Custom Holden Monaros

Developed from a few scrawls on the wall of Holden’s then-new Technical Centre, awards and accolades quickly followed its release, with the new HK Monaro coupe taking out Wheels magazine’s Car of the Year award in 1968, also winning Holden its first Bathurst and backing it up the following year in the updated HT.

Initially lean and lithe, the Monaro aged like Elvis, getting fatter as the years went on. Technically the Monaro-badged coupe bowed out in 1975 with the HJ Monaro GTS, while nameplate lived-on for a tad longer on the HX GTS Monaro sedan until late in 1977.

The Monaro name returned officially in 2001 with the V2 CV8 Monaro, going through several different interations and also being exported overseas badged as either a Pontiac or Vauxhall, until bowing out with the rest of the VZ range in 2006 to make way for the new VE platform.

God of Thunder: Thor HT Monaro

Alex turned his dull six-pot HT Holden Monaro into one seriously bright Barbados Green 355-powered toughie

80s pro street-inspired blown big-block HK Monaro GTS

Freddy Finnegan’s genuine HK GTS Monaro is a blown big-block salute to the golden era of 80s Aussie pro street

HG Holden Monaro

Predator fed: Frank Ruiz’s blown HG Monaro

With a blown 350 at the business end, this magic Munro is bound to make your day

Milwaukee SMOTY contender #7: 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

Bill Murfin HK Monaro

Bill Murfin’s injected big-block HT Monaro BILLIT

The original feature on Bill Murfin’s 1997 Street Machine of the Year winning HT Monaro

Bongo HG Monaro

Epic 80s custom HG Monaro found alive, well and for sale

We featured the BONGO Monaro way back in 1986, and now it’s up for grabs

Lloyd Taylor’s showstopping HT Monaro GTS

Lloyd Taylor’s stunning, arrow-straight HT Monaro was built 1000 miles away from the nearest big city

Blown LSX-powered HK GTS Monaro

A perfect finish and blown LSX376 grunt define Tim Martenstyn’s ultimate HK GTS

Blown 383-cube HT Monaro GTS

Greg Angus’s home-built HT GTS Monaro blends killer looks with blown small-block shove

Eager Maniac Trans Am-fronted, T-top HQ Monaro GTS

Back in the 1980s, Neil James set out to wow the show scene with his super-loud custom Monaro. Mission accomplished!

Auction watch: LX Torana, ‘Big Banger’ VK, HX Monaro, big-block Chevy C10 and more!

An HDT-inspired Commodore, minty HX Monaro and big-block C10 truck headline this week’s Grays classic car auction

LSA-powered HK Monaro

John and Travis Oberg’s HK GTS looks like a nicely restored stocker – so why is it in Street Machine? We think you already know the answer to that!

THE GROT HK Monaro gasser reborn

Dean Prodger applies a concours build philosophy to save one of Australia’s most iconic drag cars

Mark Sullivan’s SMOTY-winning HK Monaro

Mark Sullivan has had a string of incredible cars featured in Street Machine, including this blown, mini-tubbed HK Monaro which was also the 2007 winner of Street Machine of the Year

Stephen Day’s iconic HK Monaro being reborn

Originally built by Stephen Day, one of the most famous Monaros of the late 70s is coming back with a vengeance

Auction watch: Blown XC coupe, HK GTS Monaro, XY GT and more!

Seven82Motors is cooking up one hell of a storm for its August classic car auction

Paul Fava’s LS-swapped 1968 HK Monaro

Paul Fava’s HK Monaro blends base-model charm with LS punch

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

Auction watch: HQ Monaro, Lincoln Continental and more

Plenty of goodies are up for grabs at Grays right now

Ricky Mill’s L98-swapped Monaro

Ricky Mill’s Monaro started life as a CV6 until its LS conversion a few years ago