Publisher’s PODIUM

Then & Now

WHAT started as a fledgling fraternity of young men who were interested in modifying road-going cars and turning them into hot rods has now grown into an industry with considerable size, structure and become a respectable and recognised segment of motoring in NZ. The catalyst for the initial embryo here was the availability of American hot rod magazines, a proliferation of aging American cars and good old Kiwi ingenuity. Put the three ingredients together and presto, hot rods were created. It took about ten years from when the first hot rods