NZ Hot Rod

GRANDPA'S AXE

N idea or vision conceptualised in the human brain may go through several iterations and designs before it even pops out verbally or on paper. These conceptual thoughts are honed, finetuned, annealed and sharpened over time to eventually become items on a bucket list. Such is the case with Graeme Dodd's #35 Ford 3-window coupe because he'd always wanted a desirable and stylish 3-window coupe, and eventually, after many years, he got one. But just like grandpa's axe, where the original axe may have had its handle and head changed over the years of constant use, it is still fundamentally the same axe. Similarly,

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