We’ve been having a big argument in the NZV8 offices about which is the best of GM’s two most iconic F-body cars of the late ’60s — the first-generation Chev Camaro, or the first-generation Pontiac Firebird? Help us avoid having to call the ambulance out, and vote below!
7 November, 2025
Well, at first glimpse, as soon as the lady opened the garage doors, I knew I was going to buy it. Dark metallic blue with two-tone blue vinyl trim, with a cream American-style steering wheel — I just could not believe my eyes! The Falcon was in as new condition as you could expect from a 30-year-old car. The owner was Mrs Iama Dzenis, aged in her late 60s, at a guess. Mrs Dzenis had bought the car new in September of 1965 from the Ford agents of North Canterbury, Palmer and Doak. Their headquarters were in Rangiora, with branches in Kaiapoi and Amberley.
