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.
Blown Holden six-powered EK sedan
After more than a decade dismembered, this cool EK was brought back, body and soul
Dean Gianginis’s 850hp aspirated LS-powered VK Calais
Dean Gianginis’s VK Calais harbours a screaming, 9000rpm, 850hp aspirated LS that we could listen to all day long
Andrew Baumgartner’s turbo L76-powered HB Torana
Andrew Baumgartner’s HB Torana combines big tyres and budget grunt to make one nasty Drag Challenge machine
Richard Kimber’s Top 60 EH Premier
A ‘resto-tech’ EH that’s equally at home in the Summernats Elite Hall as she is on the open highway
Video: Kyle ‘Luxifer’ Douglas buys a jet-powered VN Holden Commodore
One of the most infamous VN Commodores to ever grace Marketplace has a new home
1000hp Sonny’s big-block-powered LX hatch
Rob took one of Australia’s most iconic muscle cars and stuffed it with 1050hp of all-motor thump
Mark Else’s blown 1999 VT HSV GTS
The Gen III made Holden’s iron V8 obsolete. Except this one
Blown and injected big-block HG Kingswood – SINNER
This HG Kingswood is what happens when 2000hp of methanol-drinking, tyre-frying big-block meets show-quality fit and finish
Josh Stewart’s LSA-powered VL Commodore
The build of this VL Commodore helped Josh Stewart cope with the challenges of a debilitating medical condition
Rob Biviano’s Top 20 LJ Torana XU-1
This XU-1 is one of the best in the country, but that didn’t stop its owner giving it stick!
H BOMB: Holden 355-powered EH
Sam Rayner’s explosive EH is a weapon of mass-market destruction
Rusty FX Holden ute goes blown at Summernats 36!
Mark Taylor has turned his granddad’s FX ute into a tyre-frying fun machine
Chopped Holden WH Statesman Summernats Cruiser
This Holden WH Statesman Summernats cruiser can also rip skids with seven people on board
Four-car Kiwi burnout team at Summernats 36!
Four of NZ’s best tyre-shredders crossed the ditch for an Aussie burnout holiday
HQFORU at Summernats 36
Our famous HQ giveaway car from the 80s was on show at ’Nats 36 under the custodianship of Rod and Judith Menso
Joel Smith’s HQ Kingswood wins Street Champion at Summernats 36
Joel Smith has steered and shown his long-term Kingswood project to four trophies!
2504hp VL Commodore smashes Summernats record
Over 2500hp, 11,000rpm and 79psi of boost smashed the dyno at Summernats 36 for a scorching new record
Ratty HK Monaro at Summernats 36
Rod Cordingly and his son thrashed long and hard to get this wonderfully weathered, methanol-chugging Monaro to ’Nats 36
Culprit Racing pro street VL Calais
You’d be forgiven for thinking this VL Calais is Rob Beauchamp’s trailblazing pro streeter from the late 80s, but all is not as it seems
BMW M-powered FJ Holden Special sedan
This all-Aussie icon gets some high-tech German performance