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In 2019, Rotorua’s Glen Eggleton cruised the main street of Whangamata at Repco Beach Hop 19 in his recently “finished for Beach Hop” ’68 Camaro. On the Saturday afternoon, Whanga’s busiest day, he spied a ’71 Chevelle parked up and sporting a ‘for sale’ sign. He quickly parked and gave the US coupe a bit of a onceover. Impressed with what he saw, he contacted the owner, had a bit of a chat, money was exchanged right then and there, and the car was picked up Saturday night. Now Glen had two tough American cars at his disposal at the biggest car event in the country!

The Chevelle looked and sounded tough with the compulsory 6-71 blower poking through a hole in the hood — life was good. Over the next few months, the Chevelle clocked up a few road miles. Glen and his partner Sam were happy with how it

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