NZ Hot Rod

HEY PAUL. I just got a glimpse of the feature in the magazine from the CHRR. We are so honoured and blessed to be part of the article. I would love to get some copies of the magazine. Let me know the best way to make this happen. I am more than happy

JOHN Fearn is a patient man. He had to be because it took him 16 years to build this 1932 Ford 3-window coupe in his hometown Wanganui. His wife Debbie was even more patient, as it seemed a long, drawnout build. Before, during and after the 32 build,

IT pains me to write this, I didn't want to, and I shouldn't have to, but nevertheless, here I am. It's a story about the importation of a Tri-Five ‘56 Chevrolet Bel Air 4-door sedan. It began when I provided fatherly assistance and industry experien

AROUND 2010, Shane Pratt was interested in building a hot rod; it had to be along the lines he liked and transform it into something unique. He came upon a 1930 Model A Coupe body in a good friend's Woolshed in the Manawatu. That friend was Brian Kil

THE Annual Low Buck Run hosted by the Te Kuiti Rod & Custom Club has been unable to go ahead due to certain health restrictions for the past three years. So thankfully, like most events featured on the events calendar, this year's Rod Run took place

GREG Ryan's ‘65 Fastback is a car steeped in history with a story behind it like no other. It began back in August ‘65 in Gardena, California. That was when 23-year-old Ronald Way who had saved to buy the muscle car of his dreams, plonked down every

CLASSIC Cover AmeriCARna 2023 was another huge success, like all the previous 15 events. The 2023 event was, for some, known as the 202? event as due to COVID restrictions, 2022 didn't happen. But that didn't deter the 900 entrants who attended. Sadl

SEEN for the first time since Autorama at the Kustom's Hot Rod Breakfast Stephen Stafford's Mk1 Zephyr fastback. Gus Burke performed the original metalwork, and the second-round restoration was by his son Jason Burke at Burke's Metalworks. From Craig

THERE was a minute's silence at The Garage in early March to mark the passing of Gary Pulley, a Hamilton hot rodder, family man, and panel and painter extraordinaire. Every year for many years, Gary and his wife Elaine would head south to Muscle Car

IN 2009 Peter Moller purchased from Ben Johnson, based in Kaiapoi, just out of Christchurch, the 1956 Chevrolet Pickup. At the time, the pickup was stock apart from disc brakes and ran a 396 Chev mill. Ben used it as his shop hack for his business “W

> 1 The Papakura Rod & Custom Club 50th Anniversary Celebration. Meet & greet at the clubrooms from 5pm on the Friday night 31st March. Saturday – Rod Run to the Nostalgia Drags, departing from Waitomo Gas, Bombay at 9am. Pay at the gate. 5pm a buffe

THE Ace of Clubs was another very cool kiwi hot rod from the ‘60s. Built by Keith Ellett of Bay Rodders in Tauranga, with help from clubmate Terry Furness, it used a ‘30 Model A Roadster body, channelled 6 inches with a 1-inch chopped screen, hand-ma