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There are those who take the normal road, who do what is proven and easier — taking the path of least resistance. Then there are those others who march to the beat of their own drum, seeking the unique and delighting in proving people wrong. This is the story of a vehicle from the path less trodden and of a new owner who sought to both pay homage to a legacy, while also putting his own stamp on something already a little out of the box.

To understand the car today, first you must travel back to the past. At this moment, we pay our respects and remember this mad beast’s creator. Growing up in Tauranga in the heyday of street racing and having a passion for drifting as a teenager naturally led to street drifting for Hamish Marsden, the Marsden Motorsport ute’s original owner. A shared obsession with building and drifting rear-wheel-drive Nissans led to Hamish and

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