There are 20 HUGE Meguiar’s car care kits to be won inside this issue, each worth $480. Details on how to enter are inside your 20th anniversary edition of NZV8, available now from a store near you!
THE COVER STAR! – 1985 VK HOLDEN COMMODORE SS GROUP A
Aaron Meekings’ 1000hp VK SS Commodore is a Blue Meanie tribute build with no compromises, and one of the most well-executed VKs we’ve ever seen
Built in Australia by VK legends Ultimate Metalworks, together with an insane 427ci Dart LS put together by Warspeed Industries, Aaron’s dream VK build keeps things tidy in some places, and goes crazy in others.
20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – 20 MOST ICONIC CARS OF NZV8
To celebrate NZV8’s second decade in print, we pulled together a list of the most iconic cars ever to grace our pages
We took the opportunity to indulge in some of the best V8 machinery that’s ever come out of New Zealand. These are the cars that for whatever reason, helped shape the V8 scene in New Zealand to be what it is today. Whether they did something new at the time, or were built to an incredible standard, these are the standouts even after 20 years.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS – 1968 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE
He really wanted a Camaro, but his friends wouldn’t let him buy one, so he bought a Chevelle instead, and stuck a 496ci big-block in it
ANGRIER ANGLIA – 1967 FORD ANGLIA 105E
Kris Boyd’s 105E Anglia is an all-Ford V8 monster that flies, no SFX needed!
If you heard this bad-tempered Windsor V8 rumble up to the shops, wrapped in a tiny little 105E Anglia, with a blower sticking through the bonnet and its enormous rear tyres, like anyone else you’d probably tell your partner to “go on without me!” for a while, wouldn’t you?
BIRD OF PREY – 1969 PONTIAC FIREBIRD
This strikingly styled ’69 Pontiac Firebird was meant to be a quickly executed LS swap, but things didn’t go entirely to plan …
Every car enthusiast has some kind of mental watchlist, sitting in the back of their mind. There’ll be a handful of very particular models, years, or trim specs of a car that you passively keep an eye out for. For Doug Breden, that car was a V8 Pontiac Firebird from 1969. This year was the final year of their first generation, receiving a major facelift, as well as Doug’s favourite part — the flat wheel arches.
