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.
How to apply pinstriping and graphic overlays to brighten your car’s paintwork
Our step-by-step guide to achieving stand-out paint
Twin-charged LX Torana Street Car
Tim Morton’s self-built Torana hides an impressive Japanese combo!
How to apply vinyl wrap to your car
3M shows us how to lay down its vinyl Designer Wrap
Adam Landridge’s 1972 Holden LJ Torana
Adam Landridge enjoys cruising as well as track meets in his LJ Torana and has plans to become a future Drag Challenge contender
Holden 355-powered 1983 VH Commodore SL/E
Holden VH SL/E Commodores go for big dollars these days, but Paul Bertuola wasn’t scared to transform his into a show-worthy toughie
Ayden Batchelor’s 1976 Holden LX Torana hatch – flashback
Built, stolen and recovered: Ayden Batchelor’s Holden LX hatch has been to hell and back
Todd Foley’s 383-cube 1984 Holden VH Commodore streeter – flashback
Looking back on Todd Foley’s smooth VH Commodore streeter when it was running a stout Holden 383ci combo
Zoltan Bodo’s HSV VP Senator
We turn the clock back to April 2005 for another look at Zoltan Bodo’s iconic, Summernats Grand Champion-winning VP Senator
555-cube blown big-block 1978 Holden LX Torana – flashback
There are mind-blowing drag cars, there are flawless show cars and then there’s Karl Wicht’s insane LX Torana hatchback
Blown Holden 202-powered 1964 EH ute
Simon Berger’s EH ute went from a work hack to a show ’n’ go stunner
Supercharged LSX-powered Holden VY SS wagon
David Troisi transformed his former workhorse wagon into a 500rwkW supercharged LSX-powered monster
Blown 350-cube 1999 Holden VS Commodore ute
Clint Stevens let his dunger V6 Holden work ute corrupt him – he just had to build an 800hp, blown Chev-powered streeter out of it
Twin-turbo HSV VTII GTS300 – flashback
Take one of Australia’s best ever muscle cars, add boost and hang on!
Chris Economides’s 1971 Holden LC Torana
Chris Economides bought his LC Torana from its original owner back in 1978
1400hp Nitrous LS-powered 2002 Holden VX SS Commodore
Tim Holmyard’s seven-second IRS-equipped Holden VX SS is powered by a 1400hp, nitrous-ingesting, mega cuba LS
Broads’s LC Torana hits the track – Carnage episode 33
We put Harrop’s new Holden blower kit through its paces at Sydney Dragway
Darran Clark’s Holden HQ Monaro
Darran Clark’s HQ was bought new by a family friend, and was fully rebuilt and kitted out in the early 1990s as a pro street beast
2019 HQ Holden Run
The 2019 HQ Holden Run in Brisbane on the weekend was the biggest and best yet
Turbocharged 202-powered EH Holden
Corey Columbro still has his first car, this mild-looking EH Holden, which was originally owned by his grandfather
Turbo LS-powered Holden WB panel van at Drag Challenge Weekend 2019
Phil Halpin and his sons decided to put their old-faithful panel van to the test for Drag Challenge Weekend 2019