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.
Steve Grima’s turbo LS2-powered 1988 Holden VN Commodore
Drag Challenge regular Steve Grima is bringing a different turbo LS Commodore to the event this year: this eight-second VN snot rocket
Pro street 14/71-blown 1973 Holden LJ Torana – PHAAT
If you want a formula for building a tough Torana, look no further than Louis Younis’s blown, blacked-out and positively bad-arse LJ
Braydon Crockett’s VL Walkinshaw tribute
Wowsers who claim young folk are lazy have certainly not met enthusiastic and robust Braydon Crockett
Turbo LS3-powered 1976 Holden HJ ute
Matthew Cerantola’s HJ ute is a 765rwhp childhood dream come true
Silvio Muscat’s big-block HQ one tonner
We take a look back at Silvio Muscat’s tough, trophy-winning HQ One Tonner
900rwhp blown LQ9-powered 1977 Holden LX Torana hatch
How do you follow up your super-clean 700hp turbo Torana build? If you’re Marc Palmer, you build a 900rwhp blown LX hatch!
Tuff Mounts VH Group C replica – video
Jason Waye’s new racer will pay tribute to his home state
Jeff Briffa’s Holden 355 stroker-powered VL Calais – flashback
Jeff Briffa ruled the street machine roost in the late 90s with his immaculate, groundbreaking VL Calais
Tim McEwan’s big-block Holden HQ
We caught up with Tim McEwan and his tough big-block HQ at the recent South Coast 660
Peter Brock’s VH Group Three to be auctioned
Brock’s later daily driver recently sold for $1.057 million
Lost and found! Crazy-clean 355 HG Holden ute
A decade after selling his HG Holden ute, Scott McPherson got a rare second chance with it. The result is a killer plastic-powered streeter
Track-inspired Holden LC GTR Torana ‘XU3’
With his time on earth running out, the late Gerrard McCrostie treated himself to the street/race Torana of his dreams
1100hp twin-turbo LSA 1975 LH Torana
This killer LH Torana is up for grabs
Online car sales scams on the rise
Think you wouldn’t fall for an online car sales scam? Maybe think again
New Holden design exhibition at Melbourne Town Hall
The golden era of Australian automotive design is celebrated in a new Melbourne exhibition, now extended for another eight weeks
Big-block FX Holden ute at Northern Nats 2021
A wild early Holden built for sprints, drags and skids!
Holden VL Commodore – VILLIN
Trent Brimble’s VL seven-second Commodore, VILLIN
LJ GTR XU-1 Torana smashes auction record
The most expensive road-registered XU-1 ever – by over $100K!
Blown LS-powered HJ wagon wins hearts and heats at Northern Nats 5
Graham Hilton’s wagon loves drag strips and shopping trips in equal measure
Dave Guilfoyle’s 1973 Holden HQ GTS Monaro – TUFGM8
Fat rubber, slammed stance and a 500rwhp aspirated small-block Chev make this HQ coupe a killer cruiser