Young Street Machine of the Year

HARE & FORBES YOUNG STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR

Are you aged 24 years or younger? Got a smoking-hot car of any kind? Then you’re eligible to enter the Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition!

Simply submit your at www.ysmoty.com, and then garner support from the public by spruiking your build on the social media channel of your choice, including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, using the hashtag #ysmoty. We’ll then choose the top 16 finalists and turn it over to the public for the vote! Submissions open 17 July and close 10 August, with public voting opening up on 18 August and closing 1 September. The winners will be announced 11 September!

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Young Street Machine of the Year

Save the date! YSMOTY cars & coffees at Hare & Forbes stores, Saturday 22 August

Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year is kicking off soon! Make sure you put 22 August in your diaries

Young Street Machine of the Year

Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year 2026

Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year is here, celebrating Aussie car builders aged 24 and younger

Young Street Machine of the Year

The Fords of Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY 2026

A look at the variety of Fords currently in the running for the 2026 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY 2026

Young Street Machine of the Year

The Holdens of Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY 2026

A sample of the variety of Holdens entered into our Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY

Young Street Machine of the Year

Jack Mill’s Suzuki Swift wins Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year 2025

The 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition has been run and won

Young Street Machine of the Year

Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse YSMOTY 2025 runner-up: Riley Matekovic’s VH Commodore

Riley Matekovic wins second place in our 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition

Young Street Machine of the Year

Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY second runner-up: Jack Archer’s Nissan Silvia S15

22-year-old Jack Archer wins third place in our 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition

Young Street Machine of the Year

Report: Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Cars & Coffee

A quick tour around our Cars & Coffee at Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse stores last weekend

Young Street Machine of the Year

Young SMOTY cars & coffee at Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse stores nationwide!

Join us a your local Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse store on Saturday 23 August to celebrate Young Street Machine of the Year

Young Street Machine of the Year

Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year – vote and win

Help choose the 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year winners and you could win big!

Young Street Machine of the Year

LS-swapped Suzuki Swift in Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY

Young gun Jack Mill's Suzuki Swift just keeps getting more rad!

Young Street Machine of the Year

Mopars and more: Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY2025

We check out the huge variety of entrants in the 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year comp

Young Street Machine of the Year

Japanese cars of Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY 2025

Let’s take a look at the Japanese cars entered into our 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition

Young Street Machine of the Year

Jay Zahra’s WK Statesman in Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY

Jay Zahra tells us all about his tidy, V8-converted WK Statesman

Young Street Machine of the Year

Fords of Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY 2025

We check out some of the entries from the Blue Oval crowd in our 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition

Young Street Machine of the Year

Turbo RB30-powered LC Torana in Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY

Nineteen-year-old Seth Fuhrmeister’s patina-clad, turbo Torana sleeper is cutting a fine figure in YSMOTY 2025

Young Street Machine of the Year

Holdens of Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young SMOTY 2025

We check out some of the cool entrants from the lion pride for our 2025 Hare & Forbes Machineryhouse Young Street Machine of the Year competition

Young Street Machine of the Year

Bryce McCabe’s XR Falcon in Young SMOTY

Bryce's Clevo-powered hottie is once again in the YSMOTY running

Young Street Machine of the Year

Young SMOTY 2023: Barra-swapped ’48 Ford Anglia

You chose Grant's epic van as the second-ever YSMOTY champ!