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New Zealand HOT ROD MAY 2016
ISSN. 0110-0211
PUBLISHERS: Hot Rod Publishing Ltd P O Box 573, Orewa, 0946, New Zealand PROPRIETORS: Paul & Liz Grace Ph:: +64 9 424 4652 Email:: paul@nzhotrodmag.co.nz Email:: liz@nzhotrodmag.co.nz Website:: www.nz-hotrod.com MANAGING EDITOR EDITOR: PPaull G Grace ACCOUNTS: Liz Grace SUBSCRIPTIONS: Liz Grace CONTRIBUTOR & PROOF READING: Rob Campbell AD-SALES AD SALES & FEATURES: FEATURES Paul Grace Ph +64 9 424 4652, +64 21 159 8521 Email: paul@nzhotrodmag.co.nz Craig Stare Ph +64 3 347 8388 Email: craig@nzhotrodmag.co.nz DESIGN & PRODUCTION: PRODUCTION hotlobster design ltd (UK) CORRESPONDENTS CORRESPONDENTS: Mike Ashton, Spook Howard, Ian Rainbow, Craig Houston, Wayne Scraba, Bruce Taylor, Chris Harris, Gail Wenmoth, Siggy Eichholz, John Medcalf, Lew Bonnington, Steve Reid, John Eva, Craig Stare, Graeme Oliver, Horse Madden, David Mather, Roger Gorringe, Owen Campbell, Dave Verry, Golly Adams, Paul Martinez, Fred Sougnoux, Allan Porter, Ken Sanders. PRINTERS PRINTERS: McCollams NZ DISTRIBUTOR: Netlink Distribution Company
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FEATURE CAR
Leadfoot: Dave Verry’s 1934 Ford 3-window coupe, Neelson.
FEATURE CARS:
DRAGS:
42. Leadfoot: Dave Verry’s 1934 Ford
20. National Drags: 2016 IHRA
3-window coupe, Nelson.
Nationals – Meremere.
66. A ‘Z’ Car With Attitude: Trevor Morris
52. 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet,
1958 Ford Mk2 Zodiac, Tauranga.
Bakersfield, California.
SPECIAL INTEREST: 14. Flashback: The Joker.
DEPARTMENTS:
FLASHBACK
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Publisher’s Podium
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Letters.
19. Flying Farewell: Frank Currie.
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In Passing.
38. Under Hood Ettiquette – Pt3.
12. New Arrivals.
Al Dawson’s 1934 Ford coupe.
75. Upcoming Events. EVENTS:
77. Industry News.
26. Americarna, New Plymouth.
82. Toolbox Tales.
56. National Show ’16, Christchurch.
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COVER: Dave ‘Leadfoot’ Verry’s 1934 Ford coupe. Photo Alastair Ritchie. Al Dawson’s ’34 Ford coupe. Photo Al Dawson.
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By Paul Grace
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PODIUM Looking around the corner into the future. I SEE a plethora of PR and research arrive in my Inbox on a daily basis. It detracts from day-to-day production of the magazine and can be a pain in the “A” so most of it goes into file 13, aka the bin. But occasionally there’s a gem which requires further investigation and reading. That was the case when Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx emailed new research behind a radical new end game which is being touted for future powertrains. Here’s a synopsis/executive summary of what he’s got to say. Put at its simplest, the main powertrain options for land vehicles over the next twenty years are as follows: 1. Conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) driving the wheels through a transmission. 2. Hybrid electric meaning an electric motor drives the wheels most or all of the time with the aid of a fuelled engine and transmission. 3. Pure electric meaning with no fuelled engine on board, the traction being entirely by electric motor using on-board sources of electricity and minimal transmission. It’s this third scenario of energy independent vehicles (EIV), which latest research is describing as the new end game. Why are they prophesising that? Dr Harrop is forecasting that in the coming decades the choice of powertrain will mainly be dictated by emissions conformance using the best cost and performance compromise criteria. This is quite different to the way we currently choose powertrain which is using performance, cost and fuel economy. (By cost he’s talking about purchase price, cost of ownership and resale price issues.) This change in focus will result in popularity of powertrain choice moving from conventional internal combustion engines to pure electric as laws tighten and technology improves. Actually we’re already on our way:
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Over at the neighbours in Melbourne, Australia, startup company EVX is focused on R&D and commercialisation of high performance solar and electric vehicle technologies.( www. evxventures.com ) They already have a car called the Immortus on the drawing board. It’s a limited edition bespoke passenger sport car powered by the sun and their ultimate vision is to make self-powering cars the future of transportation. Further afield a Swiss company, Nanoflowcell has a Quant pure electric hypercar claiming a range of over 1000 miles. Even if it’s not true yet, one day it will be! It’s a very interesting discussion, if not a little scary at times too, because not once do they mention a smallblock V8 in their musings.
Apart from the powertrain developments there’s also a concurrent future scenario of autonomous driving. (driverless cars) Merge future powertrains with autonomous driving and you may get a picture which looks like this: Using a smartphone you summon transportation to take you from your current location which is perhaps your workplace at the end of the day, to your home. A pure electric vehicle which is not yours and with no driver at the wheel arrives. The door opens, your ID card is swiped and you’re on your way and there’s free WiFi en route too. On arrival at your home you exit the vehicle and the cost of the ride is deducted from your credit card and a copy of the invoice is emailed to your smartphone. (Like Uber and Lyft) Then the autonomous energy independent vehicle drives to its next customer’s pre-booked journey. This sci-fi-sounding movie may be closer to reality than you think because two companies, Ericsson and Geely Auto are already working together to transform transport and make the networked society a reality using cloud computing and known technologies at their fingertips. That
target reality is the year 2030 which is only 14 years away. If it’s true, where does that leave us and our hobby? What is the future for our petrol-burning, self driven hot rods and collector cars? Perhaps we should look to the past for similar technology interrupters, like when the motorcar powered by its petrol-burning Otto-cycle internal combustion engine arrived in the late 1800s. Back then it replaced the horse, buggy and cart, with motive power coming from the horse. Once the automobile became firmly established, what happened to all the horses, blacksmiths, saddlers, feed suppliers and support industry? With little or no demand it all melted away to almost nothing. Today you can’t take a horse and buggy on the motorway, the only place left where they’re used in day-to-day work is on farms. However, you can still enjoy horses as a hobby in racing, jumping, showing, trialling, hunting and more, but all that activity takes place on a closed course in a controlled environment. In the past 100 years horse ownership and enjoyment has moved from mainstream to niche. In an almost parallel analogy can we forecast that our future hot rod hobby activity will have to take place on a closed course or road in a controlled environment, so we don’t crash and burn into the driverless energy independent vehicles being prophesised as the future of mass transportation? I’m not sure, perhaps I’m being a tad extreme but one thing is certain: the rate of change due to technology is “going vertical”. Transportation, health, education are all going to be affected and in 20 years time we’ll have seen, touched and felt change in a massive way. Makes my heart skip a beat when I think of it, how ‘bout you? It seems my editorial in March issue titled Tall Poppy Syndrome really struck a nerve with many of you. Thanks to all of you who sent feedback of which a synopsis would read like this: “you hit the nail on the head, I couldn’t have said it better myself.” Sometimes I wonder if all the effort we put in to creation and production is worthwhile so thanks again, it made my day! PG.
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LETTERS
Flashback T-bird HOT Rod mag, I read with interest your Flashback on Eddie Tanguru, particularly the T-bird. I’m Brian Wilson who bought it from Paul Handricks (Gisborne) in 1978. Rob Campbell would remember the car as it was in a TV advert shot at his place in ’79. I put it back to all the ’58 trim and front grille etc. The photo was taken by Allan Porter about ’93. I sold it in ’97 to Ralph Wright’s brother, not sure of his name but think it was Kevin. I haven’t seen, not heard of it since then.
haven’t seen before. I spent a couple of days with Adrian and Chris Gilbert, then up to Nelson and stayed with Rob and Marian Goodman and also Jeanette Trillo in Nelson. The Goodmans were my house guests last year for the ‘50s and bought the 1938 Ford coupe at the auction. I ended up buying a car at MCM and it will be shipped back to the states. It is a 1936 Austin 7. I figured there are a lot of American cars going to NZ it was time that some start coming back this way. Here are a couple of pictures of the car that I bought. Bill Casey, MN, USA.
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HELLO PAUL, In Tony Johnson from LVVTA reply to Lindsay Richardson he says “most businesses which service the hot rodding hobby exist because of the demand for high quality modification and construction work in turn necessitated by the LVV certification system“ and “start counting how many hot rod shops there were in NZ 25 years ago“ . Well Tony what I read those two statement as saying is “We have made it too hard with our changing rules for the average hot rodder to build their own car so the average hot rodder will just pay to have their car built for them by professional shops . Well Tony what does the LVVTA think of all these “dangerous“ pre LVVTA hot rods on the roads in New Zealand ?
Cheers Geoff Penn, Whangarei.
Best regards, Matthew Thomas.
Brian Wilson, Mokau.
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PS: I wonder how many people thought “no point filling out that survey for Land Transport NZ nothing was going to change , LVVTA have created themselves jobs for life and they are not going to give up their golden goose“ . cont’d on page 64
Hot Rod Tourism HELLO PAUL, I’ve been home for a couple of weeks and just getting back to normal. This trip was the worst jet lag that I ever had from coming back home. It was great meeting up with you at the MCM show and I had a great time on the overall trip meeting up with people who I have got to know over the years of travelling to NZ. I did a lot of moving around to different places and seeing different places which I
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THAT NZ’s fastest woman Karen Hay beside Evil 2, taking a short break from driving duties while dad Lindsay has a crack at breaking the 200mph barrier. After a couple of runs he nailed it with a 6.835@209.2mph. That makes the father and daughter pair the only family combination in New Zealand to both run over 200mph. That means they both get to wear the coveted NZHRM 200 MPH red hat! Accordingly we extend a very warm welcome to Lindsay Hay for his admission to the NZ Hot Rod Magazine 200mph club. Well done Lindsay!
