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    Box 573 Orewa LETTERS

    Feb 25, 2019 4 minutes

    Wild Bill

    I Paul & Liz, Hello again from Guy of Palmy North who has been helped by you regards back issues related to past vans of your magazine. A long time ago I lived in Hawkes Bay and was a regular spectator of the past Thunder Park drag strip just out of Hastings that is now a winery. An American man brought his wheel standing Model A delivery van to NZ listed below, Wild Bill Shrewsberry and it was featured in one of your early issues. I had photos of it doing its wheelstanding runs down the drag strip and one of it being towed by a blue twin cab Ford F350 pickup. My photos were unfortunately

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