Toolbox TALES

ONE winter afternoon in 2018, after spending a couple of enjoyable hours at Wanaka’s Toy and Transport Museum, Crystal and Derek Johnson discovered a distinguished gent having a good look at their ’64 Ford Galaxie. It turns out this gent was none other than one of the nation’s most legendary drag racers, Garth Hogan, who, like Crystal and Derek, lived nearby. In the latter’s case, as owners of Alpine Motels. During their