VOLCANIC ERUPTION

THIS eye-popping, tyre-shredding HZ ute is an amalgamation of two cars and a ski race boat, with a healthy dollop of shoebox Chev in there too. You see, Matt Milnes used to be into water ski racing, but he decided to give the sport the flick when his kids came on the scene, and that left him with a brutal big-block gathering dust in the shed.

The original dream was to fit the engine to his long-term project, a ’57 Chevrolet two-door, but the amount of work required to get the Chev up to scratch was daunting. Instead, Matt opted for a quicker build and picked