Holden nut Mick Stevenson reckons he’s owned one of nearly every classic Lion, but FBs and EKs remain his picks of the bunch. “It just happened that way,” he reasons. “An EK was the first registered car I’d had, and ...
What we didn’t realise was that Barry’s love affair with this particular humpy spans an unbroken 60 years, replete with a hot Colin Russell-built grey motor! Tell us about your history with this FX, Barry. I’ve had the car for ...
The final curtain is about to come down on the famous marque’s last weekend of racing at Pukekohe.
UPDATE: Since our 2020 feature on Nigel’s ute, he’s given it a big birthday and taken out one of the most-prestigious prizes in our sport – the Red CentreNATS Grand Champion gong! The recent mods include Mods included a de-stroke ...
UPDATE: Since we featured Peter’s stunning FB in 2018, the heavily-customised Holden has had a serious crack at the top awards in our sport. At Street Machine Summernats 34, the FB finished in the top three for the Grand Champion ...
Jack of all trades Holden/Perkins Engineering cast block The Holden and Ford rivalry at the Bathurst 1000 is as Aussie as koalas, servo pies and wanting anyone except the English to win at sport. Nearly 30 years ago, it ...
Who the hell needs Holden? Australia is in the midst of a local-manufacturing boom, with engineering house Walkinshaw now bigger and employing more people than Holden-backed HSV was at its peak. Take it as further evidence that Holden (and, ...
The 1996 HSV GTSR is an in-demand collector car Classic car collectors continue to pay top dollar for Holden performance cars, with Lloyds Auctions again attracting plenty of interest. At the time of publication the company was still negotiating ...
Alpine – 2021 Chrysler – 2021 Holden – 2020 Infiniti – 2019 Dodge – 2016 Opel – 2013 Saab – 2013 In the graveyard of brands in the Australian market, which one is making a comeback? Australia is often ...
Camira rarities like the SJ, Formula and later SLi 2000 are the pick for collectors, though every version is becoming valuable. “Oh Steve could you move the Camira? I need to get the Torana out so I can get ...
Launched in July 2006, the VE Commodore was a whole new platform that radically dragged the old and tired Commodore into the 21st Century. It is rumoured we were meant to get the VE much earlier, as design sketches that ...
When is a humpy ute not a humpy ute? When it gets dropped over a Chev LUV chassis, is powered by a Ford Windsor and grunts through a Ford driveline! The man behind this schizophrenic creation is plumber-turned-storeman, Dave Hemsworth. ...
The 1998-99 SMOTY show judges loved Ed Brodie’s injected Holden 304-powered HJ sedan. Look close, real close and see why This article on Ed’s Holden HJ was originally published in the February 1997 issue of Street Machine IN TERMS of ...
How Holden and GM robbed Australia Holden is no more, and while the pain of its departure is now beginning to fade, it is quickly being replaced by a new and furious anger over the fact that – as ...
THE day WA’s Gareth Lougher bought this HR, he and his wife Alison were leaving to take her showstopping LH Torana, 6APEAL (SM, Apr ’13), to MotorEx Sydney in 2012. This article was first published in the October 2019 issue ...
This article on Grant’s HQ wagon was originally published in the August 2018 issue of Street Machine magazine For custom car fans, Grant Mahoney’s extensively modified HQ Holden wagon is a welcome blast of fresh air in this era of ...
Aussie engineered and designed Ford Ranger and Holden Commodore share personnel and suppliers Both appeal to the same demographic Both best in class Both have serious high-performance versions Both enjoy/ed rich model mix sales Both espouse dated technologies Both ...
IN DETAIL: Laurie Starling Memorial Trust 1967 Holden HR Premier If you’re a seasoned street machiner or you’ve been around the scene for a while, this slammed HR Premier might look familiar. Dubbed ‘Premi-air’, (’cos, y’know, it’s ’bagged), this ...
General Motors has issued a recall for most examples of the Holden ZB Commodore due to a brake booster issue. The issue affects 13,898 units of the ZB Commodore built between 2017 and 2020. According to the recall notice issued ...
Sharply priced projects are getting increasingly harder to come by, especially if you don’t know what to watch our for when hunting down the ride of your dreams. Here’s our guide on what to look for and what to avoid ...
The Holden Commodore ZB was the final model to wear the famous badge Holden may be gone, but that hasn’t stopped the problems for the brand. The final Holden Commodore, imported from General Motors’ European arm Opel, has been ...