³ Labour of love THIS amazing Mk 2 Zephyr model has been a long ongoing project and is a real labour of love by Neil Anthony of Christchurch. The Zephyr is totally hand-built in 1/10th scale. He made his own mould, cast the bodies and has a few variations on the build. This one is a replica of his son, Dean’s actual car we featured in NZHRM a few months back. Wheels are from an R/C car.
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Love is.... still helping him polish the underside of the hot rod in preparation for the national show. (been doing it since 1970), see how they went on page 56.
³ Speedshow THE New Zealand Made feature display is the latest announcement from the team at CRC Speedshow which will feature around 20 race machines and motorcycles which have been built or designed right here in New Zealand. For the past three years, CRC Speedshow has focused on drivers who are, or who have excelled in racing, although this year the team behind the annual event decided to celebrate the cars and bikes which have all formed partt of New Zealand’s rich racing history. Ross Prevette, managing director of CRC Speedshow said it was time the cars were highlighted, bringing the spotlight to our No.8 wire, can-do mentality and also the huge amount of mechanical talent here. “We’re really excited for this display and thought it was time to recognise the cars and motorcycles which have become part of our racing DNA here in New Zealand. We’re also proud to welcome New Zealand Made as a sponsor for the display, who will be bringing a multitude of New Zealand companies like Aegis Oil, the only New Zealand blending and packaging company for oil products and E-Mazing with their Dirt-Off cleaning products for off road vehicles, so it’s going to be a totally unique display. We simply can’t wait.”
³ TIG Art DIFFERENT people have different skills in their job, some of which go unnoticed except in this case. Editor Paul G spotted some tiny little welds on a small stainless part TIG welded by a mate of his. (who wishes to remain nameless) Craftsmanship like this is a thing of beauty, extremely high quality and reflects the astonishing level of innovation of skill in our hobby. For those technically-minded folks he used a 1.2mm tungsten, 42 amps juice and a 0.9 mm dia. filler wire.
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There are lots of shiny bits on this flathead but the main reason for showing this photo is the black and white check engine block. Someone had obviously spent a lot of time sanding the block smooth. Same to the person who masked up all those squares.
The custom firewall on this F100 was done in the late 1950’s and this pickup featured in the August 1962 issue of HRM.. It has a clear perplex “window” to the interior and what appeared to be inserts cut out of material that rear reflectors would be made of.
This surfboard air cleaner was made of wood but those rocker covers had a heat resistant timber texture vinyl wrap.
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³ Hot Rods help helicopter rescues HOT rod enthusiasts from Hibiscus Coast, the wider Rodney district and much further afield have paid for 10 rescues this year by the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust’s Westpac chopper. Car owners and members of the public made 2016’s Hibiscus Rodders Beach Festival a big success, contributing to the $35,000 cheque presented to ARHT on March 13 at the Mechanics Bay helicopter base, Auckland. John Hooper, the Trust’s general manager of marketing and fundraising, thanked the Hibiscus Rodders Club on behalf of the 1200 men, women and children the rescue helicopter is likely to pick up this year. “Your donation allows our crew to do their good work and improve the way they look after the end user. It will pay for our guys to get off the ground 10 times.” Handing over the cheque to some of the helicopter crew members, Beach Festival co-ordinator Sharon Morris said, “You guys are awesome. You do an amazing job.”
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³ Solid MICK Smith just landed this excellent, rust-free ’58 Buick Special 2 door hardtop which he says was very hard to find. He bought it from the second owner out of Tacoma, Washington and landed it in NZ via Chuck’s. It still has all its original running gear including the 364ci nail head V8. Mick’s not sure on its future, but it could be a keeper.
³ Sunlover MICK also landed this cool ’65 Mercury convertible via Chuck’s. It came from Port Orchard, Washington and has had a ton of money spent on the drivetrain etc. Under the hood is a 390ci V8 backed by a C6 trans. With just 77K miles showing it’s a cool cruiser and if it appeals to you, give Mick a call on 0274 723 280 because it’s for sale.
³ Potential Plus CRAIG Stare just landed this 1959 Buick Invicta via Kiwi Shipping. It’s a rust-free car as a consequence of spending much of its life in Arizona and has been sitting since the seventies. Craig bought the rare bird from Fontana, California. Under the hood lies its original 401ci nail head engine. Craig says his first step is to make it mobile and then go from there.
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The Joker Al Dawson’s 1934 Ford V8 coupe
FLASHBACK
Eddie’s coupe in Pagan Kandy/Fireguard Flake.
From Al Dawson.
IT was Hastings in the spring of ‘64. Young Ron McMullen, with his wife and his son, lived a few doors down from Al Dawson in Avenue Road. Ron drove a red channeled 1934 5-window coupe hot rod and Al would often see him drive by. Al really liked that coupe, and even handm de a large wooden model of it. ma One weekend in late ‘64, Al was at On homee, when he saw the coupe flash by - theen he heard a crash from the n xt corneer. ne r Al grabbed his BoxBrrow o nie came mera and ran out. It wasn’t a good od sight. T he h ’34 coupe had d straight i nt nto the side of a smashed new Ford Consul 315. 5 The ‘34’s front
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chassis horns were bent, the ’32 grille was damaged, and a headlight was hanging down but the T-boned Consul 315 was a write-off! Al helped pick up the broken grille bars, and lying on the road at the point of impact, was a playing card. It was the Joker! Al still has that card to this day. Soon after, due to circumstances, Ron McMullen and his wife said they would sadly have to sell the coupe. Al said he would really like to own it, and gave the wooden scale model to Ron’s son as a memento of the car. With Al as the new owner he made repairs and modifications to the car with the help of Paul Kawan Motor Bodies. New door sills were rolled, rear guards crafted, and Al
molded in Austin n A50 tai aill lights. rds to the he front He fitted cycle guard wheels, extended the hood, a nd n d out. ran whitewalls inside and The rod ran a 1946 Ford V8 mill, ’46 hydraulic brakes, and 16-inch solid wheels. Al reversed the rims on the rear. He had nerf bars made up at Charlie Powell’s Engineering in January ’65, at a cost of 3 pounds labour, and 2 pounds, 2 shillings for materials. Al applied bright red paint, and did some cool pin-striping on the boot lid. The interior was nicely rolled and pleated in cream and gold, and it was a pleasure to drive. After completion he drove it to Auckland and back without missing a beat, and used
Ron McMullen’s wife in the rod – 1964.
’34 coupe owned by Ron McMullen - September 1964.
The scene of the accident with the Consul 315 in bad shape.
Frontal crash damage to ’34.
it for his work and daily transport until October 1965, when he bought a mi m nt 1959 Ford Customline from Max x Rae’s Car sales for 795 pounds. Doess a nyone know what became of this nice co c upe – let us know at HRM.
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Al begins work on ’34 - note: Al’s ’32 3/w coupe in carport in the background.
Ron (leaning on coupe) discusses crash.
Mesh grille insert, nerfs and cycle guards.
Molding in A50 tail lights, and nerf bars.
Outside Avenue Rd home: Al prepares for paint.
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At the Hawkes Bay Show in October ’65.
New red paint, hubcaps & reversed rear rims. Cream & Gold rolled and pleated interior.
Outside Al’s Avenue Road home. Pinstriping by Al.
Al in the ‘34.
Last photo taken – Auckland late ’65. Nice rear profile.
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Flying
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Frank saw and did everything hot rodding’s early days had to offer.
Frank is a Korean war era veteran where he was stationed in Oklahoma in the Air Force as an aircraft mechanic. Following his service, Frank went to work at Taylor-Dunn Manufacturing in Anaheim, California. This is where Frank met his wife, Evelyn. They were married in early 1955 and immediately started a family.
THE world has lost an industry pioneer and a great, beloved man. Frank Currie passed away on the evening of March 2nd 2016 of natural causes in Yorba Linda, California with his family at his side. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Evelyn, his 4 sons, Charles, John, Raymond and Andy, as well as a large extended family.
Frank was born in Anaheim, California in 1929 and was one of five children. He was heavily involved in the early years of hot rodding, building Model As and Ts with overhead converted engines. Frank was known early on as the engine conversion goto-guy. Frank was from a different time and a different generation. A time of innovators and entrepreneurs. A time when building hot rods was actually hard work and information and parts were scarce. He competed at the original Santa Ana Drags as well as lakes racing at Muroc and El Mirage. Being born in Southern California,
Frank eventually became the foreman of the Taylor-Dunn shop where he realised an ever growing need for rear differentials to be adapted to the chicken feeder machines which were manufactured at Taylor-Dunn. In the early days it was Ford banjo rear ends, then on to early Plymouth drop out rear ends and finally to the 9” Ford. Frank became a large supplier of the core rear ends to Taylor-Dunn. Property was bought in east Anaheim in 1956 and in 1959, Frank and Evelyn founded Currie Enterprises and moved full time to their own business of supplying the rear end cores.
As the years went on, facilities grew and Frank added tear down, rebuilding, and modification facilities for the rear ends he was supplying to Taylor-Dunn.
As Frank’s boys grew, he offered them as much piece work as they wanted to do in the shop to earn money for fun things like motorcycles and cars. In 1985 Currie Enterprises moved again to a larger facility and Frank’s boys took over the reins of the company as Frank retired to build hot rods and Jeeps.
Frank competed in The Great American Race 20 times, winning the overall once and winning countless segments. He also dabbled in the LaCarrera Panamerica three years in a row with his ’65 Shelby Mustang.
