevski’s Iron Lion-powered VS Acclaim
We caught up with Daniel Dimcevski at the Western Highway Shootout to chat about his Holden 355-powered VS Acclaim
Video: Heath van der Waerden’s pro touring Torana hatch
Heath van der Waerden’s hard-hitting Torana hatch has style, brains and brawn – and it runs on LPG!
Woodside’s Steve Paech returns to Drag Challenge for mateship and endurance
Steve Paech and his HJ Monaro are back for another crack at Drag Challenge