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.
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
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!