He remains the only person in history to have driven a car to Bonneville, run over 200 mph, and driven the car home. This car, his AA/SR #258, was 1998 Hot Rod of the year. He was a ’32 Ford lover and aficionado to the bone. At the time of his passing, he had two ’32 roadsters, a ’32 3-window coupe and a ’32 tudor sedan. Jeeping and off roading was another family passion. From early Broncos and Willys station wagons, all the way up to his last Jeep, an LS powered TJ, Frank was an experienced off roader. He spent many off road trips Jeeping with Tom McMullen in the ‘80s and he co-drove with son John in the first BFG Rock Crawling Championship in 1998, where they took a second place finish. Frank was a member of the California Roadsters car club and had been a member of the Regroupers Jeep Club. The family asks that any correspondence or sentiments be sent to: Currie Enterprises, 382 N. Smith Ave. Corona, Ca. 92880
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National Drags 2016 IHRA Nationals – Meremere
Pics by Mike Ashton
PERFECT racing weather and what some described as the best track in 40 years provided a solid platform for the huge crowd in attendance who came to see NZ’s best drag racing. A wide range of vehicles thrilled the crowds from hot streetlegal cars and motorbikes through to Fish Family Racing’s Top Fuel Dragster, Athol Williams’ Top Fuel Bike and a strong field of Top Alcohol and Top Doorslammers, as well as NZ’s only jet-powered Funny Car. A full field of dedicated racers vying for national award honors lined up on Day 1 of the Nats and it was a day of carnage as 31 of the 133 entrants withdrew with breakages. That left depleted fields for Day 2 on
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Sunday storming the quarter-mile in a flurry of action-packed racing. One of the most anticipated line-ups was between Anthony Marsh and longtime rival Chris Johnston. In the lead-up to the final run the Marsh team proved they’re really on top of their game and set a new IHRA NZ national and Meremere track record for A/FD at 5.377 and also reset the mph record at 272.45mph. The Top Alcohol final saw a close side-by-side race where Marsh took the win, (5.438) the silverware and coveted honors vs Johnston’s 5.694.
Other class records broken: With some new chassis modifications in her Evil II Model T roadster, Tauranga’s Karen Hay, NZ’s fastest female drag racer, overcame the
gremlins which have been troubling her all season to set both BB/AI E.T. records, running a 6.446 second pass at 217.04 mph. (350.06 kph) The Mahon Brothers broke both their own elapsed time and top speed records in A/MS, their Camaro scorching the quarter mile course at 7.858 seconds and 181.54 mph. (292.81 kph) In the Top Alcohol ranks, Chris Johnston clocked up a new Meremere track and IHRA NZ top speed record, driving his rear-engined dragster at 256.60 mph. (413.87 kph) Whangarei’s Charlie Bates took out both elapsed time and top speed records for the RRR/D class, turning a 6.76 second, 202.27 mph (326.24 kph) pass in his rotarypowered, rear-engined dragster.
Glen Collett fronted in his new Murray Buckingham-built altered. Initial runs saw too much power resulting in all four wheels off-the-ground antics. It all came good though and by the end of the Nats he was holding the silverware.
Dutchie Wijdeven’s Mothers’ Best Appearing Car & Crew award was well deserved.
Karen Hay set new records running a 6.446 at 217.04 mph.
Ian Hilder from West Harbour in Auckland rode his Rice Rocket II Pro Stock Bike to new A1/DB records of 7.778 seconds and 165.11 mph, (266.31 kph) respectively. Spike Allen set a new elapsed time record for AA2/AB with a 7.928 second clocking on his Suzuki Hayabusa, and ultimately beating Hilder in the final of the Competition Bike class. Another Suzuki Hayabusa, this one ridden by Steve van Pelt, whose machine flew through the lights at 148.43 mph. (239.40 kph) The Christchurch-based rider also took home the winner’s trophy in the hotly contested Modified Bike Class. New Pro Import record elapsed time and top speed records were set by Cory Abbott, who set a blistering pace all weekend in his bright orange Mazda RX7, clocking at 6.968 seconds at a 195.99 mph. (316.11 kph) At the end of the day it was deemed to be another successful national drag race event thanks to sponsors, track team, racers and spectators.
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Tim Hawke’s Corolla downed Paul Johnston’s big block powered S10 pickup in the Top Street final.
Ready to go in the Sport Compact Final. Cory Abbott set ET and mph records in his bright orange Mazda RX7.
Lee Sherwin (Ford Escort) prevailed in Super Sedan final.
Trevor Watson acknowledging well deserved applause for his win. 2 2 > N Z H O T R O D M AY 2 0 1 6
Athol Williams ran an impressive 6.258 at 237.30. That’s amazing!
Glen Collett in the near lane vs Stephen Milliken in the Supercharged Outlaws final.
Top Doorslammer final saw the yellow Holden of Trevor Smith take the win. Chris Johnston vs Anthony Marsh in the Top Alcohol final. Marsh won!
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RESULTS 5.438 5.694
267.75 255.63
C7 - TOP STREETT Tim Hawke r/u Paul Johnston
9.879 9.196
127.19 157.59
C1 - TOP DOORSLAMMER Trevor Smith 6.491 r/u Rod Benjes 8.368
219.65 102.33
C8 - SUPER STREETT Dave Wigg r/u Roger Murray
12.89 13.579
106.09 98.52
136.15 137.5
C9 - COMPETITION BIKE Spike Allen 7.928 r/u Ian Hilder 7.841
174.23 163.71
C10 - SUPER SEDAN N Lee Sherwin r/u Mark Hudson
143.98 131.82
TOP ALCOHOL Anthony Marsh r/u Chris Johnston
C3 - MODIFIED Trevor Watson 8.871 r/u Stuart Minchington 9.801 C4 - SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS Glen Collett 7.415 r/u Stephen Millikenn C6 - SPORT COMPACT Cory Abbott r/u Robbie Ward
6.998 7.358
183.59
194.21 196.76
9.374 10.273
C12 - FUNTIME J/DRAGSTER R Cole West-Stevens 8.984 r/u Jack Wenzlick 8.593
10.111 10.327
142.99 121.29
Mothers Best Appearing Car & Crew Anthony “Dutchie” Wijdevenn Mothers Best Appearing Jnr Dragster & Crew Shavaun Harveyy
73.18 76.2O
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Having a brother in hot rodding who’s a car painter obviously has its advantages, as Neil and Ian McAllum were enjoying their rides in traditional and uniquely painted roadster and coupe.
Mount Egmont as it will always be known to the locals, starts to peek through the clouds in the morning as the line of cars head down Egmont Road. From Gollyy Pics by Golly and Paul Grace
LAST year’s Americarna was a bit of a hit and miss affair. With the new Taranaki Vehicle Event Trust just formed, there were a few glitches in getting all the funding sorted. The change to a Trust handling the money side of things really helps in getting some corporate sponsorship involved, and with the likes of Taranaki Savings Bank being more comfortable in support it becomes a community event. Plus most of the Trust’s board
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members are businessmen in town who not only have good connections with other business owners, but also are “car guys” and have been sponsors and participants in Americarna from the start. With Mainstream again as the primary sponsor, lessons learnt from last year were again on the schedule. It’s obvious that different folks enjoy different things and Wednesday was the “unofficial day” with different options available. A trip out to Whangamomana was one. It’s a quirky little place with basically only the Pub open these days, and the drive is a good workout
John Peters enjoys a drive in the country in his ’55, up from Patea for the weekend.
for those without power steer. It’s the home of the famous Bridge to Nowhere, amongst other things. There were other trips around the province available. Bryce and Delwyn Barnett’s magnificent home with landscaped gardens and extensive car collection was well patronised, and many took up the option to take lunch and some drinks on the massive front lawn. Sentry Hills Winery had tours and tasting, and the distinguished Pukeiti Gardens on the fringe of the Egmont National Park was another popular destination for husbands earning
Nearly identical Ramblers of Alan and Pam Davies, out rambling around in the countryside.
Sharon Rowe takes their old schoolstyled ‘56 2-door out for a spin.
Bev Hildred took over driving chores in their race inspired ’67 Camaro while husband Steve attended to some broken hot rods at the shop, followed here by Rob Byron in his ‘70s-inspired ’72 Buick.
Alan Eagar from Porirua was eager to get here as he was entrant number three in his ’30 Model A sports coupe. A beautifully presented little hot rod.
3-tone paint scheme is something a little different on this tidy ‘56 2-door sedan.
some “brownie points” with the Mrs. A kickoff party was very well supported that night, and the Che Orton band had dancers on their feet early. It was pretty obvious to the organisers this crowd was here for a good time. Thursday morning had a lot more people showing up to register, with JR & Toni handing out some gift certificates for the best dressed men & women. The convoy headed out the gate right on time as usual, and out into the countryside a bit, before ending up at the New Plymouth Airport. There were a couple of hangers opened
Local Waitara resident Jason Sleep’s presidential-style ‘68 Lincoln Continental.
up to show off a couple of recently restored Warbirds, followed by flyovers by the resident Vampire and Russian Yak. Then it was off through Waitara and into the backblocks of Taranaki. For the first time ever, a private road owned by Shell/Todd Oil Services was opened up for the line of cars to cut across. This winding road is quite scenic and is a nice change plus it features a picture postcardtype wooden bridge which was surrounded by media photographers trying to get that special shot. The only other destination on
Alan Forbes from Tokoroa in his very tidy lorry.
Thursday was the small town of Inglewood, which really makes an effort to get involved in the day. Every storefront was decorated in some kind of stars & stripes theme, right down to the magazine shop, hair stylists and dress shops. A local band was playing on the back of a truck, and the town puts out hundreds of white chairs for people to sit down and enjoy the atmosphere. With the pubs and pizza joints doing a good trade for the afternoon, most entrants headed back in to New Plymouth when the road closure ended at 8pm.
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Friday is the rest home runs which are well supported. This year 130 cars split off to 13 different Rest Homes around town. It’s heart warming talking to most of these seniors. They get such a kick out of the different cars, the colours and sound. It puts a spring back in the step of some of the old fellas, and it’s great to see some sparkle back in their eyes again, even for a short time. One local guy met up with a lady he used to be neighbours with in the ‘60s when he was growing up. Good things normally come from this day. All those
on the rest home runs also get pole grid position for the day cruise that day. Friday is a big day heading out through town, the schools kids were all out with their sun-hats on, faces painted and school banners hung up on hedges etc. Most with kid sized American flags waved frantically. Mainsteam puts up $2000 in cash, awarded to four schools which show exceptional work in decorating their buildings, and this year they added another $500 to go to a kindergarten which impressed them too! The kids and the old folks really
tug on the heartstrings of those who’ve never experienced Americarna before. Many females, and a few blokes, had misty eyes by the time they had got out onto the Main Road South. If the kids don’t get ya, again the older folks sitting outside their homes in deck chairs with a cup of tea (or possibly something stronger) and their US flags will get you a bit emotional. Various project cars, Harleys, assorted muscle cars and the odd restored British motorcar are proudly displayed all alongside the road, most of the way to
What better place than the beach town Raglan to have a ‘32 roadster! Roydon Hartsone has it made with their nostalgic looking example.
