Enthusiast Essentials: Sandbrooks’ clear solutions

1 July, 2016

 

Struggling to find factory replacement windscreens for your classic road or race car? There’s now a simple solution. Sandbrooks — the company well known for producing heated race car screens, Naca ducts, and  polycarbonate race car windows — now have access to a full range of OEM replacement glass. Included in the range are screens for Lotus, BMW, Ford, Hillman, Mini, Lamborghini, Lancia, Land Rover, MG, Porsche, Reliant, Renault, Rover, Scimitar, Sebring, Sunbeam, Triumph, Triumph, VW, and more.

Give the team at Sandbrooks a call on 09 278 9816, or visit sandbrooks.co.nz to see if they have the screen for you.

Lunch with … Rodger Anderson

At first, I wondered if I’d driven up the wrong driveway. The car in the garage was an early Mustang resplendent in royal blue with two broad gold stripes, which was not what I was expecting. I knew that Rodger Anderson, who made his name in Minis and a BMW 2002, was a Porsche man these days — the other end of the spectrum from American muscle. I had no idea of his affection for Detroit iron. It didn’t take long to discover just how passionate this former Saloon Car Champion is about cars, as long as they’re interesting.

Back from the brink – 1968 MGB GT

Auckland classic car enthusiast Kerry Bowman soon realised he had a massive job on his hands in restoring his classic 1968 MGB GT. When Kerry and his MGB first appeared in New Zealand Classic Car in March 2021, in “Behind The Garage Door”, the stripped-out shell had revealed some nasty surprises. Once the true extent of the hidden damage was discovered, the work would normally have been handed over to a professional fabricator. However, with the assistance of experts such as MG specialist restorer, Paul Walbran, Kerry has completed an impressive restoration and saved this car from the scrapheap.