January 2021

NZ Hot Rod

New Zealand's Longest Established Automotive Magazine

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NZ Hot Rod
MANAGING EDITOR: Paul Grace ACCOUNTS: Liz Grace SUBSCRIPTIONS: Liz Grace AD-SALES & FEATURES: Paul Grace Ph +64 9 432 1270, +64 21 159 8521 Email: paul@nzhotrodmag.co.nz Craig Stare Ph +64 3 347 8388 Email: craig@nzhotrodmag.co.nz DESIGN & PRODUC
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Guest EDITORIAL
SEASON’S Greetings to all. As I write this from my Government-sponsored COVID-19 cell, it certainly makes me appreciate the freedom I’m missing that we all take for granted, I’m sure. One of the best things about certain forms of freedom is being abl
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Publisher’s PODIUM
WELCOME to 2021, and a hearty welcome, and thank you to Squeak Bell who has put pen to paper to share his thoughts on our hobby. It’s the first time in 53 (almost 54 years that Squeak has spoken, via his pen at this level, so well done and let us kno
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Box 8 Waipu LETTERS
DEAR Mr John Eva, We would like to thank you most sincerely for adding John Stevens’ 1933 coupe to your November issue of NZ Hot Rod magazine’s “Toolbox Tales” page. It was such a thrill. We don’t get the magazine now, but a great friend in Levin let
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Just in PASSING
THERE are two reasons for this copy from In Passing October 1970. Whakatane Club have always been keen on drag racing and this was an attempt to run a meet at the Whakatane Airport. It could still happen as Air New Zealand no longer fly there. Second
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New Arrivals
Craig Stare just landed this 1964 Pontiac Catalina via Kiwi Shipping. It’s an excellent original car, and the last family-owned it for the past 25 years. Under the hood is the 389ci engine. KIRK and Rochelle Johnston just landed this 1956 Chevrolet
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Taupiri Swap Meet
THIS swap meet seems to be the start of the summer rodding season, being always right after Labour weekend. Wet weather on Saturday could have ruined things, but Sunday, Nov 1st cleared after a little light rain and even got sunny by late morning. Ad
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Tuxedo Truckin’
MANY moons ago, in fact, ten years of them, Deane purchased a trailer load of 1948 Chev pickup parts from a fellow rodder, Pete Bell. With a vision in his head, Deane started construction. The vision was a super low, black everyday driver pickup truc
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Garth Hogan
ALTHOUGH I’ve met Garth Hogan a few times, I don’t know him well enough to turn up on his doorstep. But during a recent Wanaka trip, an ol’ mate Tony Turner, who tunes and maintains the jet boats in Queenstown, dropped in to visit, talking about Gart
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Beach Hop
WITH the postponement of the huge 20th anniversary in March 2020 when the world closed down due to COVID 19, everyone wondered if the new date of November 25th-29th would actually work. Everything was in place for the March event then the plug was pu
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Cambridge Charity Day 2020
AS per usual Stragglers put on their annual Charity show at the Mighty River Karapiro Lake Domain. Not even COVID could stop it this year, which was great. Around 1300 cars of all descriptions turned up for the day, but numbers were down a little fro
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Amazing Maisie
BETWEEN the years 1964 to 1972 Chevrolet built more than 525,000 V8 Super Sport Chevelles. But in 1966 if you wanted an SS Chevelle – you had no choice but to have the 396 ‘big block’ engine…there were no other engine choices for the top of the line
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FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS
MAKE: 1966 SS396 Chevelle Owned by Lynda and Lester Davis Members of Alpine Street Machines ENGINE: 396ci. Standard 10.25:1 compression. 360hp @ 5200rpm. Holley carb on Edelbrock intake. Electronic GM distributor GEARBOX: M22 Muncie 4-speed. McLeod c
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Old ’33
A BARNYARD find seems to be a fairly common statement these days, and this OLD 33 Tudor was exactly that. It had been parked under a rickety old lean-to in Northern California for many years, biding its time and slowly gaining a cool patina on the or
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FEATURES and SPECIFICATIONS
BODY: 1933 Ford. STYLE: Tudor Sedan MANUFACTURER: Ford Motor Co. Modifications: All original Henry Ford steel MANUFACTURER: Stock 1933 MODIFICATIONS: Fully boxed with TCI Crossmembers FRONT SUSPENSION: Supe Bell dropped I-beam, Posies spring, Pete an
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Lvvta News
THE second quarter of 2020 was quite a momentous period for LVVTA in that it represented the finalisation, and signing, of a Contract for Services between the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and LVVTA. This Contract had its beginnings in October
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Reborn Roadster
I ORIGINALLY purchased the smallblock Chev powered 1932 Ford roadster built initially by Ian Rainbow in the early eighties, in 2011 with the intention of driving it for fun and to take it to car shows. Well! I could not sit in it properly as my legs
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FEATURES and SPECIFICATIONS
YEAR: 1932 MAKE: Ford MODEL: Roadster BODY: Magoo’s fibreglass, Vintique stainless grille insert CHASSIS: Repro 32 Ford, crossmembers by Magoos ENGINE: 350ci smallblock Chev, aluminium heads, mild cam, triple 97s on polished manifold, old school Cal
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Racing the Clock
FINE weather and a COVID-free country-wide environment have underpinned the successful return of drag racing to NZ’s event calendar. Test and tuning went off without a hitch and lead straight into full competition with 61 entries for Comp 1 and 120 f
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Ex-Pat kiwiana
ASK Grant Chitty what got him interested in cars and you are sure to be given a myriad of reasons starting with his car nut brother Geoff crewing on Albert Gorge’s #95 stock car at Stratford. Also being an avid fan of Albert and Gary Scott’s #6 Stock
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FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS
BODY: Ford Sport Coupe, 100% Henry original Steel Year: 1928 and made by Ford Motor Company of Canada Mods: 3“ top chop. Louvred trunk lid, side skirts and windshield visor, the windshield still opens and is fully functional, custom notched swing arm
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Upcoming EVENTS
This Upcoming Events is a free listing, if you have an event which is not listed, please let us know or if the details of your listing have changed then email paul@nzhotrodmag.co.nz. > 2-3 Dragstalgia featuring Wild Bunch Wars. Open to all classes.
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Masterton Test ‘n Tune
10th and 11th October if you weren’t at Masterton Motorplex you missed out on the test and tune .138 cars had entered and over 50 streetcars made up the bulk of the field. The weather was a bit cooler than the hot summer months, which made it rather
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Industry NEWS
WITH over the 26 years in business Rods by Reid have an abundance of milestones to share and celebrate. Out of the many chassis, components and turn-key cars built they’ve chosen a select few to share on their all-new website. After many months and h
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Chiropractor and Panel Beater Wanted
‘PISTOL’ Pete Tyrell from Whakatane R&CC is a bit of a hangman. He told neighbouring Bay Rodders in Tauranga that the theme of Whakatane Rod Club’s 50th anniversary was steampunk. Of course, it wasn’t, and a whole bunch from Bay Rodders Club arrived

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