Probably New Zealand’s near perfectly correct ’57 hardtop from Rod & Kaye Allen. This was its first outing with the new dual-quad 283 powerplant.
Unusual two-tone paint looks good on this ’39, which happens to be entrant number 139!
The Gillanders family kitted out in roadster attire for a day in the Taranaki sun.
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Recent NZHRM featured car Larry Barnett was around all weekend in his tough sounding small block coupe with a “stick shift”.
Opunake, just to remind you they’re not just ordinary spectators like that other bunch down the road. The Opunake stop was tried successfully last year and works well. Easy in & out, with traffic control guys again stopping regular traffic, in order to get large groups of entrants out together. The undulating roller coaster road around to Hawera is cruisy and easy. It’s cool to watch the line of cars disappear over the brow of a hill and see another set of cars going up the next set. Many a visitor I saw stopping to get a photo
of their car with Mount Egmont in the background, which was very obliging by being crystal clear for most of the weekend. For some reason the arrival in Hawera was fraught with gridlock, and possibly the reason I saw a few cars parked outside the CBD in order to get out earlier. The Go-Whoa is a popular attraction and funny to see how late model traction control and big horsepower can make our old hot rods look silly in comparison. Although the street rods look better doing it, with way more tyre smoke
and crossed up braking antics. Luckily there’s three classes to try and keep it fair. The restaurants and pubs got a good working out for the afternoon as the sun was making it a bit hard to stay outside all day. Various stalls run by churches, schools, Girl Guide troops etc take advantage of the captive hungry audience with scones, sausages, and chocolate fudges etc for sale. Again the chore of getting 648 cars out of the Hawera CBD and on the road north was a bit of an issue. Not sure what the holdup was but it put a bit of a
Stunning purple paint certainly brightens up Donna McNabb’s Malibu.
Central School’s pupils enjoy the show.
These two obviously spent some time crafting their sign to show off outside their special needs school.
These guys from Upper Hutt, although entered in Americarna, decided to set up camp alongside the route and watch the line-up go past them for a change.
This old T used to be yard art at his dad’s place for years. But his son has got it running and drove it out to the Main Road to show it off. Neat!
“Korfey” gives it two thumbs up so far.
The Bayley Road crew enjoy “breakfast” on Surf Highway.
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dampener on the afternoon. But that was soon forgotten as the legendary trip down Mangorei Road and in to New Plymouth was again a highlight for those who hadn’t done Americarna before. Folks are well and truly set up on their front lawns and footpaths with couches, night stands and plenty of refreshments. Chilly bins, wine & cheese, lots of beer, and many “Honk” and “rev it!” signs adorn the street from the kids. Another major rest home even had one resident wheeled out, still in her bed with only her head sticking out from the covers enjoying the parade. The set-up in Devon St provides twolane, side-by-side cruising for about 1k, and the crowd was five deep most of that way. The bars along the route are doing a good trade, some have bands playing, and the various cafés and restaurants along the “Main Drag” were full too. There’s a good atmosphere, everyone behaved themselves, and most cars seem to get grandkids or mates on board for a lap at some time during the night. As twilight turned into dark it looked quite American Graffiti-like with headlights, music and a warm summer’s night. Even once the road closure was lifted, most people stayed in town for a late night feed and drink, and try to take in some of the show. Saturday morning was a bit drizzly which was a bit of a disappointment for the kids who had various rides set up just off Main Street. But it cleared for most of the morning enough for people to get pictures, and John Rae and Toni Fabish to do a quick prizegiving. Next year will be the 10th Anniversary and they alluded to having a couple of ideas up their sleeve for that. Mainstream’s manager won the Go-Whoa in his Corvette but refused the prizemoney, opting to have it split up and given away in random draws. Classy act. They’ll be on board again for 2017, and most see the whole event is still getting better. As goodbyes were said amongst old and new friends, the drizzle started back up almost on cue, and the crowd dispersed off homeward again. Some say Americarna is too regimented, and doesn’t allow enough freedom to come and go as you please. Others enjoy it that way, as they have schedules all set for them and there’s no planning needed on their part. It takes a lot of work to get this number
of cars in and around a city, and it’s not done the same as other events around the country. It’s not whether one event is better than another; the wealth is knowing and enjoying the differences.
Looking super clean was Ray Ferguson’s ‘73 Duster. Late model wheels and perfect stance finish it off perfectly.
Steve Milne proves his slick ‘56 isn’t just a show pony by running his 383 smallblock pretty hard in the popular Go-Stop.
Stuart Woodcock from Paraparaumu shows off brighter than bright orange paint, rally wheels and wide whites on his ’36 Chevy flatback sedan sedan. Looks like a good combo combo.
Talk about daring to be different! This 1935 Willys certainly does that and with some class.
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Cruise night in full swing.
Mike Burns is a Hastings drag racer from back in the Thunder Park days who still likes blue oval products by the look of his lovely ‘32. Sporting a smallblock Ford: what else?
Green! Green is back on the radar for colour choice.
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Awards Go-Stop Late Model:
1st Greg Haliday 2015 ‘vette. 2nd Shaun Van Beers ’07 Mustang, 3rd Neils Smithson ’13 Dodge Challenger.
Go-Stop 1951 - 1980:
1st Aaron Costello ’69 Camaro, 2nd Steve Harwood ’60 Impala, 3rd Mark Richards ’73 Pontiac.
Go-Stop Pre 1950:
1st Pete Phillips ’35 Ford coupe, 2nd Dean Perkin ’31 Ford, 3rd Tim Bromley ’47 Ford jailbar.
Best dressed shop went to The Shampoo Shop & Saloon. Rest Home – 120 cars dispersed to 13 rest homes. Americarna Choice: Mainstream Choice: Repco Choice:
1956 Chev owned by Steve Milne. 1949 Ford Mercury owned by Marilyn Edlin. 1957 Chev pickup owned by Peter Lind.
If there was a Perseverance Award it would go to Shane Dumbell. His big block ingested its air cleaner stud on Wednesday and he had one cylinder head off on the side of the road at one stage. He repaired that only to suffer a broken starter pinion on Friday morning. With help from two of his clubmates he still managed to get through the event.
Tri-fives don’t come any better than Daryl McCoard’s ‘55 Bel Air out of Cambridge. Mike Kooyman’s ’36 coupe cruising into Inglewood?
Bruce Jefferies’ gorgeous ’53 Mercury Monterey sitting pretty. Watch for the emerging trend towards ‘50-‘54 cars.
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The bonus pickup with that right-on rake is longtime Americarna sponsor Ian Lind’s work truck and that’s him following in his ’32.
Peter Lind cruising in his very cool ’57 Chevy pickup.
Classy ‘55 vicky belongs to Jamie Klinas.
Mr 33 is the plate on local rodder Phillip Malcom’s just-right ’33 sedan.
The Briggs Mercury Special was on display downtown. It’s an authentic Kiwi-built racer with lots of history and is a nice restoration.
Ken & Julie Southcombe’s ’57 sport sedan has the rare fuel injected 250hp 283ci motor.
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This has to be winner of engine of the year award. The 927bhp engine is under the hood of Diane and Chuck Rowe’s award winning ’37 Chev coupe and is from a McLaren M8F Can-Am car. Built in 1971 the 495ci motor has been modernised significantly. The original magnesium stack fuel injection has been converted from mechanical to electronic using Lucas EFI, made to look mechanical. Also tugging at the heart strings is the original McLaren valve covers. Outasight!
TRENDS: Under-Hood Etiquette
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A pictorial study of engines you’d be proud to lift the hood on.
There are only one or two proper ways to power a steel ’42 Willys coupe Gasser and this is one of them. Lift the hood on James Bosticks’ show ‘n go racer and you’ll find a blown and injected 392 Chrysler Hemi. Built by Superior Automotive, it’s topped with a Hampton Blower Servicesmassaged huffer and a Hilborn 4-pot injector. The engine is painted black to offset the polished blower and injector while valve covers are left au-natural in raw cast aluminium finish. Magic!
A cool combination of black paint, chrome and polished aluminium creates a knockout package for this late great 348ci Chevy stuffed into a chopped Model A Ford coupe. The original GM Rochester 2 Jet carbs are left natural and topped with chrome air cleaners. Fastidious attention to detail makes this open-air engine bay a stop-and-stare attention grabber everywhere it goes.
The combination of words ‘cammer’ and ‘deuce’ dropped consecutively into any hot rod conversation are bound to get ears pricked up! Stewart Warner’s SEMA ’15 show car was an absolutely immaculate ’32 Ford pickup featuring a fuel injected 427ci SOHC (single overhead cam) which makes 700hp at the flywheel. The cost? Not for the faint hearted at approximately sixty thousand US dollars, just for the engine.
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Lift the hood on Gil Losi’s award winning 1956 Plymouth ragtop and you’ll find a totally modern Hemi dressed in old-school attire. It’s actually a 6.1L V8 plucked from a 2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8 with 400-plus horsepower which is backed by a 545RFE five-speed automatic trans. The fifties theme is in keeping with the car but carries modern technology under the skin for ultimate reliability.
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Simplicity personified describes the 4-carb Chrysler hemi under the hood of Ken and Jody Hill’s ’33 Ford coupe built at Pinkees Rod Shop. The 354ci motor features custom-made air cleaners and a cool combination of colours from the chrome valve covers to the Titanium iridite coating on the intake and air cleaners.
Stepping away from tradition requires a certain amount of courage. Discarding chrome and polish and replacing with monochromatic olive drab intake runners and wires suits this WW2 Jeep and has a similarity to dating Cinderella’s ugly sister and is really stepping outside the square. The alternative look may not be for everyone but has big rewards for performance and especially reliability. There’s something to be said for the peace of mind delivered by modern set-and-forget technology. Did you spot the NOS?
