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.
Video: Installing a Haltech Nexus R5
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty begins kitting out our ute with some sweet Haltech Nexus engine management
Simon Bonello’s 1967 HR Holden Sedan
Simon Bonello’s sensational hot-six HR
Noddy Perkins’s stunning blown & injected HQ Monaro
While the number plates are still accurate, this particular blown two-door now packs a lot more flash to match the dash
Adam Housler’s EFI V8-powered EH Holden
Adam Housler was a teenage apprentice when he bought his first EH
Dusan Zec’s budget-built, award-winning VH Commodore
An award-winning Commodore, built on a budget and driven on the street
Reader’s Rocket: Blown VK Calais Blue Meanie tribute
Jason Kouzoukas’s 540rwhp VK SS Group A Brock tribute is a comfortable, retro tech cruiser
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