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Enthusiast Essentials: stay strapped with Macs USA Pro Pack

15 December, 2016

 

It’s that time — if you’re trying to finish a project over summer, or taking your pride and joy to an event, you’re going to want to be sure it’s not going anywhere. The Macs USA Pro Pack is a premium tie-down pack, comprising four 1.83mm ratchet straps of black polyester webbing; four 1000mm axle or through-wheel straps, with 800mm full-length protective sleeves; four protective 800mmx10mm foam-pad–covered black fleece sleeves for additional wheel protection; four strap wraps to gather webbing while in transit or storage; all contained within a premium duffel bag. 

Macs Equipment have visited the manufacturing plant in Idaho, USA, and met with the owners — rest assured when you chose Macs USA tie-downs to secure your vehicles. The Macs USA Pro Pack is $456.50 (excl. GST), with further information available at macsequipment.co.nz. 

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Lancia Stratos – building a winner

12 March, 2025

On his own, and later with his wife Suzie, Craig Tickle has built and raced many rally cars. Starting in 1988, Craig went half shares in a Mk1 Escort and took it rallying. Apart from a few years in the US studying how to be a nuclear engineer, he has always had a rally car in the garage. When he is not playing with cars, he works as an engineer for his design consulting company.
Naturally, anybody interested in rallying has heard of the Lancia Stratos, the poster child and winner of the World Rally circuit in 1974, ’75, and ’76. Just as the Lamborghini Countach rebranded the world of supercars, so, too, did the Lancia Stratos when it came to getting down and dirty in the rally world.

This could be good news for restoring cars and bikes – but we must be quick!

5 March, 2025

Our parliament is currently considering a member’s Bill, drawn by ballot, called the ‘Right to Repair’ Bill.
It’s due to go a Select Committee for consideration, and we can make submissions ie say what we think of it, before 3 April this year. It’s important because it will make spare parts and information for doing repairs far more readily available and this should slow the rate at which appliances, toys and so on get sent to landfill.