Greg Eslick’s slammed HQ Monaro
With an LS3 up front, Greg Eslick’s black-as-night HQ coupe is a Summernats Top 60 stunner built for the street
Matt McIntosh’s twin-turbo HQ Statesman
Matt McIntosh’s five-year HQ Statesman build was never meant to become an elite-level car, but the numerous top gongs it scored at Summernats 35 suggest otherwise
Dave Bennett’s Rat Attack HQ Monaro
Australia’s toughest HQ? With tubs, trumpets and a heavy-hitting 454 up front, it’d have to come close
Alan ‘Bundy’ Lucas’s pro street HQ Monaro
This is what happens when your mum says motorbikes are too dangerous
Flashback: Con Elfes’s HQ Holden One Tonner
Con Elfes has recently bought back his OG One Tonner and is giving it a freshen up. In the meantime, check out the original SM feature from 1991
Epic HQ charity drive ends with a bang
Covering 11,000kms and five states and territories in one humble HQ ute!
Turbo LS-powered HQ Belmont
Chris Pilkington was a nitrous SBC diehard until he was swayed to the turbo-LS side of the Force for his snoozy, 622hp HQ Holden
Eager Maniac: HQ Monaro GTS with Trans Am-front & Targa top
Back in the 1980s, Neil James set out to wow the show scene with his super-loud custom Monaro. Mission accomplished!
Matt McIntosh’s twin-turbo HQ Statesman
The twin-turbo stormer cleaned up at Saturday’s presentations
Rob Godfrey’s SMOTY-winning HQ One Tonner
Always built as a goer, it was the driving events that got this 2008 Summernats Grand Champion over the line
Jamie Small’s LS1-swapped HQ Kingswood ute
Jamie Small’s classic Kingswood ute cruises Aussie streets in style thanks to some modern mumbo
Nitrous 427-cube HQ Monaro GTS
After a long on-and-off gestation, Simon White’s nitrous-huffing HQ finally debuted at Motorvation 36 and was one of the stars of the show
Expression Session: new age BLOBAK
Reimagining one of Street Machine’s most recognisable feature cars and first-ever SMOTY winner, 2022-style
427-cube 1973 HQ Monaro GTS
Since John Simunovich was a teenager, it’s been all about GTS Monaros – an obsession culminating in this tough, 540hp HQ
Expression Session: carbon-bodied GT3-spec HQ
Aidan takes some iconic Aussie muscle and reimagines it as a modern, carbon-bodied, GT3-spec track weapon
Lila Thompson’s Holden HQ SS
Lila Thompson has been an HQ SS tragic for 25 years and her passion for cars is also shared with her 15-year-old daughter Grace
Young Gun Jaidyn Seng’s HQ Holden
When he’s not cruising his sweet Quey, Jaidyn’s hitting the dragstrip with dad Terry Seng
Gerry Mediati’s iconic One Tonner – FLAME GRILLED
Gerry Mediati’s determination to overcome adversity gave us one of Australia’s best-ever One Tonners, complete with a ground-breaking induction set-up
Carmine Carofano’s INFINITY HQ Statesman
In the 1990s, Carmine Carofano’s slick HQ Statesman was a weapons-grade trophy magnet
LS3-swapped HQ Monaro
More than 30 years after buying it, Dave Barnard has finally pieced together the quick-and-angry Monaro he always wanted