Custom Holden Monaros

Developed from a few scrawls on the wall of Holden’s then-new Technical Centre, awards and accolades quickly followed its release, with the new HK Monaro coupe taking out Wheels magazine’s Car of the Year award in 1968, also winning Holden its first Bathurst and backing it up the following year in the updated HT.

Initially lean and lithe, the Monaro aged like Elvis, getting fatter as the years went on. Technically the Monaro-badged coupe bowed out in 1975 with the HJ Monaro GTS, while nameplate lived-on for a tad longer on the HX GTS Monaro sedan until late in 1977.

The Monaro name returned officially in 2001 with the V2 CV8 Monaro, going through several different interations and also being exported overseas badged as either a Pontiac or Vauxhall, until bowing out with the rest of the VZ range in 2006 to make way for the new VE platform.

Bare-metal, blown Noonan Hemi-powered HT Monaro build

Slammed, tubbed and dressed in its birthday suit, this in-the-build, blown Noonan Hemi-powered HT Monaro has attitude for days

Auction watch: Max Wilson executive-special HJ Statesman coupe!

This uber-rare factory project coordinated by Leo Pruneau is crossing the block soon

Mark Sanders’s HK Monaro – Heatseeker

Mark Sanders’s Holden HK Monaro was tuff, street legal and, despite first appearances, well ahead of its time

Where are they now: HQFORU

Rodney and Judith Menso have gone full time-warp on HQFORU

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

Ratty HK Monaro at Summernats 36

Rod Cordingly and his son thrashed long and hard to get this wonderfully weathered, methanol-chugging Monaro to ’Nats 36

God of Thunder: Thor HT Monaro

Alex turned his dull six-pot HT Holden Monaro into one seriously bright Barbados Green 355-powered toughie

80s pro street-inspired blown big-block HK Monaro GTS

Freddy Finnegan’s genuine HK GTS Monaro is a blown big-block salute to the golden era of 80s Aussie pro street

HG Holden Monaro

Predator fed: Frank Ruiz’s blown HG Monaro

With a blown 350 at the business end, this magic Munro is bound to make your day

Greg Eslick’s slammed HQ Monaro

With an LS3 up front, Greg Eslick’s black-as-night HQ coupe is a Summernats Top 60 stunner built for the street

Dave Bennett's Rat Attack HQ Monaro

Dave Bennett’s Rat Attack HQ Monaro

Australia’s toughest HQ? With tubs, trumpets and a heavy-hitting 454 up front, it’d have to come close

Al Bundy Lucas HQ Monaro

Alan ‘Bundy’ Lucas’s pro street HQ Monaro

This is what happens when your mum says motorbikes are too dangerous

Bill Murfin HK Monaro

Bill Murfin’s injected big-block HT Monaro BILLIT

The original feature on Bill Murfin’s 1997 Street Machine of the Year winning HT Monaro

Bongo HG Monaro

Epic 80s custom HG Monaro found alive, well and for sale

We featured the BONGO Monaro way back in 1986, and now it’s up for grabs

Lloyd Taylor’s showstopping HT Monaro GTS

Lloyd Taylor’s stunning, arrow-straight HT Monaro was built 1000 miles away from the nearest big city

Blown LSX-powered HK GTS Monaro

A perfect finish and blown LSX376 grunt define Tim Martenstyn’s ultimate HK GTS

Blown 383-cube HT Monaro GTS

Greg Angus’s home-built HT GTS Monaro blends killer looks with blown small-block shove

Eager Maniac Trans Am-fronted, T-top HQ Monaro GTS

Back in the 1980s, Neil James set out to wow the show scene with his super-loud custom Monaro. Mission accomplished!

Auction watch: LX Torana, ‘Big Banger’ VK, HX Monaro, big-block Chevy C10 and more!

An HDT-inspired Commodore, minty HX Monaro and big-block C10 truck headline this week’s Grays classic car auction

LSA-powered HK Monaro

John and Travis Oberg’s HK GTS looks like a nicely restored stocker – so why is it in Street Machine? We think you already know the answer to that!