NZ Classic Car

A hearse brought back to life

Whenever anybody offers to show me their shed or workshop, the answer is always yes. The offer means the shed has something in it that the owner is pretty passionate about and that will be worth seeing.

When John Rae opened the door to his New Plymouth workshop I was not disappointed. John is an insurance broker by trade, and a petrolhead most of the rest of the time. The workshop started as

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