NZ Classic Car

Size doesn’t matter

t first, I wondered if I’d driven up the wrong driveway. The car in the garage was an early Mustang resplendent in royal blue with two broad gold stripes, which was not what I was expecting. I knew that Rodger Anderson, who made his name in Minis and a BMW 2002, was a Porsche man these days — the other end of the spectrum from American muscle. I had no idea of his affection for Detroit iron. It didn’t take long to discover just how passionate this former Saloon Car Champion is about cars, as long as they’re interesting. Having turned 80 in June, he can look back at over six decades of having cars and motor racing as a central focus. I knew from his younger brother Donn (‘Motorman’) that it was Rodger who was, and remains, the

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