View fullsize Aimed squarely at the US market, the Datsun 240Z played a starring role in changing the world’s perception of Japanese performance cars Graham Lindsay remembers visiting his
“We uncover who the man is behind one of the most legendary names the automotive world has ever seen” AJ Foyt, Don Garlits, Dan Gurney, Richard Petty, Parnelli Jones —
As a well-known hero of Kiwi motorsport, Alan Woolf has been around for a while, and every now and then you’ll see him out at a track with one of his classics. I got
The annual Auckland All Ford Day, held on Sunday, April 12 at Smales Farm Business Park, Takapuna, had a large turnout of Ford-based vehicles, from vintage cars to hot rods,
The Targa North Island event, held in early 2014 — with Targa cars competing through special stages between Auckland, Whitianga and Rotorua — was used by many competitors as a
View fullsize Burning desire The story really begins for me so long ago that I can’t remember when it first became a burning desire to compete in the Mille
View fullsize Looking for an original ’60s or early ’70s muscle car these days, whether it be American or Australian, can be a daunting prospect for those in the
View fullsize Of course, most of those cars are well and truly categorized as classics nowadays but nonetheless, many seem to have disappeared off the face of the earth. For
This 1953 Corvette racer is, believe it or not, the earliest-known Corvette race car — known as ‘number 211’ (on account of its VIN E-53F-001211) — and has been faithfully
I decided to take the family for a joyride around the South Island for the Christmas break. Whilst my wife read, and the kids overlooked some of the world’s best
It’s been two years since the meet started. If anything it’s like the older guy’s version of the young’un’s hard park. With the event being held in a car park, it could be
I have attended nearly every Ellerslie Intermarque Concours d’Elegance and Classic Car Show since my birth. I’m not that old so it may not seem to be a huge achievement, but
Once again, Graeme Rice looks back on the motoring worlds of 100, 75, 50, and 25 years ago February 1915 A wizard at the wheel — Barney Oldfield Herbert Austin was
An intrepid Gerard Richards goes all Joseph Conrad and does the ‘Heart of Darkness’ thing while searching out old cars on a recent trip abroad The highway out of Lima
“Built in the Philippines by an Australian company, this recreation of the Gone In Sixty Seconds GT 500 ‘Eleanor’ is a star in its own right” Winning any major
