NZ Hot Rod

Black Magic

ack in the '70s, St. Johns College in Hamilton held a fundraiser at the school with a Hot Rod Display. For student Leo Voorend, this moment in time was a game-changer in many ways. Harry Donker's Chrysler, John Reid's Vandal, Bill Perriton's Plymouth Coupe, and Gary Martin's '36 Ford Roadster were present among those on display, but what captured Leo's schoolboy eyes was the 1934 Ford Sedan of Terry & Joy Ferguson. From this moment on, hot rodding took his fancy. Little did he know at that time, another pupil, Bert Van Wijk, who had attended the same College but was four years older, had done

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