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Chrome Still Shining — Chrome Horsepower Festival 2025
We went down to the Chrome Horsepower Festival to check out how the V8 turnout was, and we weren’t disappointed
Inside the November/December issue of NZV8
A look at the featured highlights from issue 230
Twin-Turbo ’56 Chev — Winning Comes Easy
Brent Shipman didn’t set out to build a trophy winner, but couldn’t bring himself to change his trophy hauling ways!
Dream Shed: Neil Surtees’ Hot Rod Heaven
The thought of building one car a year isn’t just a dream for Neil Surtees but a reality he’s lucky enough to be
All-Wheel Insanity: Kiwi-built four-wheel drive, blown LS-powered Pontiac
What’s got four-wheel drive, a blown LS, and was built by a Kiwi? This radical Pontiac, that’s what! View fullsize Working as
What’s in the latest NZV8 Issue! – September/October
A look at the featured highlights from NZV8’s special 20th anniversary edition, Issue 229
Lost Inline-Eight Engined Art Deco Icon Rebuilt by Classics Museum, Hamilton
Hamilton’s Classics Museum has unveiled a massive new addition to their fleet, a DOHC straight-eight–engined performance monster from the 1930s — it’s an incredibly engineered
Hawaiian Treasure: ’32 Coupe and ’31 Model A Roadster combo
There’s something reassuring in knowing that two totally separate pieces of Hawaii’s rich hot rodding history have ended up sharing a stable on the other
Rough as guts and cool as hell ’38 Ford coupe
Chris Piaggi’s chopped and channelled ’38 Ford coupe is the very essence of hot rodding — speed first, everything else second! View fullsize
1968 Plymouth Valiant — Turbo Sleeper “Regular John”
As far as sleepers go, Clint Field can build a good one, or even two. The two-door Plymouth Valiant may have the heart of a previous project car, but the body has a soul all of its own
1971 Volvo P1800 — Hot Rodded Volvo “Diamond in the Rust”
After almost 7000 hours in the making, the owner of this Volvo P1800 now has the custom car that he never dreamed of owning.
1965 GMC C10 — Bagged Cummins 6BT ‘PREC10US METAL’
Hayden Brown’s 1965 GMC C10 looks like a perfectly executed hot rod truck — it has the low, it has the power, but the sooty clouds leaving his exhaust tell us he did something a bit differently.
Four Decades of Dedication — Southern Dragways 40th Anniversary
Bonus Gallery: With a wide variety of cars attending meetings throughout the season, this event draws to a close the 40th anniversary of Southern Dragways
What’s in the latest NZV8 Issue! – July/August
A look at the featured highlights from Issue 228
NZV8 Repco Beach Hop 25 Annual Magazine – On Sale Now!
Check out what we’ve covered from the very special 25th anniversary of Repco Beach Hop