NZ Hot Rod

In The Back Of My Mind

It is always interesting to hear how people got interested in hot rodding. Some had a friend of the family who had one, or perhaps just looking through old hot rod magazines or maybe even watching an old cult hot rod movie like “American Graffiti”.

Others saw a real live hot rod in the flesh when they were kids, and there was an even smaller proportion who were lucky enough to get a ride in one and became “hooked for

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