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Big bang theory: Raj Patel’s blown XW Falcon
There’s nothing we like more than a mountain of chrome poking out of a hole in a bonnet to signal one’s intentions.

Smokin’ chop: Glen Longley’s chopped Model A coupe
Glenn Longley’s chopped Model A coupe seamlessly blends a hefty new-school punch into a beautifully old-school package View fullsize The worst nightmare

Golden age: behind the scenes at Nostalgia Drags 2017
Despite a dicey-looking weather forecast in the lead-up to the Trans America Shipping Nostalgia Drags 2017, hosted by Bay Rodders, was all go. A foggy

Spruce up your interior with Luxxio
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Work with Protecta
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Streetwise vato: Kenny’s ’70s-style Camaro low-rider
Think you’ve seen it all? Then you’d better get familiar with ‘Chicho’, Kenny Harrison’s crazy Camaro low-rider View fullsize “I knew this car

NZV8 Issue No. 143 is now on the shelves at a store near you!
The latest issue of NZV8 (Issue No. 143), has hit shelves, and we’ve managed a great mix of styles, from a real-deal 1969 Ford Torino

Winding down: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day five)
If the Repco Beach Hop 17 experience can be likened to a bender, then Sunday is most definitely the hangover day — a lazy, laid-back

Concept Corner: Flying Brick
View fullsize With the questionable aerodynamic knowledge around in the day, imagine that this privateer was convinced that the panel-van roofline, tapering to a

Join the club: Hampton Downs GT membership
“If you love track time as much as we do, then a GT Membership should be right up your alley? ” View fullsize Just over

Hooning Havana in an 850hp trophy truck
View fullsize If you’ve seen Recoil one to three, then you will know exactly what to expect from the fourth instalment of BJ Baldwin’s video series.

Wild weekend: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day four)
If the days leading up to the weekend of Repco Beach Hop 17 were where the relaxation was to be found, the weekend provided the

Cruisin’ thunder: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day three)
Traditionally, Friday has been the most favoured day on the Beach Hop calendar, playing host to a mass cruise out to the coastal town of

The Stude Dude’s latest
Studebakers aren’t common on New Zealand soil, and modified ones are even less common. In fact, we’d say there’s one man responsible for more of

Life is beachy: Repco Beach Hop 17 (day two)
The Thursday of Repco Beach Hop 17 showed the most evident change to the status quo, with the former Tairua cruise destination completely forgone in