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Just in PASSING

Hot Rod Beer

IN conjunction with Panhead Garden City Rod Club displayed about ten cars at the Village Inn at Sumner for their launch of the Uncertain T beer. It was very sunny, with great food supplied and live entertainment. It was a great afternoon at the beach in the middle of winter.

From Craig Stare.

The Doug Smith Coupe

EX-PAT Kiwi Starry Malcolm is deep into a recreation of one of NZ's iconic early hot rods, namely the Doug Smith Coupe. Marty Fuentes is doing the bodywork; he also did Wild Honey. It's even being built RHD, looking at the master cylinder location. Doug Smith's radically modified ‘36 Ford coupe was a show

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