There has been plenty of doom and gloom in the mass media of late, with predictions that petrol-powered cars are done and soon we’ll all be forced to drink tofu lattes in our electric vehicles on the way to jazzercise ...
General Motors is recalling the majority of European-sourced ZB Commodores sold in Australia due to a manufacturing defect that may cause the brake booster to fail. This recall affects 13,898 ZB Commodore models built between 2017 and 2020. “Due to ...
This article on Kurt’s Holden HK Premier was originally published in the July 2001 issue of Street Machine In front of a crowd of many thousands at the Street Machine Summernats Supercruise, Kurt Martiensen’s HK Holden Premier performed what some ...
Video of Ford Fail! Why it can’t sell anything but Ranger pickup and Everest SUV – CarsGuide Podcast #242 After half a decade or so of intense research and development, Ford’s new Ranger is out of its creators’ hands and ...
Karl Miegel 1966 Ford Fairlane Stephen Borg 1968 Ford Mustang Luke Nagy Holden LX Torana Craig Marty HZ Holden Ash Dalton HJ Holden ute Byron Judd Holden VF Sandman tribute Karl Miegel1966 Ford Fairlane “Here’s my 1966 US Fairlane, ...
Back in 1979, Peter Brock and a tough-as-teak VB helped crate the Commodore legend This article was originally published in issue six of Street Machine Commodores. Believe it or not, this beaten-up old car is one of the most heroic ...
We’ve worked closely with Mick McCrudden at Brunswick’s Glenlyon Motors for almost ten years now. Mick has helped up out with many of our project cars over the years and it is always a treat to visit the shop and ...
Packing 574 HP, this glistening, heavily modified two-door Holden FJ is the jewel in Pro Customs’ crown This article on Pro Customs’ FJ was originally published in the May 2017 issue of Street Machine MAN, this FJ is the bomb!” ...
Things can get pretty hectic when a fully armed honeybee flies into a moving car. A flick can send it back out the window or, in Levi Chitty’s case, directly under his old man’s double-plugger-clad foot. “We were in Dad’s ...
2000-2006 Toyota Avalon then, 2023 Crown Crossover now 1986-2019 Hyundai Excel/Accent then, 2017 Accent now 2006-2018 Holden Captiva, 2020 Chevrolet Blazer now 2004-2016 Ford Territory then, 2020 Explorer now 1996-2004 Daihatsu Terios then, 2020 Rocky now The latest Toyota ...
The ute that could have saved Holden? Is this the ute that could have saved Holden? It’s no secret that the big thing missing from Holden’s Australian portfolio was a battle-ready ute to take on the headline-stealing Ford Ranger ...
This ‘Brock Enhanced’ Holden VZ SS Ute is up for sale Peter Brock is synonymous with Holden and particularly his run of high-performance HDT ‘Brock Commodores’ of the 1980s. But what few people know is that the King of ...
“Travis here. I am a tank crewman in C Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment ADF and a hardcore street machiner. This is my 1975 HJ Sandman tribute that my father Greg and I built. I have owned it now for more ...
Canberra’s Steve Santos is a man of many talents. While some enthusiasts knock out a ton of killer builds with a common style or brand, Steve takes a broader brush to his art – everything from 1000hp Walkinshaws to killer ...
Browsing American car mags can be quite depressing — all those two-door cars to choose among. Except for a smattering of Monaros, Falcons and Chargers, Australia has been starved of stylish two-door streeters. Don’t get me wrong, we have some ...
About the Holden Commodore R B purchased this Holden Commodore new with additional options for $40,000 (including all on-road costs). R B would buy this car again because: “Absolutely. Easy to drive, cheap to service and work on, extremely reliable, ...
If not for the Geoff Paradise-penned feature it received in the December ’81-January ’82 issue of Street Machine, you’d be hard-pressed to believe Trevor Cass’s ultra-classy EH was finished way back in 1978. And you might think that it’s probably ...
Looking back on David Bennett’s injected, big-block, SMOTY-winning Monaro This article on David Bennett’s HQ Holden was originally published in the April 1989 issue of Street Machine WELCOME to David Bennett’s incredible travelling circus. Be amazed, ladies and gentlemen, as ...
UPDATE, July 21: Opel Insignia to be axed as German production wraps up The story to here May 18: Vauxhall Insignia axed in the UK two years after end of Holden Commodore’s run Snapshot Opel Insignia to be retired ...