Kiwi Shane Nicholson’ s going the whole hog on a rebuild of his old high mileage 304ci VT Commodore motor. The block has been meticulously prepped, deburred and painted copper bronze. Every last nut and bolt and accessory part has been chromed or polished while HPC is used on the headers. It’s been a very long time since we’ve seen an Aussie motor looking so pretty but Shane has proven it can be done with stunning results.
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Leadfoot Dave Verry’s 1934 3-Window coupe
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Photos by Alastair Ritchie
DAVE Verry aka ‘Leadfoot’ had an early entry into the car scene purchasing his first car, a 1941 Ford pickup at the tender young age of 13 and joining the Nelson City Rod & Custom Club a year later at 14. This cemented his love of hot rods and classic American cars which has resulted in a life built around a pretty simple rule....”you cannot have too many cars” so it no longer comes as a surprise to his partner Karen McLachlan when another toy turns up in his shed. Leadfoot imported the coupe from Ontario, Canada in 2014 along with an impressive folder full of receipts and stories to compliment the car and its history. The car was purchased from Edie Wilson after her husband Bob Wilson passed away. Bob had bought the car in Minneapolis in 1989 and trailered it home to Oakville through a winter snow storm. Edie was not impressed when he returned home with a rusty pile of junk with bullet
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holes in the driver’s door. After moving to their permanent summer home in Tiny Town, Ontario, the restoration began in 2002. It took two years for the rusty pile of junk to become a much more respectful looking coupe which was christened Flathead. The original frame retains the original serial number stamp and
many other original features such as: headlights, cowl lights (converted to signal lights), tail lights, horn and bumpers which all belie their 80 odd years. Leadfoot has added his own touches to suit both him and NZ roads. He decided to make life easier and convert it to right-hand drive so Karen can also drive it.
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Leadfoot imported the coupe from Ontario, Canada in 2014 along with an impressive folder full of receipts and stories to compliment the car and its history.
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It’s rated at approx 275 horsepower delivered to the wheels by a Ford 3-speed C4 automatic transmission ^QI I ÆI\PMIL adaptor. Dave Sales from Jalopy Engineering in Blenheim has done a fantastic job with the conversion along with new seatbelt mounts. Sales spent many hours getting things just right for NZ roads and his work and advice as always, is invaluable as was Paul Gilbert’s help with clarification on the front end. Lloyd Gable’s hands and Chris Webby’s advice have also been essential in preparing the car for the road and the certification process. Under the hood is a 1951 Ford flathead V8 engine which has been bored (3/16”) and stroked, fitted with a polished aluminium Offenhauser intake manifold along with rebuilt triple Stromberg carburettors complete with open element breathers. It’s rated at approx 275 horsepower delivered to the wheels by a Ford 3-speed C4 automatic transmission via a flathead adaptor. Steering features a Flaming River column while a Heidts Mustang 2 IFS completes the front end.
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Warwick Steer ran through the wiring to ensure it was all in good working order and made a few tweaks here and there to accommodate the right hand drive conversion. Inferno Red Pearl is the paint colour chosen when the original restoration was done and it’s still looking pretty good alongside the cream interior. Tinted glass and power
assisted windows add some modern comfort along with dual electric windshield wipers and the Vintage Air conditioner will make travelling comfortable no matter the weather. This latest edition is adding to Leadfoot’s collection of his ideal dream cars along with a ‘32 roadster, a halfbuilt ‘34 5-window, a selection of daily drivers (including a rather unique
Corvair truck and an original condition Nelson Willys) and there’s a few restorations currently on the go. Karen is keen to see if the buying will now stop, but, as he has just returned from another trip to the States we’ll just have to wait and see on that front. In reality she can’t see him breaking his habit of a lifetime and let’s face it, there are worse habits in life to have!
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2016 Good Vibrations March Meet
Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, California, USA By Roger Gorringe
Kris Krabill: Funny Car winner.
COME rain, come shine, several scary mechanically pernicious but non-injurious moments and long, exhausting days, the fabled March Meet met and beat them all. The packed grandstands liberally sprinkled with a world-wide fan base enjoyed two days of Test and Tune then three days of hard qualifying and eliminations which included entries from two Kiwi teams Paul Sattler and Mike Peck. What more could race fans ask for but dozens upon dozens of nostalgia Top Fuel, Funny Car and Fuel Altereds with crepuscular race action going into the darkness an added bonus.
Funny Car witnessed a bizarre startline rollover when fuel sprayed under the right slick of Chris Morel’s Little City Cuda sending him hard left on a solo. The car turned on its roof hitting the far wall before coming to a halt on fire; Morel emerged unscathed. The class notched up the quickest ever clocking; a 5.552 from Kris Krabill who came from number two qualifier spot to win the event. It was this pair who met in the final; Krabill taking his ’78 Firebird to the win light with a 5.582/256 vs Steven Densham’s losing 5.640/254. Fuel Altered d had a worrying top end collision between James Generalao Jr. in the Impatient ’23 Ford and Tom Padilla’s Red Dragon ’27 Ford; both were ferried to hospital and thankfully uninjured. It would be a race for the money by Roger Lechtenberg in the Nitro Madness ’48 Fiat Topolino and Dan Hix in the Chuy’s Heatseeker ’34 Chevy. Roger Lechtenberg was late leaving but certainly did not hang about, catching and passing Dan Hix scoring a 6.090/209 win to the losing 6.131/202. Jr. Fuell saw a top end tumble by Mark McCormack who emerged without injury. The win went to Brad Woodard, his 7.215/180 beating the 7.147/184 from Alan Hull in a double foul. 5 2 > N Z H O T R O D M AY 2 0 1 6
A/Fuell had Drew Austin score a 6.418/220 win to the losing slowedup 7.583/132 from Kin Bates. 7.0 Pro final went to Errol Sharron with a 7.008/169 as Michael Peck broke out with an under-index 6.928/195. AA/Supercharged d win went to Howard Anderson in his ’38 Chevy Coupe, a 7.494/184 beating the wheelying 7.706/192 from Gary Reinero’s ’48 Austin.
Nostalgia Eliminator 1 was taken by Brandon Seraphine: a 7.652/176 from the ’23 Ford saw off the 7.640/161 from Hans Jakob.
Brad Woodard: Jr Fuel winner.
Nostalgia Eliminator 2 saw Charlie See take his ’23 Ford to an under-index 8.560/153 win as Jay Huckleberry’s ’23 Ford broke.
Nostalgia Eliminator 3 saw Ed DeSaute take the win with a 9.592/134 from his ’62 Corvette leaving Wes Anderson to runner-up with a red light 9.600/136 in his ’32 Ford. Drew Austin: A-Fuel winner.
A/Gass had the ’69 Chevy of Jerry Jahnsen Jr. take the win light with a 7.604/179 as Frank Merenda’s ’59 Rambler lost with a 7.655/156. B/Gas win went to Roy Castagnetto in his ’65 Chevelle, an 8.606/147 taking out the under-index 8.592/158 try from Val Miller’s ’71 Barracuda.
C/Gas was wrapped up by Jim
Howard Anderson (near) winner AA Supercharged v Gary Reinero runner-up.
Finn in his ’77 Vega, a 9.679/129 beating the under-index 9.528/140 from Wayne Hoover’s ’67 Nova.
D/Gas saw the win light go on in Ed Carey’s lane as his ’71 Camaro got the nod with a 10.616/117 beating the under-index 10.592/122 from Steve Barta’s ’62 Nova. Hot Rod was whittled down to a run-off between Kurt Kaemerie’s ’72 Nova and Raymond McIver’s ’64 El Camino, a 10.084/131 beating the 11.937/109.
Errol Sharron: 7.0 Pro winner.
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Roger Lechtenberg: Fuel Altered winner.
Rick Williamson: Top Fuel winner.
Tauranga-based Kiwi Paul Sattler went out in the second round of Eliminations going down in a double-breakout to the eventual class winner.
Ex-pat Kiwi Mike Peck was a star and was runner-up in 7.0 Pro class. In the ďŹ nal he broke out with an under index 6.928/195. 5 4 > N Z H O T R O D M AY 2 0 1 6
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National Show ’16 From Craig Stare
Lance and Jackie Crane were delighted to win Sweepstakes and Top Custom Hot Rod Roadster. They travelled down from Auckland and went on to the pre 49s run in Omarama.
Karen Collins took out Best Classic Coupe in her always immaculate 1961 Caddy, Garden City Rodders.
IT’S BEEN well over twenty years since a National hot rod show has been run in Christchurch. Recent earthquakes caused our shortage of suitable buildings and venues to hold national-level events. The combined 12 Zone 9 hot rod clubs got together to jointly promote and organise the show. They chose the ‘Riding for the Disabled’ covered venue which is part of the A&P showgrounds complex which features excellent motorway access and lots of parking. Many were worried about the silica sand base surface but it proved to be extremely good, with very little dust and a neutral base colour which is perfect if you want to do a beach scene. They even spotted a couple of kids building a sand castle. Entries were slow coming in and pre entry for the Pre 49 run closed in November which foot-tripped a few entrants. The show com committee managed to arrange a lot of last-minute nute entrants
Ray Meharg travelled down from Auckland as well in Peach chopped 1936 Ford tudor: Harbour City Rod club.
Craig Hussey took out Best Post ‘49 Commercial with his Rod Bendersbased 1954 Chev delivery. 5 6 > N Z H O T R O D M AY 2 0 1 6
Maude Fairbairn had a great display (thanks Megan) which really enhanced her Hemi powered ‘34 Ford coupe. Best Custom Hot Rod Coupe, 3rd engine and 2nd display. Pukekohe Hot Rod Club.
Suzie Lambert (Christchurch Rod & Custom) went with the floral display in tidy chopped 1930 A pickup, 3rd in class.
to give the paying public almost 100 cars to look at. Around 2,800 spectators enjoyed the spectacle. Four top cars seemed to battle it out for the majority of prizes. The clubs would like to thank major sponsor Classic Cover Insurance and all the other sponsors who helped make this a successful show. A huge thanks must also to the NZHRA judges who had a huge job to get the results done in time and a great gesture from one of our organisers Marty who organised to give a bunch of disabled children a ride in a hot rod, with obvious results. If you didn’t make it to the show enjoy the following pictures.
