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Rusty racer: Steve Gooch’s twin-turbo Thunderbird
Photos: Quinn Hamill “At first glance, Steve Gooch’s Ford Thunderbird may look like a rust bucket, but take a closer look and you will soon

Enthusiast essentials: Futura Trailers low-loaders
View fullsize Towing your garage ornament about isn’t a task to be taken lightly. Spending unnecessary amounts of time strapping that investment (i.e

Electric Future: SIVANZ going to bat for combustion-engines
Simply because it was too important not to be spread throughout the internet, here’s the letter to the editor from NZV8 issue No.

Concept Corner: it’s a gas!
On the cover of this issue [NZV8 161] you’ve seen the Monaro that Peter and Delilah Schimanski dreamt of — clearly they’re a

Unhealthy diet: Matt’s SS ute will eat you for tea!
The number plate on Matt Jukic’s wild Commodore ute doesn’t lie. It’s got an appetite — an appetite for destruction! As

Cut loose: bashing limiters and tyres at NZBC Huntly
It might not have been a Jake the Muss kinda bash, but the New Zealand Burnout Championship’s latest WinterBash at Placemakers Huntly Speedway

Waimate 50 back for 2018
View fullsize The legendary Waimate 50 Motorsport Festival will return over 19–21 October this year, with the likes of ‘Fanga Dan’ Woolhouse, Andy

Classics only, please: Caffeine and Classics’ new 30 year rule
View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize Find yourself anywhere near Smales Farm, Auckland, on the last Sunday of the month, and you’ll be

All go, no hassle: US buying made easy with Freight Assist NZ
View fullsize Having trouble getting that rare as hen’s teeth part or big-daddy motor package out of the US of A because the

Concept Corner: sacrilegious Dodge Daytona
“The Mopar aero cars of the ’60s were pretty wild, right? Yeah, but not compared to one of these!” View fullsize Illustration: Ash

Express yo’self: big ass photo gallery from Chrome
What can we say about the Prowear Chrome Expression Session that hasn’t been said already? Quite a bit, actually, but you’re going to

Stars of the show: standouts at CRC Speedshow 2018
View fullsize The yearly spectacle of CRC Speedshow is something permanently affixed to the local automotive calendar, as it should be. Why? Speedshow

Concept Corner: O.G Rose
Josh Trybula’s dream car isn’t just a concept, but a happening thing — a Kiwi version of the world’s most famous lowrider View

Event guide: Caffeine and Classics
View fullsize When: 29 July, 10amWhere: Smales Farm, Auckland Just because it’s officially winter doesn’t mean that you can’t get your fix of cool cars.

Doin’ it big: Meguiar’s MotorEx gets pumped
View fullsize Last year heralded a massive change for Australia’s premier car show, as ownership of Meguiar’s MotorEx changed hands. Now run by