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.
355-cube HT Holden panel van – HTVAN
Chris Hardwick’s ’69 HT Holden HTVAN is clean, simple and a straight-up headturner
Seven-second, twin-turbo HR Holden
Khain Mackey is gunning for low sevens with his newly overhauled twin-turbo SBC-powered HR Holden
VIDEO: DRAG CHALLENGE-WINNING TORANA SHOOTS FOR SEVENS
Quentin Feast’s twin-turbo Torana ran its quickest and fastest times at Calder Park on the weekend
HX HOLDEN SANDMAN: READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
This genuine Sandman XX7 went from daily driver workhorse to street machine
VIDEO: FORD-POWERED VL CALAIS RUNS EIGHTS – IT’S NUTS!
The purists won’t like it, but Scott Van Strien’s VL Calais with a 4-litre Barra donk and 900hp on tap is a strip storming monster
John Zeighler’s HJ ute
The story of a classic street machine that went on to feature in Mad Max!
Sleeper: Turbo LS-powered HT Holden
Ricky Fenwick took his HT Kingswood from grandma-spec to 1000hp monster in just a month
INTERVIEW: GRAEME BREWER, DOWN TOWN KUSTOMS
We chat to Graeme Brewer, owner of NSW custom car workshop Down Town Kustoms
Black, blown Holden HQ Monaro
There’s nothing quite as sinister as a black on black, blown, tubbed and injected Monaro
VIDEO: PROJECT TAILSPIN
One of the most famous Street Machine concept cars is almost ready to come to life!
VIDEO: PARALINES COMMODORE AT STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 29
Jason Rapoff makes his debut at the Summernats Burnout Pad in his blown Paralines VH Commodore
Jade: HJ Sandman survivor
The life and times of one of the coolest survivors of the van era
Supercharged LS1 Holden Gemini – GEMWAR
Having tragically lost his first Gemini show car just before its Summernats debut, Jay Bloss returns with the bigger, badder GEMWAR
SUPERCHARGED LS3 TORANA NINE-SECOND STREET WEAPON
Luke Grima’s neatly restored LX Torana is a genuine nine-second street weapon
383ci Holden HK Kingswood on hubcaps
Adam Reeves’s Holden 383-powered Kingswood is all about going fast in a discreet way
HOLDEN HX GTS MONARO: READER’S CAR OF THE WEEK
Steven Lewis’s clean HX GTS Monaro is an Aussie muscle car built and raced in the Red Centre
The 327-powered Opel and the great HR coupe hoax
Factory HR coupes were never real, but 327-powered Opels were, as far back as 1964!
HAPPY’S PROCHARGED 406-CUBE ONE-TONNER IN THE BUILD
Mark ‘Happy’ Williams is close to finishing his one tonner, and with a lazy 850hp, it’s no surprise he’ll be 2HAPPY when it’s done
Supercharged 1972 Holden HQ Monaro coupe
From first love to heartache and a loving reunion, Lennard Vidot and his HQ Monaro have been through it all.
TURBOCHARGED RESTOMOD HOLDEN FX UTE
Boost breathes new life into Mark Riek’s 138ci grey-powered Holden FX humpy ute