First hot rod show for Bruce McKenzie’s 1941 Ford pickup. Top Modified Stock pickup, Best OHV engine, Best Engineered and NZHR Best N.Z. Homebuilt rod.
Darren Ridden’s severely chopped 1948 Ford sedan featured wild paint and low stance, East Coast Rodders.
Brian Hurst’s 1961 Ford Sunliner spent most of its life in a Japanese shoe store, won Best Classic Convertible. (Streetscene R&C) > 57
Brian Simpkins’ 1936 Ford coupe displayed great, took out Modified Stock Coupe class. Note the addition of fender skirts.
Trevor Bills’ amazing 1956 Chev convertible looked great but ended up in ‘display only’. Don Muir (West Coast Roadents) got a first place in Modified Stock Sedan with 283 Chev powered 1936 Ford tudor.
Paul Williams unveiled his EH Holden delivery expertly converted from a 4 door wagon, complete with late Holden floorpan, quick change and a LS Chev engine.
Michael Whitehead’s (Roadents) sharp 1940 Ford pickup is still flathead powered. Charcoal paint is offset well with gold wheels. 3rd Modified Stock Pickup. 5 8 > N Z H O T R O D M AY 2 0 1 6
Paul Williams (Garden City) also entered his well known show car 1962 Galaxie and took out Top Custom.
Colin Foord displayed his blown smallblock Chev powered black ‘32 3-window from Kustoms.
Jane Reed debuted her well detailed 1958 Ford Victoria. 2nd in Classic Coupe. Ellie Soal had both her cars in show from Americars. Chopped and channelled ‘34 Ford pickup and the radical 1934 Nash coupe.
John Ackroyd’s 1965 Chev Impala took out Street Machine Convertible, 350 engine. (Garden City)
Pete Coulter’s ‘554’ 1934 Ford coupe looks evil, as mean as it gets with big inch, very thirsty big block Chev power. Cambusters car got 2nd Custom Hot Rod Coupe, drove from Nelson.
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People’s Choice, Best Display, Best Paint, Best Street Machine Coupe all went to Garden City Rodders member Luke Orpwood’s 1960 Chev Impala.
Kerry Stewart’s drag race T-bucket from Conrodders is just about street legal as well: Kevlar body wrap and plenty of horsepower. How this car missed out at prizegiving amazed a lot of people, extremely detailed 1932 Ford coupe of Robin Parker, Oceanside.
Rod Benders man Paul Bertacco had his chopped highboy ‘32 five window at the show. Lyndsay Smith’s big block Chev powered Torana besides Craig Stare’s Street Fighter A40. Both were ‘display only’. 6 0 > N Z H O T R O D M AY 2 0 1 6
Craig Stare took 3rd Classic Coupe with his low 1959 Ford Thunderbird.
2nd in Unfinished went to show committee member Dave King with blown big block Chev powered 1951 Studebaker from Kustoms.
Bob Maunsell was ‘ over the moon ‘ winning Top Custom Hot Rod Sedan with chopped Pearl orange 1932 Ford sedan . Christchurch R&C.
Now living in Auckland but still with Rod Benders, Alan Williams was a cinch for Best Bucket.
Jill Hurrell’s ‘30 A tudor always displays well in Pearl yellow paint. Christchurch Rod and Custom club car won 3rd Custom Sedan.
Trevor Bills’ chopped steel 1934 Ford coupe shows lots of unusual features.
John Gray took out 3rd in Unfinished with Hemi powered chopped steel highboy tudor built in the states in the early nineties.
Keith Johnstone’s blown Chev powered street & strip 1934 coupe from Ashburton.
Len Wilshire’s 1932 Ford took out Modified Stock Roadster with ‘509’ powered sports coupe which features a removable top. Wanganui Road Rodders. Mike Henderson (Nelson City R&C) took out 3rd in Modified Stock Coupe with fresh approach on a 1938 Ford coupe.
Gerard Perkins’ Conrodders based ‘Bad News’ 1955 Chev gasser was a great topic for discussion!
Greg Lewis made a great effort with his display of his 1929 A tudor, 2nd in Custom Hot Rod Sedan and 3rd Display for his Rod Benders club.
Results Class
Place
Name
Club
Vehicle
1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Frank Penderville Len Wilsher Stu Windle Brian Simpkins Graham Rollo Mike Henderson Don Muir Natasha Pearson Dean Currie Bruce McKenzie Graeme Trillo Michael Whitehead Derek Tyson Lance Crane Nick Seed John Gillman Maureen Fairbairn Pete Coulter Clive Hall Bob Maunsell Greg Lewis Jill Hurrell Brent Devine Ellie Soal Suzie Lambert Alan Williams Alan Ross M Chappell Terry Richards Mark Holdaway Matt Lott
Rod Benders rs Wanganui Road ad Runners R s Hurricane Rodderss Pukekohe HRC Pre 49 Rodders Nelson City R&CC West Coast Roadents Rodd Benders R B d Rod Benders Christchurch Rod & Custom Kustoms West Coast Roadents Rod Benders Harbour City Rod Club Rod Benders Greymouth Rodders P k k h HRC Pukekohe C Cambusters usters Nelso elson City R&CC Christchurch Rod & Custom Rod Benders Christchurch Rod & Custom Buller Rodders Americars Christchurch Rod & Custom Rod Benders Rod Benders Rod Benders Rod Benders Nelson City R&CC Rod Benders
1928 Rugby sedan 1932 Ford sports coupe 1937 Ford roadster 1936 Ford coupe 1930 Ford coupe 1938 Ford coupe 1936 Ford tudor 1937 Chev Ch sedan d 1936 Ford sedan 1941 Willys pickup 1934 Ford pickup 1941 Ford pickup Model T Ford tourer 1932 Ford cabriolet 1932 Ford roadster 1930 Ford roadster 1934 Ford coupe 1934 Ford coupe 1932 Ford coupe 19 1932 Ford sedan 192 929 Modeel A sedan 1930 30 Ford tudor 1928 Chrys C sler pickup 1934 Ford Fo pickup 1930 Foord pickup 1923 Foord 1923 Foord 1923 Foord 1932 Ford Fo Woody 1948 Willys W ys Wagoneer 19266 Ford C Cab
Pre 49 Hot Rod d Best Stock Best Modified Stock Roadster Best Modified Stock Coupe Best Modified Stock Sedan Best Modified Stock Pickup Best Modified Stock Tourer Best Custom Hot Rod Roadster Custom Hot Rod Coupe Best Custom Hot Rod Sedan Best Custom Hot Rod Pickup Best T-bucket Pre 49 Commercial
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Best Street Machine (Post 48 Class) Best Stock Best Classic Sedan Best Classic Coupe Best Claassic Convertible Best Strreet Machine Sedan Best Strreet Machine Coupe Best Strreet Machine Convertible Best Posst 48 Commercial Best Coompetition Unfinishhed Beest Chhopper
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd
Glenys Elliott Jane Reeed Craig St Staree Mal Hurrrellll Karen Collllins Wayne Gib ibson Craig St Star are Brian Hurrst Gavin Wellwood Mark Loowe Claire Pakki Luke Orrpw wood Graham m Roollo Lance Penge gelly John Ackroy oyd Craig Husseyy Kerry St Stewartt Ken Kinng John Puugh Dave Ki King John Gr Gray Michellle Smith Brendoon Rump
Hurricane Rodders Nelson City R&CC Garden City Rodders Christchurch Rod & Custom Garden City Rodders Kustoms Garden City Rodders Street Scene Garden City Rodders North Canterbury Rodderss Garden City Rodders Garden City Rodders Stateside Streeters Kustoms Garden City Rodders Rod Benders Conrodders Americars Greymouth Rodders Kustoms Garden City Rodders North Canterbury Rodders Garden City Rodders
1955 Ford Thunderbird 1958 Ford Victoria 1969 Chev Camaro 1958 Ford tudor 1961 Cadillac 1973 Dodge Charger 1959 Ford Thunderbird 1961 Ford Galaxie 1955 Chev 1980 Ford Fairmount 1956 Pontiac 1960 Chev Impala 1956 Buick 1960 Chev Impala 1965 Chev Impala 1954 Chev Panel Van 1923 T-bucket Dragster 1937 Chev coupe 1951 Studebaker 1932 Ford tudor Harley Chopper 2000 Harley Soft tail
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Lance Crane Craig Hussey Bruce McKenzie Luke Orrpwood Paul Wiilliams Craig Stare Peter Gill Clive Hall Lance Crane Maureen Fairbairn Bruce McKenzie Lance Crane Bob Maunsell Kerry Stewart Ken King Mark Holdaway John Gillman Michael Whitehead Bruce McKenziee Dave King Maureen Fairbairn Lance Crane John Gillman
Harbour our City C Rod Club Rod Benders ers Christchurch Rod od & C Custom Garden City Rodders Garden City Rodders Garden City Rodders North Canterbury Rodderss Nelson City R&CC Harbour City Rod Club Pukekohe HRC Christchurch Rod & Custom Harbour City Rod Club Christchurch Rod & Custom Conrodders Americars Nelson City R&CC Greymouth Rodders West Coast Roadents Christchurch Rod & Custom Kustoms Pukekohe HRC Harbour City Rod Club Greymouth Rodders
1932 Ford cabriolet 1954 Chev Panel Van 1941 Willys pickup 1960 60 Chev Impala 1962 Ford Galaxie 1959 Ford Thunderbird 1951 Chev 1932 Ford coupe 1932 Ford cabriolet 1934 Ford coupe 1941 Willys pickup 1932 Ford cabriolet 1932 Ford sedan 1923 T-bucket Dragster 1929 Ford roadster pickup 1930 Ford roadster 1941 Ford pickup 1941 Willys 1951 Studebaker 1934 Ford coupe 1932 Ford cabriolet 1930 Ford roadster
Garden City Rodders Christchurch Rod & Custom Garden City Rodders Christchurch Rod & Custom
1960 Chev Impala 1941 Willys pickup 1962 Ford Galaxie 1941 Willys pickup
Minor Classes Best st Inte terior Besst Paiint (ordinary) Be Flaake Best Best Cus B ustom Paint Best Enggineered Best Coompetition Engine Best Siddevalve Engine Best Ove verhead Valve Sweepsstakes Bestt TTraditional B
Special Prize for Junior Members Best Pre Shrunk
1st 2nd
Gemma Lewis Georgia Lewis
1st 1 2nd nd 3rd
Luke O Orpwood Bruce McKenzie Paul W Williams Bruce McKenziee
Other People’s e’s Cho Choice NZHRM Best NZ Home Built
Graeme Trillo’s ‘34 Ford pickup took 2nd in Modified Stock Pickup, from Kustoms.
