NZ Classic Car

NZ Classic Car – New Zealand’s longest running classic car magazine – celebrated its 200th edition in August 2007, an amazing achievement for a publication which began as a simple idea to put local classic car owners in touch with event organisers, car clubs and trade professionals. NZ Classic Car has been a vital part of the local motoring scene for more than 20 years and features unique and extensive classic motoring coverage. NZCC’s enthusiastic and passionate writers cover the length and breadth of the country ensuring extensive classic motoring coverage. Our coverage of New Zealand’s motoring heritage remains unrivalled, especially in the field of motorsport history, plus we include stunning photography, authoritative features and event reports from throughout the country.

NZ Classic Car

It’s been a journey

PONY CAR FINISH • There’s a point at around 7000rpm where everything fades. The machine becomes weightless. All that’s left, a body moving through space and time

AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE • Contributor Vaughan Wilson shares his passion for the Mustang, along with one from his collection, a 1965 convertible, celebrating a milestone for this American classic

SETTING THE WORLD ON FIRE THE ERICH ZAKOWSKI LEGACY • Leaving an indelible mark on the world of motorsport requires a special outlook, skill-set, drive and vision – all of these attributes Erich Zakowski had in abundance

BAVARIAN EXPRESS • Built for the ‘bahn, and revived from a barn on the other side of the world, this 635CSi upholds BMW’s reputation for building brillant road cars for both town and track

A LIFETIME’S WORK • Trevor Bills has a passion for rare and exotic cars and motorcycles, and sharing that passion with visitors to his car museum gives him immense satisfaction

Catalogue Coming Soon • 05.05.24 Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia

JUST THE THING FOR CRUISING • When is a sedan not a sedan? When its a full-size, mid-’50s, American Ford Fairlane Country Sedan station wagon

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GOING WITH THE FLOW • The cheeky charm of an American van with an electric ancestry makes an eye-catching advertisement

HIGHWAY WOMAN • Gladys Goodall was a pioneer New Zealander at a time when most people thought the pioneering had all been done. Spending a life on the road, she left an indelible impression on the way many people around the world see New Zealand

WORKING WITH THE CHAIN GANG • Frazer Nash was started by Archie Frazer Nash and Ron Godfrey. It was a name famous in its heyday and again in recent years among visitors to or followers of coverage of historic racing at the Goodwood Revival or similar. In the ’30s, Frazer Nash was the car to beat in hill climbs, alpine tours, and anything twisty

TINY GEMS IN THE GOLDFIELDS • Britain’s struggling economy in the 1950s encouraged the growing trend throughout Western Europe toward micro-cars that were cheap to build and run, and powered by motorcycle engines.

TWINSET AND PURLS • In the finest Kiwi tradition, if you can’t get what you want in a car, build your own and do away with some of the issues you didn’t want in the first place. That’s not Cheeting

DENNIS MARWOOD, ENDURING RACER • It was the racing potential of a Humber 80 sedan that first captured the imagination of Dennis Marwood 60 years ago, yet he proved spectacularly adept at the wheel of many different cars over two decades

40 YEARS OF SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE • This Waiarapa engine rebuilder can service customers nationwide

LUNCHEON WITH THE TENTH DUKE OF RICHMOND • Donn and Lynne had lunch with the tenth Duke of Richmond during Goodwood’s Festival of Speed in 2008 and they just had to return two months later for the Revival...