NZ Hot Rod

Happy Dayz

0-year-old Terry Mellsop has enjoyed a lifetime of hot rod fun which was sparked by a road trip to the Wellington Hot Rod show with Roger Hermanson in the early ‘60s. Terry was just a teenager at the time and recalled seeing Brett Wilson’s Mellow Yellow and Wild Honey and other iconic Kiwi hot rods. It was the catalyst which

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