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
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
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!
Cool cars always take years to build, right? Not if Charlie Bailey has anything to do with it! View fullsize Eight weeks.
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
Take a look at the featured highlights from Issue 221!
Make as much smoke as you can, get the tyres off and entertain the crowd, that’s the Rapanats way
We’ve all seen Blue Meanie VKs before, but never like this!
We bet you’ve never seen a ’63 Impala SS quite like the one that has just rolled out the doors of Real Rides.
Proflow have been making quality parts easily available since 2008
With the look of old and the performance of new, Philip Macey’s immaculately finished Falcon is a dream come true
When Hayden Wilby got the opportunity to compete in the Burnout Masters at Summernats, he knew he’d have to bring his Commodore up
Justin Johnstone with the help of a few good mates built this blown HQ Holden from a rolling shell to a tough Southern Streeter
Roger Talbot wanted to make up for years of not owning a decent car by building the best he could with no regrets!
Damien Smith’s long road to build an American inspired mini-truck.
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