Automotive1 November 2022
In the year 2000 the Auckland Museum staged an exhibition to celebrate a hundred years of motorcycling in this country called VROOM. Now a further 22-years on it’s interesting to look at some of the bikes that were featured in that exhibition. There were eighty bikes in all. It was inspired by ...
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Automotive1 November 2022
More accessible than Aprilia’s screaming Tuono1100, the Tuono 660 offers some of that thunder, and a little lightening in a fun package. I was fortunate enough to ride Aprilia's new RS660 late last year and had a terrific time putting it through its paces at Hampton Downs racetrack, on one of th...
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Automotive1 November 2022
Can't see the light at the end of your project's tunnel? Don't lose hope - Lindsay Smith took 34 years to get his Torana just the way he wanted it. Words: Connal Grace Photos: Rod Dunn. Remember when Aussie cars weren't worth the paint over their rust? Remember when American car owners looked dow...
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Automotive1 November 2022
Is this the ultimate Porsche 911? Porsche has made a virtue of keeping the 911 true to its origins, with a policy of evolution, not revolution. It came closest to breaking the mould with the wild whale-tailed 930 Turbo, which catapulted the car into supercar territory. By lan Parkes, photography H...
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Automotive1 November 2022
Ford of Australia made the ultimate cruising Cortina but it tempted few of Ford's Australian customers away from the big basic Falcon. By Ben Selby, photography by Kallum Harris Photography. Think of a big Aussie-built Ford with a strong and torquey straight-six engine and the Falcon will inevi...
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Automotive20 September 2022
A house painter by trade, Clint Wheeler applied his eye for detail to his latest creation, an uber-rare ’62 FJ panel van. By Ashley Webb, photography by Richard Opie. Almost 75 years ago the first FX Holden was driven out of Holden’s Fishermans Bend assembly plant at Port Melbourne to become ...
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Automotive20 September 2022
Words and Photos: Cameron Leggett. It was a Sunday morning not long after lockdown at Cars & Coffee Taranaki where this blue mean machine caught Cameron’s eye. With its huge hood scoop, black bonnet and vinyl roof over its blue patinated paint, it had a look that really appealed to him. Afte...
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Automotive20 September 2022
Joe and Paul Fahey installing the Gurney-Weslake engine into Paul’s Shelby Mustang (Wright Collection). Joe Wright was one of our best race mechanics for many years. A laid-back soul, Joe worked with the brilliant Graham McRae for longer than most. “When I was with Graham it never stopped. We�...
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