This year’s unveils at MotorEx 2026 was supposed to be a short and sharp affair, but blew out to 16 stunners! Here’s the first nine for your enjoyment:

Brett Fletcher
Holden HK Monaro

The latest in a stunning run of jaw-dropping first generation Monaros out of prolific Sydney workshop ProFlo Performance, Brett Fletcher’s HK GTS is a classic case of the good old snowball effect. Brett acquired the car as a bone-stock six-banger, then dropped in a tough turbo LS and started driving the wheels off it. An unfortunate fender bender at Powercruise prompted the decision to tub the car and re-do the rear end, and when that came up so well, every aspect of the car was then gradually stepped up to match. The end result is a tough-yet-gorgeous street and strip machine that looks too damn good to race!

Shannon Nanfro
67 Chevrolet Nova

Shannon Nanfro built this awesome pro street Nova at home in the shed with a tightknit group of mates, including his panel beater dad Vince, engine builder Danny Gigs, and Daryl Cassar. “It’s been a nine-year journey; I bought the car two weeks before my eldest daughter was born,” said Shannon. It runs a 540ci big-block Chev, Turbo 400 and sheetmetal diff, and ended up at MotorEx entirely by accident. “We just set out to build a street car, and it wasn’t until Steve who did the plumbing suggested we take it to MotorEx that it even occurred to us.” Even though the car has come out neater than originally intended, Shannons plans to cruise the car and hit local shows with it haven’t changed a bit.

Shannon ‘Pyro’ Jennings
Custom Harley Chopper

Shannon ‘Pyro’ Jennings has been moving in the custom car orbit for a long time, with his tubbed, big-block HQ Monaro gracing the cover of the August 2014 issue of Street Machine. He’s a custom painting guru who sprayed the late Harry Haig’s XR Falcon ute and also accompanied Harry to the States for Drag Week. This latest project sports two less wheels – a wonderfully tasteful custom Harley powered by an ultra-rare and sought after S&S engine. 

John Vescio
Holden VL Calais

Proprietor of Procar in Sydney’s Northern Beachs, John Vescio had a dream to build his own car to a truly high standard, and his custom bronze, LE-kitted VL Calais is certainly that. John looked after all the mechanical work in-house, while Warhorse Motorsport sorted the fab side of things. The powerplant is a 427-cube LSX, fed by a Pro Mod PSI turbo, and on low boost it’s already making four-digit power, with plenty left on the table. The car is equipped with a cage and ’chute, and once it has some street kays under its belt, John is hoping to send it down the quarter, with high sevens being the goal. “It’s surreal to see it all come together,” he grinned.

Frank Zammit
2020 Ford Mustang

Frank Zammit has tasted success at MotorEx in the past with his incredible ENDLESS XW ute, but his latest and greatest build is aimed at an entirely different type of competition – banging tyres with the absolute best of them. Delivered to ProFlo as a bare shell bought from the wreckers, the Mustang came together in just seven months. The car is now powered by a Westend-built, Higgins-headed, 8/71-blown Windsor topped with a PFP hat. The sinister black-on-black colour scheme with red highlights makes for a sinister look, slung low over massive 24x15in rear rollers. Not one to muck about, Frank is looking to make his debut skid in the car at Street Machine Summernats 39.

Bob Porobic
1976 Holden Gemini

The Porobic family has owned this staunch little Gemini for 27 years, but it’s been off the road since 2012 when it unfortunately met the wall at the track. The late, great Craig Brewer repaired the front end, and Bob dragged it home, chucked it on a rotisserie and cut the entire floor out of it. So began a massive rebuild. It now has a custom flat floor and tunnel from front to back, with raised tubs to accommodate hefty 275-wide rubber. It still runs the same rowdy 383-cube Holden it always has, and while it’d no doubt still run into the nines, Bob has his reservations. “It’s come up way too nice to race, and we might still race it eventually, for now I’m just keen to do some shows and cruise it with the family.”

Tony Webb
Holden Torana LX hatch

Tony ‘Webby’ Webb’s Torana hatch was already a formidable radial car before it was pulled apart, powered by a twin-turbo big-block Chev and having taken many a scalp in Kenda competition. It even scored a feature in the April 2019 issue of Street Machine. With the help of Torana guru Simon Kryger, the car has now morphed into a truly world-class radial weapon, with a 521-cube billet 4.8 Noonan Hemi, twin 98mm Garrett turbos, and a full suite of the latest Haltech electronic trickery on board, yet it still remains quite street-appearing. “I wanted to put something together that was an Australian body shape, so that people could relate to it and say, ‘Hey, there’s a little Torana racing pro mod,’” said Webby. “I was keen to showcase the fact that we can build a high-end race car like this in Australia, and hopefully we can eventually end up in the 3.70s [eighth mile] in Outlaw 275; maybe even quicker”. 

Justin Zammit
Torana sedan

Justin Zammit’s pro street LH Torana has been a seven-year labour of love, culminating in having the sheets yanked off it today at Meguiar’s MotorEx. It’s powered by a tough 406ci Dart small-block Chev, and is tubbed to allow for meaty 325 radials, though it’s currently wearing 295s. The interior is done to SL/R specifications with Houndstooth inserts, and while the engine is carby-fed, a Haltech Elite 2500 runs the ignition side of things and links up with a uC-10 display mounted in the factory dash. Matty Petrovich attended to the flawless bodywork and searing red paint, and once Justin gets done with the show scene it’ll be time to stretch its legs at the track.

JACOB & BRENDAN MITROVSKI
HOLDEN VL COMMODORE

Brothers Jacob and Brendan Mitrovski went halves in the build of their super-tough pro street VL. Contrary to the norm, the brothers shunned LS power, instead opting for a wild tunnel-rammed SB2 small-block by RSR engines, with 860hp on tap! The car adheres as strictly as possible to the legendary HDT Group A aesthetic, draped in Permanent Red paint by Yes Smash Repairs. It currently rolls on a big old set of Simmons FRs, but there’s a set of more race-oriented rolling stock at home in the shed for when things get serious. Sooner rather than later, Brendan will strap into the driver’s seat and see what the car’s capable of at the track.