HEN I was at the Palmerston North Hot Rod Club Swap Meet held at Manfield on 6 August, I spotted parked near one of the side entrances to the Stadium a cool 1934 Ford Roadster. Something told me this was a new build and I just had to follow up on it to see if I could feature it in the NZHRM. Tracking the owner later wasn’t too hard as I knew him. It was Mark Blenkinsop, a hot rodder well known in street rod and drag racing circles in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s. Mark was seen at just about every rod run going in his 1947 Mercury Coupe, then a nice 1933 Ford 3-window Coupe, and if he felt like burning some rubber, he could
