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Orange crush: 1967 Chev Chevelle
“What do you do when you’re tired of your show-winning Camaro? Build an even cooler Chevelle, of course!” In the early years of the car,

Loose unit: 1969 Chevy Camaro Z/28
The original plan was never to build a nine-second streeter, but sometimes, you can’t argue with fate” Unless you’ve been living under a rock for

Green meanie: 1968 Chev El Camino
“What started as a quest to get away from owning a common car has resulted in one of the meanest El Caminos ever to prowl

Carbon Credits – 1956 Holden FJ Ute
Take one FJ Holden, mix with a good serving of VS Commodore and add a sprinkle of carbon, leave to bake for a decade and you’ll get a creation unlike any other!

Southern warfare: 1971 Holden Monaro
“This low-nine-second, street-driven Monaro proves there’s a lot more to the deep South than just tourist attractions!” While some say hindsight is a wonderful thing,

Uncaged – 1969 HB Viva
This HB Viva was a well known street machine in the 1980s, and now it’s back ready to get up to its old antics once again

Business and Pleasure – 1941 Chrysler Royal Business Coupe
Gary Morton has always been involved in high-end vehicle builds as his business, but this one was strictly for pleasure!

What’s inside the NZV8 222 July/August Issue
Take a look at the featured highlights from Issue 222!

Straight Talk: Talkin’ ’bout (not) my generation (Pt 1)
Join us as we abridge the best of Tony Johnson’s Straight Talk columns, starting this week with an excerpt from a series running with the July/August issue of NZV8

Nostalgia Drags 2024
The Nostalgia Drags are as good as a holiday, so planning the annual pilgrimage to Napa Dragway for the Bay Rodders event gets locked in early and is always something to look forward to for lovers of old cars

Mechanical monster: 1965 Chevrolet Corvette
“Published in NZV8 Issue No. 86” Every now and then, a car comes along that defies convention, and pulls a big middle finger to

Blueprint for Success – 1967 Chev Chevelle
There’s no such thing as the perfect formula to building a tough car, but we’d say Tom Hocking has got pretty damn close!

Eight Weeks: Charlie Bailey’s ’71 Chev Malibu
Cool cars always take years to build, right? Not if Charlie Bailey has anything to do with it! View fullsize Eight weeks.

Ruckus – 1960 Ford Galaxie
This ’60 Galaxie wasn’t built to win show awards or take quarter mile timeslips, but to be loaded up with the lads to create the ultimate rolling party

What’s inside the NZV8 221 May/June issue
Take a look at the featured highlights from Issue 221!