The September issue of New Zealand Classic Car has landed!

8 September, 2016

The September issue of New Zealand Classic Car (Issue No. 309) has hit a shelf near you! Take a sneak peek at what to expect from the glossy pages of this issue.

We present to you a 13-page tribute to Chris Amon, 1943–2016. We’ve also put together a gallery of Amon’s motorsport career, which you can see here.

We spent some time with a collection of race-bred Fords, and looked at the heritage leading up to the latest in a long line of rally- and track-bred machines. Take a look at a gallery of images here.

To have the opportunity to visit the most famous car factory in the world is a privilege. James Nicholls travelled to Maranello for an exclusive interview with Flavio Manzoni, head of Ferrari design. Here’s a gallery of images to peruse until you get your mag and read the interview!

For all of this, and plenty more, grab the September issue of New Zealand Classic Car now:


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

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.

1959 Sunbeam Alpine: A road trip with Lady P

The romance of the road
The South Island begins to reveal its unbelievable beauty and clarity of light as we weave and bend past mountain peaks, blue flowing rivers, and bright green forests. Today, while the cutlery wheel continues to chime, there are no morbid rattles, and we are still alive. The road moves beneath us and I start to really understand what a road trip is all about: the warm analogue hum of the engine, the sensory overload of wind and sun, the dreamy pageant of shapes and colour that glides by like a movie set, not a cloud in the sky.