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.

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

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

Brian Willis Holden HK Monaro

Brian Willis’s Grand Champion-winning HK Monaro

Street machines don’t get much better than Brian Willis’s Summernats 7 Grand Champion Monaro. They come tougher and meaner but only a very few are in the same ballpark when it comes to overall quality of workmanship and visual impact. Just ask the Summernats judges. In fact, ask anyone who has studied the car. It’s […]

Dave Bennett's Rat Attack HQ Monaro

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

Al Bundy Lucas HQ Monaro

Alan ‘Bundy’ Lucas’s pro street HQ Monaro

This is what happens when your mum says motorbikes are too dangerous

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

Sam Zullo Holden HT Monaro

Reader’s Rocket: Sam Zullo’s HT Monaro

Ever since Sam’s first red HT Monaro was stolen 40 years ago, he told himself he would have another one some day. And here it is

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: 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!

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

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

Paul Fava’s LS-swapped 1968 HK Monaro

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

Paul Harris’s Holden HG Monaro GTS

We caught up with former drag competitor Paul Harris and his tidy green HG Monaro at the recent Bronze by the Lake charity fundraiser at Lakeside Raceway

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