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.
Ron Keegan’s wild custom FJ ute
We look back on Ron Keegan’s classic ’80s Holden FJ utility, which survives in mint condition today
Custom EH Holden ute
This unique purple EH Holden ute dubbed ‘CLASSIC’ was a standout-car from Summernats 21
HK Holden sedan delivery custom
Rob Smiley created the HK Holden never made by combining a ute, van and two wagons to create this custom sedan delivery
KEVIN BARTLETT TALKS ABOUT HIS ’74 BATHURST WIN
Kevin Bartlett talks about his brilliant 1974 Bathurst victory with John Goss, driving the blue McLeod Ford Falcon XA GT coupe
Barry Algie’s HT Monaro sports sedan
New Zealand racer Barry Algie spent 10 years turning a burnt-out HT Monaro into this monster Sports Sedan
355CI HK PREMIER ‘GTS’ WAGON – GTSWGN
Matt Gibbs’s 1969 Holden HK Premier wagon is a potent cocktail of muscle and style
HOLDEN LX TORANA WITH NITROUS BIG-BLOCK – READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
Justin Robinson is gunning for the eight-second zone with his tough nitrous-sniffing big-block LX Torana
Blown Chev-Powered HG Kingswood – FRYHRD
Kresi Basanovic has struck gold with his very first build – a dazzling HG Kingswood
Holden LX Torana SL/R streeter – INOCNT
555 cubic inches, 1300hp and 7.99 second quarters add up to one kick-arse LX Torana street car
BLOWN BIG-BLOCK HQ MONARO GTS
Dave Guilfoyle’s HQ Holden Monaro GTS packs a 6/71-blown big-block behemoth and rare factory Purr-Pull hue
Stroked Chev V8-powered HG Holden Premier
With a thumping V8, killer bodywork, luscious trim and 383 cubes of Chevy grunt, this HG Premier has boot-loads of coolness
VC COMMODORE BURNOUT CAR IBLOWN AT MOTORFEST
We chat to Andrew Pool at Motorfest about his blown and carbied small block-powered Commodore
EJ HOLDEN COUPE-CONVERTIBLE AT KUSTOM KULTURE WEEKENDER
Hugo Halls’s incredible EJ Holden convertible was a standout at Adelaide’s Kustom Kulture Weekender
Legend vans: The Green Knight HG Holden
In the days when more was more, Greg Hocking’s Green Knight proved that a van with subtle but perfectly executed mods could be a winner
SENATOR RICKY MUIR RIDES IN THE RUTHLESS HQ HOLDEN BURNOUT UTE – VIDEO
Senator Ricky Muir goes for a wild ride in the RUTHLESS HQ burnout ute
Immortal blown small-block HQ Holden burnout ute – video
Brett Niddrie went from racing boats to doing burnouts in his blown HQ Holden ute
BLWNVC BLOWN AND INJECTED VC COMMODORE BURNOUT CAR – VIDEO
Paul Cook talks us through his mental BLWNVC Commodore burnout car
STUNNING 383-CUBE HOLDEN EJ WAGON CRUISER
Matt Christodoulou’s dad initially bought this EJ Holden for spare parts. Instead, this Aussie classic was transformed into an immaculately appointed cruiser
Video: IMMORTAL Holden ute fires up at Motorfest
Brett Niddrie thought burnout cars were safer than race boats, so he built this IMMORTAL Holden ute. But is it safer? You be the judge!
Justin Ellis’s KINGGM VY Commodore
It might not have steel bumpers, but Justin Ellis’s KINGGM Commodore is every inch a right royal kick-arse street machine