NZ Hot Rod

LOW ‘A'LTITUDE

SHBURTON carpenter Kevin Sutton joined his local hot rod club, Americars, back in 1980, and pretty soon, he was cruisin’ in his electric blue ’39 Ford Standard Coupe, complete with lake pipes, padded running boards and Turbostyle aftermarket wheels, all the cool trends from forty years ago. Kevin drove that ’39 for several decades before selling it.

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