Ex USA show car was displayed by Kustoms man Phil Melrose. His ‘67 Chevelle is a perfect big block car.
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those with no legitimate connection to the event and of a much younger age group than that of most participants. So what has changed since last year that warranted such an aggressive display by our boys and girls in blue? Why such a hardnosed approach? One could understand these behaviours if preceding events had been problematic, but they haven’t been. So I ask the question again, WHY? The police will no doubt tout this out as a “tactical success” but really their actions were no more than police management political point scoring and served only to further alienate a significant portion of the community and leave a blemish on an otherwise extremely successful event. One can only hope that NZ police management will come to their senses and return to providing a more collaborative and supportive role for Beach Hop 2017 rather than again attack one of New Zealand’s most iconic motoring events. So this is the .01% of the time when I can’t support the police and the powers that be need to know how wrong their actions were at BH 16. Chris Mangan, Hamilton
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A ‘Z’ Car with attitude Trevor Morris’s 1958 Mark 2 Zodiac > 67
By Bruce Taylor
IF you were to catch a glimpse of Trevor Morris cruising along in his Mark 2 Zodiac you’d rightly think it’s just a cool old restored car sitting on a set of late model wheels. A correct presumption unless you failed to notice the roll cage. This is a Mark 2 like no other you’ve ever seen, but you have to peer under the hood or get down on your stomach and check out the undercarriage to really appreciate this car. In regard to the engine, running gear, suspension and brakes, only the best which could be sourced has been utilised. Trevor was also selective in who he chose to build the engine, install the running gear and the numerous other tasks which you encounter when building such a car. However, nothing is ever straightforward and Trevor admits that with changes of plans just about everything was done twice during the five-year build time. Like a lot of Kiwis Trevor has a soft spot for the Mark 2 Zephyr/Zodiacs. They were a car which was part of New Zealand’s motor racing history and many a hot rodder has owned a Mark 2 at some stage of their life. Trevor
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wanted one but updated with modern, reliable mechanicals which would enable the car to cruise along at the same speed as other road users. This project started as a Trade Me find: a restored and painted rolling body needing just the engine and interior to finish it off. Even the bumpers had been chromed and $25,000 had been spent on the panel and paint alone. It was transported back to Tauranga where plans were made in regard to re-powering. Trevor engaged the services of Steve Jones at Deuce Farm in Tauranga to upgrade every aspect of the running gear. We generally tend to associate Deuce Farm with their in- house built ‘34 coupe bodies, alloy windscreen frames and other early Ford V8 parts. However, they do full fabrication, rebuilds, restorations, wiring and just about everything else as well, so the Zephyr project was well within their capabilities. Steve’s first task was making up a full-length chassis to give some strength and rigidity to the original monocoque body. Steve then cut out the inner fenders and discarded
the MacPherson struts ready for the new front suspension. Sacramento, California-based Chris Alston Chassis Works supplied a custom-built “A” arm and beam front end using specifications supplied by Steve. He also installed a made to measure PG Hydraulics rack and pinion and an Ididit alloy steering column. A new custom-width NASCAR-style 9-inch diff was installed by Steve using his own triangulated adjustable 4-bars. The rear wheels were the largest which would fit under the car without having to alter the rear wheel tubs. Brakes on all corners are Wilwood discs and calipers. The firewall and floor area around the transmission were the next areas to receive a “cut”. Enough was removed to enable a small block Ford with Corvette 6-speed manual to be
installed. Once all the running gear was in place it was dispatched to Marshall Panel Beaters in Morrinsville to have the firewall recessed, front floor and new inner fenders made. Grenville Auto Painters sprayed all under the hood before it returned to Deuce Farm for the 101 other tasks required to get it on the road. The engine was built by Landon Motorsport in Tauranga and when you look at the list of specifications you’d think you were looking at a build sheet for a very serious circuit or drag race car. Out on the road we found the acceleration pins you back in your seat but is actually a very user-friendly
combination. It starts at the touch of a button, idles nicely and there’s definitely no “flat spot”. The basis of the engine is a 372ci Dart Windsor block and Windsor heads. Landon Motorsport assembled the engine using Crower components including a forged steel crankshaft, billet I-beam rods, roller lifters and stainless steel shaft rockers and valves. To give it some real sting Landons installed EFI and a Vortec V1 blower which runs 17 pounds of boost.Landons also supplied an engine wiring loom and Steve connected it to the main loom. Steve constructed the custom-length headers which have been HPC coated. Steve also made up the trunk mounted
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FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS
alloy fuel tank and mounted the lift pump, EFI pump as well as all the lines running back and forth under the car. The six-speed Corvette trans was an excellent choice. It mounts to the Windsor block using a fabricated adaptor and a McLeod ceramic twin-plate clutch eliminates any potential slippage The interior is basically in “race” trim. No door trims, carpet, stereo or heater. Just a roll bar, a pair of Recaro seats and a custom gauge cluster made at Deuce Farm using carbon fibre film. Now if you ever need to escape potential brain damage, avoid putting a roll bar in your car. Well, it is not quite that bad but we will tell you what you are up for. If you fit a roll bar to your car you must be a member of a car club. It has to be scrutineered every 12 months and you must run a log book as well as paying MSNZ fees. You also have to compete in MSNZ events. This is in addition to certification and in
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Trevor’s case he had to have the car authenticated by the Vintage Car Club of NZ to enable it to be registered. Here in New Zealand we are fortunate in having people in this hobby who are multi-taskers and talented fabricators such as Steve Jones at Deuce Farm. Trevor Morris is an extremely busy professional person and appreciated the fact he was able to have the majority of the work performed at Deuce Farm. Add to the equation the fact the car was already painted when all this work commenced. The good news is Trevor enjoyed the whole experience and is deep into projects two and three. There is a mint Mark 1 Zephyr which will get the full treatment including a right-hand drive conversion. Yes you read right… this one came via Chris Malcolm out of San Francisco. The other is a FJ Holden with LS1 which has just had a splash of Candy Apple red.
MAKE: Ford MODEL: 1958 Zodiac ENGINE: 372ci Dart Windsor block. Custom forged steel 4340 internal balance Crower crankshaft. Crower billet I-beam rods. CP Landon Motorsport custom pistons. Crower Landon Motorsport custom camshaft. Crower roller lifters with high pressure pin oiling. Three-piece 3/8” 4340 push rods. Crower stainless steel shaft rockers and valves. AFR Windsor cylinder heads ported by 0ERHSR 1SXSVWTSVX 8VMGO¾S[ PEVKI ZSPYQI intake manifold. Vortec V1 supercharger: 17 pounds boost. Motec M48 ECU, MSD CDI. Landon Motorsport engine loom. Moroso large volume sump, Rollmaster timing chain set, ATI balancer, MSL head gaskets. EXHAUST: Deuce Farm custom-made headers. TRANSMISSION: 6-speed Corvette manual trans with custom-made Ford to Chev bellhousing. RXT McLeod ceramic twin-plate clutch. REAR END: 9 inch Ford with a NASCAR Gleeson alloy head and 4.11 Richmond gears. CHASSIS: Chris Alston Chassis Works ‘A’ arms. STEERING: PG Hydraulics rack and pinion built to suit. Ididit alloy column. FRONT SUSPENSION: Chris Alston Chassis Works complete ‘A’ arm independent. REAR SUSPENSION: Triangulated 4-bar rear end. BRAKES: FRONT: Wilwood discs and calipers. REAR: Wilwood discs and calipers. WHEELS / TYRES: FRONT: Boyd Coddington Sultan 17”. REAR: Boyd Coddington Sultan 17”. WIRING: Landon engine loom and remainder of loom by Deuce Farm. BODY: &SH] [EW E 8VEHI 1I ½RH VIWXSVIH in 2001. Marshall Panelbeaters Morrinsville MRWXEPPIH RI[ ½VI[EPP ERH RI[ MRRIV KYEVHW with the removal of the McPherson struts. PAINT: Original Zodiac twotone paint. Grenville Auto Painters engine bay and interior. INTERIOR: Recaro front bucket seats. INSTRUMENTS: Custom made gauge cluster. CLUB: Tauranga Car Club / Motorsport NZ. THANKS: Rowan Marshall. Marshall Panelbeaters – Morrinsville, Steve Jones, Deuce Farm – Tauranga and Dean and Warren Landon. Landon Motorsport - Tauranga.
Interclub Zone 5 interclub challenge
From Golly
THE Zone 5 trophy has been around for over 40 years now and gained a bit of popularity again lately. New Plymouth Rodders were hosts this time so teams from Egmont R&CC, Scenic City R&CC and NP Rodders showed up at the Tariki Bowling Club, about 20 km out of New Plymouth for assorted events. The bowling club is now owned by long time hot rodders Keith & Jan Shotter, and we thank them for their hospitality. A game of “speed croquet” was invented, and lawn bowls between club teams was arranged. The black tape armbands were in respect for Graham Stubbs, a long time Scenic member who passed away last week .We observed a moment’s silence for him before the final announcements of winners. Scenic City dominated the bowls and had a pretty good showing in the speed croquet. The “Admirals Cup” race between the presidents of all three clubs was on the turf roller, which has a turning circle of about 500 meters. It was good for a laugh and the only event NP Rodders won. A great day and good to see a few past members showing up and keeping in touch. Some hot savouries, cold Tuis, and soda pops were put on by our club for all to enjoy. This challenge happens three times a year. Scenic’s turn next for the winter: we look forward to it. Just a good time to get everyone together before winter sets in and with a small amount of organisation , a low-cost, fun day can be had.
