Automotive23 April 2022
Jet age fantasy was in full flight following World War II and the space race of the 1950s only lit the imagination afterburners among leading American automotive stylists Chrysler gambled and got the jump on the other members of the big three, Ford and General Motors (GM), when the launch of its thi...
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Automotive24 March 2022
Wild rides with iconic Kiwi muscle car drivers. When the V8 bellows and drivers are straining every nerve to keep them on the road, muscle cars come alive. Gerard Richards tells the survivors’ tales. By Gerard Richards. Two fire-breathing macho machines facing off on a back road or main drag i...
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Automotive24 March 2022
. You may be wondering why an old Series 1 Land Rover would be presented to four Kiwi mates as a Valentine’s Day gift. It’s a great yarn full of adventure, sorrow and delight, so sit back and enjoy the ride. Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy. Imagine, if you will, four Otago University...
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CamperCare24 March 2022
. Australia is all well and good if you are hankering to travel but why not combine two great pastimes and show your classic car a bit more of Godzone?. By Vaughan Wilson. The West Coast has had a challenging past. Gold and then coal drew in white settlers and it was also exploited for its nat...
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Editorial24 March 2022
Enthusiasts enable a peek into a more romantic past. By Nathalie Brown Photographs: Brian High. They’re a dedicated lot, these steam railway enthusiasts. More often than not, they’re blokes past retirement age who are happy to spend two days or so each week restoring late 19th- and early 20th...
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Enthusiast22 February 2022
The 50th edition of the Ellerslie Car Show was the biggest and the best. By Ian Parkes, photography Greg Lokes. It’s fair to say that the organisers pulled out all the stops for the 50th annual classic car show. They put on a superb multilayered display that was really appreciated by the big cr...
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Enthusiast22 February 2022
One of the great sports car shapes, evocative of its uncompromising power, the TVR is one for the purists. It’s rare and it’s British, with most of the pluses and few of the drawbacks that entails. By Patrick Harlow. To tell the Griffith story, we need first to look at the Cobra. The AC Cobra...
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Enthusiast22 February 2022
Allan Dick tells us of some of his favourite driving roads in Aotearoa New Zealand. A decade or so ago, Mercedes-Benz launched a new model into the local market and, as part of the promotion for it, ran a competition asking Kiwis to nominate a Great Drive in this land of ours. As I had been publ...
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