NZ Hot Rod

Westie Coupe

HEY say, “Once a Westie, always a Westie”, and Paul Hollard is proof of that. Growing up in New Lynn, West Auckland, his first car was a 1950 Ford Prefect that regularly broke axles. Nothing to do with his driving, of course…..! Paul's second car was a triple-carburetted Mk 1 Zephyr which went through six engines in six weeks. That was followed by a ‘48 Ford Bonus pickup, and then he changed to a string of Holdens as “I couldn't

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