NZ Hot Rod

Midnight Delight

IN 2009 Peter Moller purchased from Ben Johnson, based in Kaiapoi, just out of Christchurch, the 1956 Chevrolet Pickup. At the time, the pickup was stock apart from disc brakes and ran a 396 Chev mill. Ben used it as his shop hack for his business “Williams Auto Spares“. At the time, it was planned to keep it in its brown paint job, add a new front suspension and be a daily driver.

Now we start our story. Fresh out of High School, Pete Moller began working as a parts boy at LH Johnson Motors; no relation to Ben Johnson. Then after a few years, he took up

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