Street Machine

THE LONG ROAD

THE 2005 Kandos Street Machine & Hot Rod Show was a heartbreaker for Jason MacKenzie. Having been subjected to a 7500rpm limiter over 30-odd burnout comps, a rod in his ’67 Camaro’s 350 Chev finally called it a day. “It didn’t come out the side,’ Jason says. “It went inwards – it smashed the cam into three pieces and destroyed everything!” To rub salt into the wound, he copped jeers from the crowd as he pushed his broken car off the pad. Shattered, and with all available funds supporting his young family, he placed the wounded SIXTY7 into hibernation.

During the eight years it sat untouched, some expressions of interest were put forward. “ Monique forbade me to sell it,” Jason

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