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.
David Barber’s 1973 Holden HQ One-Tonner – Drag Challenge profile
David Barber’s Tonner is a seriously impressive build, with a twin-turbo six-litre LS under the bonnet
Holden 355-powered 1974 LJ Torana
Mark Cirillo fell in love with this LJ coupe at age five. Nearly two decades later, he finally got the chance to own it and hasn’t looked back
Kai McPhee’s turbo LS-powered VC Commodore – Drag Challenge profile
Kai’s 5.3-powered VC went toe-to-toe with the big blocks and came away with runner-up spot in Haltech Radial Blown and a place in the 7-second club at Drag Challenge 2019
Mark Busscher – Drag Challenge profile
Mark ‘Bushy’ Busscher landed his first win in the Carnage Outlaw Aspirated class at Drag Challenge 2019 behind the wheel of his matte-black HQ One Tonner, edging out Daniel Cassar’s ’33 Ford coupe
Szabolics HQ Monaro runs 6.654-seconds @214mph
Daniel Szabolics has set a scorching new PB in his twin-turbo HQ Monaro
Brendan Cherry’s twin-turbo, big block VL Calais – Drag Challenge 2019 runner-up
Drag Challenge original Brendan Cherry nails second outright at our sixth event in his big-block, twin-turbo VL Calais
Turbo small-block Chev-powered LH Torana at Drag Challenge 2019
Luke Green resisted the LS temptation in favour of a small-block Chev in his Torana, and was rewarded with eight-second ETs at Drag Challenge 2019
Paul Turner’s LS1-powered HQ wins K&N Dial Your Own – Drag Challenge 2019
Ex-competition racer Paul Turner’s experience won the day in the highly competitive K&N DYO class at Drag Challenge 2019
L98-powered 1986 Holden VK Commodore
When recurring engine troubles and a devastating accident turned his dream machine into a nightmare, Paul Knowles didn’t give up. He just built something even better
Matt Morgillo’s Holden HQ Statesman wins SMOTY 2019
Matt Morgillo has been through thick and thin with his HQ Statesman, but winning Valvoline Street Machine Of The Year 2019 is definitely at the thick end
Turbo Monaro makes the quickest and fastest pass in Drag Challenge history on amazing Day One
Daniel Szabolics’ epic twin-turbo big-block HQ Monaro broke the Street Machine Drag Challenge ET and MPH records twice on Day One of Drag Challenge 2019!
Holden’s Project Monaro – part 5
Craig Lowndes puts Project Monaro through its paces at the Lang Lang Proving Ground
Mark Drew’s LS-powered ‘Crusty’ Torana set for Drag Challenge
Having just run a PB of 7.23, Mark Drew’s ‘Crusty’ Torana is set for a killer campaign at Drag Challenge 2019
Gareth Lougher’s 1967 HR Holden Premier
West Aussie Gareth Lougher turns a Holden HR Premier built in the early 90s into a real jewel
427-cube Holden V8 – Mill of the Month
Even though most of the GM-H V8 fettlers have moved on from their faithful old Holden Five-Os into the wonderland of LS power, some iron lion warriors are still toiling away and making big numbers
Blown LS3-powered 1964 Holden EH wagon – MATURED
Given the choice of stock or stonking, Joe Tyler opted for the latter for his Holden EH wagon build
LS1-powered 1969 Holden HT
Daniel’s HT has been in the family since 1970 and now runs a stock-bottom-end LS1
VL Group A tribute built by prison inmates
This VL Commodore Group A tribute was built by the insiders at NSW’s Junee Correctional Centre. Now it’s finished, you can win it
Zero5 Performance HJ Kingswood for Drag Challenge
The Zero5 Performance Team is hard at work preparing for their first tilt at Drag Challenge
Home-built 1970 Holden HT Kingswood
Jason Pellett’s clean HT Kingswood proves that less can be way more when it comes to building a cool cruiser