NZV8

NZV8 Magazine was conceived when the passionate muscle car scene was in need of an authority. Thanks to a large population of baby boomers, muscle car and V8 culture is booming in New Zealand. NZV8 is not only riding that wave, but leading the way by providing a world class magazine that features the cars, events, like the annual Beach Hop and people that make the scene so exciting. NZV8 covers an extensive range of high-performance V8-engined vehicles. Wherever the local ground shakes to the beat of a tuned eight-cylinder machine, from a drag race meeting to a car show, NZV8 is there and bringing you all the action.

THE REALITIES AND UNSUNG HEROES

NZV8

BURNOUTS ON THE BIG STAGE

USA TOURS

KAIKOURA HOP 2023

NORTH ISLAND

FULL THROTTLE AT AUTOFEST 2023

Mopar MASH-UP • IT MAY LOOK LIKE A ’69 DODGE CORONET WITH SOME FUNKY BODYWORK, BUT THE REALITY IS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT!

Alpine CLASSICS • AUTOMOTIVE BLISS MEETS SCENIC SPLENDOUR AT TWIZEL SHOW AND SHINE — A MUST-ATTEND EVENT FOR CAR ENTHUSIASTS HELD AT A BREATHTAKING NEW ZEALAND VILLAGE

Bumpy RIDE • THIS FALCON WAS HIDING A FEW UNWANTED SECRETS, BUT RATHER THAN GIVE UP ON IT, THE WRONGS WERE RIGHTED, AND ROB HAS HIS DREAM CAR

CURVEBALL • ANDREW AND LISA BROWN NEVER EXPECTED TO OWN A ’46 CHEV, AND THEY NEVER EXPECTED THE BUILD TO GO AS IT HAS, BUT SOMETIMES LIFE THROWS YOU CURVEBALLS …

CLUB CORNER DISCOVERING THE RICH HISTORY AND JAW-DROPPING RIDES OF NEW ZEALAND’S CAR CLUBS north canterbury rodders • WELCOME TO NZV 8’S LATEST COLUMN, CLUB CORNER! EVERY MONTH, WE’LL VENTURE DEEP INTO THE VIBRANT WORLD OF KIWI CAR CLUBS, UNCOVERING UNTOLD TALES OF THEIR PASTS, SHOWCASING THEIR AWE-INSPIRING MACHINES, AND SHARING THEIR PASSION FOR ALL THINGS AUTOMOTIVE. SO, BUCKLE UP AND JOIN US AS WE EXPLORE THE GRIT AND GLORY OF NEW ZEALAND’S CAR CLUB SCENE!

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NZV8 READERS Rides • WANT TO HAVE YOUR COOL STREETER FEATURED IN OUR MAG? NOT A SHOW CAR BUT STILL HAS STREET CRED AND WORTHY OF A MENTION? FROM DAILIES TO WEEKEND WARRIORS, LET’S SEE WHAT YOU’RE DRIVING. EMAIL: EDITOR@NZV8.CO.NZ

THE REAL ‘37 RETURNS

OUT OF NOWHERE

MOUNT SHOP

VICTORY AT WINTERNATIONALS • A RECORD-SETTING TRIUMPH FOR TEAM AEROFLOW

HUNTING T-REX • EXCITEMENT. A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT. AND MASSIVE RELIEF. HUNTING, LOCATING, AND FINALLY CAPTURING T-REX CREATED ALL THOSE EMOTIONS AND MORE. IT WAS A GREAT FEELING TO OWN MY DREAM CAR. NOW,

BUILDING THE MONSTER!

CHASING SUMMERNATS GLORY • FROM CLUTCH CATASTROPHES TO NEW PROJECTS AND KIWI AMBITIONS

Kings OF MUD • ONCE AGAIN, THIS YEAR’S EVENT HAD THE RUST, BUT THE PREVIOUS WEEK OF RAIN HAD TURNED THE DUST TO MUD, AND PLENTY OF IT

GREEN MACHINE • DAMIEN SMITH’S LONG ROAD TO BUILDING AN AMERICAN-INSPIRED MINITRUCK

SOCIAL SCENE

WHERE IS IT NOW?

RESTOMOD MONSTER • MANAWATU SPECIALIST IN ALL THINGS CLASSY AND LOUD, HOTROD HEAVEN HAS BEEN KEEPING A HOT LITTLE SECRET UNDERCOVER. FOUR YEARS IN THE MAKING, ITS LATEST BUILD IS FINALLY COMING TO LIGHT, WITH A SERIES OF BUILD PICTURES POPPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. NATURALLY, WE COULDN’T RESIST DIGGING DEEPER TO UNCOVER THE DETAILS BEHIND THE PROJECT

PROSTREET BROWLER • REVAMPING THE FIREWALL AND INTAKE MANIFOLD FITMENT

The DARK KNIGHT RISES • THE NAPA CENTRAL MUSCLE CARS HEADED TO HAMPTON DOWNS FOR THE FINAL ROUND OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND TO CROWN THE SERIES WINNERS

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