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Hospice Motor Show, Blenheim From Steve Reid
THE fifth annual Hospice Car Show was another roaring success with over 350 vehicles from all over the top of the south gathered at the Waterlea Racecourse. They all had one thing in mind: to display their pride and joy and help raise money for the local Hospice. The theme for this year’s display was the Ford Mustang. Over a dozen examples from earliest to the latest lined up centre stage and enjoyed tons of admiration from everyone present. One change to be made to the event this year was to rename it the Hospice Motor Show. This was done so the classic boat owners could join in, and join in they did. Boats of all shapes and sizes added to the display, giving the public a great variety of big boys toys to check out and dream about owning.
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EVENTS MAY > 1 Rodders Breakfastt at Kustoms’ clubrooms, McLeans Island Rd from 8am-noon. > 1 Breakfastt hosted by Hustlers R&C at Larfin’ Tiger Café, Seaview from 9 ‘til 11am. > 1 Breakfastt hosted by Wanganui R&C at Caroline’s Boatshed Bar, 181 Somme Parade, Aramoho from 9 ‘til 11am. > 7 Ashburton Swapmeet. > 7-8 Marineland Run & Swapmeet. > 13 Fish and Chips at Rangiora Meet Main St 6.30pm. >15 Poker Run. Open to all custom, vintage, hot rod and other specialty vehicles. Starts at Kaipara Vintage Machinery Club, Harding Park, Dargaville. Registration from 12.15-1.00 pm. Finish: Northern Wairoa Hotel, Dargaville for prizegiving at 5.30pm. Cost is $10 per hand for earlybird registrations by 11th May or $12 per hand on the day. Approx 130 km round trip. Ph 09 439 3330 ext 6716 or email: office.hki@xtra.co.nz. All proceeds go to Hospice Kaipara. > 15 Capital Rodders Swapmeett at Trentham Raceway Upper Hutt from 8 to 2pm. > 15 Hamilton Swapmeet at Classic Museum. > 20 NZHRA Open Night hosted by Oogah Rodders. > 21 Whitestone Memorial Run. Contact: Ken 027 634 5226. > 27 Friday night cruise hosted by Wellington HRC at Oriental Bay Wellington from 8.30pm.
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JULY > 1-3 Rod Run/ Grasskhana hosted by Whangarei Rod & Custom Club. Email: info@ whangareirodandcustomclub.co.nz for more details > 4 Independence Day Run. > 17 One Day Run hosted by Fielding Rod & Classic Club. > 16-17 CRC Speedshow and Teng Tools Grand National Rod & Custom Show. Entries open now. Info: www.speedshow.co.nz > 21-24 Northwest Deuce Day, Victoria, Vancouver Island. Canada.
2017 JANUARY > 21-22 Kumeu Hot Rod & Classic Car Festival. > 28-29 Muscle Car Madness. Info at www. musclecarmadness.co.nz.
FEBRUARY > 17-19 Scenic City 50th Anniversary. > 17-18-19 Classic Cover Pre 49 Street Rod Nationals 20th Anniversary weekend. Oceanside Street Rods are pleased to announce they’ll be running the 20th anniversary Pre 49s at the Wairakei resort in Taupo. After running the very first Pre 49s in 1997 they decided it would be fitting to make the 20th a very memorable and special event for everyone. The event will be based at the Wairakei resort and they’ve organised excellent room prices etc. for the entrants. Entries will be limited to the first 140 cars. More information will be released in the near future or you can contact – Craig Houston craig.speed@xtra.co.nz ph: 0274 844 070
APRIL > 14-17 2017 NZHRA National Show hosted by Cam County at New Events Centre, Lower Hutt.
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AUGUST > 6 Palmerston North Swapmeet. > 14 August Winter Rod Run. > 21 One Day Run hosted by Fielding Rod & Classic Club. > 21 Zone 2 Memorial Run hosted by Harbour City, Oogahs and Mid West. > 28 Western Bays Annual Show.
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SEPTEMBER > 4 Ram Rodders Fathers Day Run. > 4 Rocknwheelsmeett from 9am to 4pm at the Amberley Domain. If it’s wheels and you love it - bring it along! Live music, food, refreshments, model aeroplanes and much more. For more information contact Les or Katrina on 033148153 or email Rocknwheelsmeet@ yahoo.com. An Amberley Lions Club fundraiser. > 4 Fathers Day Drags at Meremere. > 15-18 Kaikoura Hop. It’s the south island car enthusiast’s show at the scenic seaside town of Kaikoura. Let the good times Rock and roll. Details at www. kaikourahop.co.nz Facebook: kaikoura hop or call or text Doug 022 186 3117 > 18 Capital Rodders Guide Dog Fun Run. > 25 Cam Counties Cars 4 Charity Run. > 27 Tararua Rodders Chrome and Custom Show.
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> 3 Breakfastt hosted by Hustlers R&C at Larfin’ Tiger Café, Seaview from 9 ‘til 11am. > 3 Breakfastt hosted by Wanganui R&C at Caroline’s Boatshed Bar, 181 Somme Parade, Aramoho from 9 ‘til 11am. > 3-6 June Geraldine Classic Caravan Club Campout and Car Show. More info: Eamon 027 343 9339. > 3-6 Mid Winter Run hosted by Hurricane Rodders. Based at their Victoria Road, St Kilda, clubrooms in Dunedin the run starts on Friday night, June 3rd, and finishes on Monday morning, June 6th. Costs will be similar to the previous runs. Details and entry forms will be out later this year. There’s plenty of camping ground and motel accommodation in the area. Put this in your diaries now!! Contact Brian Fitzpatrick on 021 279 5198. > 3-6 Sun Valley Roadsters Queens Birthday 40th Anniversary Rod Run. Plans are well underway for the weekend. A mystery/poker run, quiz night, show & shine and the traditional cabaret fancy dress are all in the mix. And start working on your rocker cover racer as bragging rights will be hotly contested. Being the club’s 40th Anniversary there’ll be many stories resurrected and laughs to be had. Entries open in February and close at the end of April so don’t miss out!! The entry form will be available for download at the beginning of February on the NZHRA website via the link to Sunvalley Roadsters club page or by emailing sunvalleyroadsters@ gmail.com
>5R Rodders dd B Breakfast kf t at KKustoms’’ clubrooms, l b McLeans Island Rd from 8am-noon. > 5 Breakfast hosted by Hustlers R&C at Larfin’ Tiger Café, Seaview from 9 ‘til 11am. > 5 Breakfast hosted by Wanganui R&C at Caroline’s Boatshed Bar, 181 Somme Parade, Aramoho from 9am ‘til 11am. > 17-19 43rd Annual Back to the Fifties at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St Paul, MN. Sponsored by the Minnesota Street Rod Association. 11955 participants 1964 and older in 2015 Information http://www.msra.com/. > 18-19 LA Roadster Show, Pomona, California. Details at www.laroadsters.com. > 19 Below 0 Cruise hosted by Fielding R&C. Meet at Fielding Square at mid-day: cruise starts 1pm. > 26 Friday night cruise hosted by Wellington HRC at Oriental Bay Wellington from 8.30pm.
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THERE’S been plenty of colourful e e characters in the Kiwi rodding sccen over the years, many with highly imaginative nicknames. Some are self-explanatory, some obscure. Some obscene. Some probably downright d,, insulting. Off the top of my heaad there’s Squeak, Spook, k,, Mag a oo, Grease, Peanut, Spli l tp pin n, Fll ick, Noise, Nose,, Blue u Nose, Golly, Odd-job,, Ber erth th ha, a, ott ttle le,, Bu le Bu nd dy, Pen ng gu u in n, Stottle, Half Thro Blackjacck, Nod oddy dy, Fl dy Flam amez am ez,, Go ez onk n , Gr Grub ub, ub, ub Arab b, Sh Shad ady, ad y Sho y, hort ort r ty, y, Tiny, y, i ny, Skii nn nny, y, Pip ipe, ipe, ip e, S ra St raw, w War w, ardr drob robe, e, Win i gn nut ut,, Hors Horsee, Ho Wook Wo okie, Waanga, a Wil ilbu b rf bu rfor orrce,, Wo Wob bbly, 8 ball 8ll, Rock cky, y, Maan nwe w lll, Di D ngo, Siggy gyy, Pyro Py ro o Pos ossu sum, su m Coo ook k ie, Kermit, t,, Buz uzzz, Bee Beean Bear, ano, o, Beavis, Ear arac ar acche he, a pa pair ir ir off Pir o i rat ates es,, an a d do oub ubttl tless ess hu es hund nd dreeds ds mo ore re. SSo ome m n ic i kn k am mess weerre mo most s llii keely ly ide deol o og ol o ic ical al ly u ns al n ound d ; the hee p ed pr dec e esso essso s r of po poli l ticallyy iin nco c rr r rec rrec e t. t. Two ea earlly me m mb bers ers of er o Dun ned edin iin n’ss R&CC & CC CC, Ha Harr rrrr y Wr Wrig ight ig htt and Hurricane R& Rob Fitzpatrick k, oncce em emba bark ba rked rk e d on a ed longdistance adven nture tu e i n Ha tu H rry’ss st s ee eel bodied ‘26 T-bucket, du d bb b ed e Nov ovel e T, el to attend and enter th he Haarb rbour Cityy Hot Rod Show in Auck k la l nd. Th h iss was
so long ago, I couldn’t even hazard a guess at the date. Well, act ctually, it was ct 31 May 1973, a wet Thursday afte teer oo tern on in Hamillto t n, about ten n degrees Celsius, en route to Auckland, two days before the show, since you ask. Both in their early 20s, Harry and Rob were f ull of enthusiasm, fearlessness and testostickles, as wel elll as tired, cold, wet and d hu hung ng as theyy ng ngry pulled i nt nto oH Haami m lton. Travellii ng the h leng le ng gth off the countryy (w ( ell, almos o t) os in a T-b - uckeet, t the h see guy uys fig figur u ed they d cr c os osss th h is off the heir i r buc ir u keet li l sstt, could
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