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.
Mark Thornton’s 1100rwhp VK Calais Blue Meanie replica
We caught up with Mark Thornton and his blown LS-powered VK Calais at Street Machine Summernats 36
Chris Hollingworth’s pro street HG ute
Rebuilding this magnifico HG ute demanded a mountain of folding stuff
Matt Symons’s One Tonner tow truck
Matt Symons has had a passion for tow trucks from an early age, stemming from his grandfather’s mechanical and towing company
Glenn Munday’s 400-cube HQ SS survivor
Having retained both the same owner and much of its period character for nearly 35 years, Glenn Munday’s HQ SS is a true 80s survivor
Where are they now? Ben Bray’s 2000hp VY Commodore ute
Look what happens when Australia’s favourite drag racers build a street-styled burnout beast!
Chopped & Chev-powered 1948 FX Holden
West Australian Les Rogers sent his humpy to SA for a radical makeover – and a haircut
Alan Martens’s quad Weber-fed HDT VC Commodore
Brock’s VC HDT Commodore saved the great Aussie muscle car’s bacon and this show-stopper has the balls, brakes and balance to make it tastier
Chris Borg’s restomod HT Panel van
Chris Borg’s factory-inspired, Gundagai Grey HT pano is an exercise in understated class
Home-brewed crusty L98-powered HQ sleeper
Brian Petrass had never built a car before, but his patina-cloaked, 409hp HQ is all killer, no filler
Suicide-door Holden VE SS-V ute
With a turbo 403ci stroker LS up front, race car underpinnings and a Summernats elite-winning finish, Peter Robson’s VE ute is one of Queensland’s coolest streeters
The van that time forgot: Neil Dieckmann’s FJ Holden
A rare time capsule of 70s and 80s street machining that is still going strong!
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
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