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.

2020s – DECADE OF CHANGE

NZ Classic Car

BIG, BRASH AND BEAUTIFUL • Faced with the possibility of scrapping his cherished Ford Falcon GT hardtop, David Chase took the plunge, delivering it into skilled hands at Matamata Panelworks. It’s now a stunning classic and 2023 Ellerslie Intermarque Concours Masters Class winner

A EW ZEALAND AUTOMOTIVE LEGEND SIR COLIN GILTRAP 1940–2024 • The remarkable automotive career of Sir Colin Giltrap is traced by Donn Anderson, who first met him in the 1960s. New Zealand not only lost a car trader supreme with the passing of Sir Colin Giltrap in April, but also – as he will be best remembered by the many drivers whose careers he fostered – a dedicated motor sport supporter and generous philanthropist

KICK-STARTING THE NEXT GENERATION • A good hobby brings zest and colour to life, and it can be said that ‘a hobby a day keeps the doldrums away’. For Samuel Shortall, this couldn’t be truer. In the colourful world of classic motoring, his zest is an exquisite 1966 Singer Vogue, yet this match made in heaven is a little different than most readers would expect

Revival MASTER PIECE • Few sports cars possess the ability to be both a superb open-road tourer and a hard-edged endurance racing car. Ferrari’s iconic 250 GT SWB Competizione, is such a car. Capable of stunning performance and clothed in one of Pininfarina’s most memorable body designs, crafted by the master, Carrozzeria Scaglietti.

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TAMING THE WILD HORSE • Ford’s evergreen off-roader, the Bronco, is enjoying a surge in popularity and values in the US as outdoor enthusiasts once again appreciate its rugged good looks, simplicity of design, and an ability to cut it when the going gets tough

GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME • A chance visit to the Falcon Fairlane Car Club of Christchurch’s annual car show in Hanmer in 2023 found me taking pictures of one of my favourite cars, a bright orange Holden Torana GTR XU-1

AN AUTOMOTIVE/RACING HISTORY OF MY NORTH SHORE BAYS HOME PATCH IN THE ’60S TO ’80S • North Shore bays was the new frontier of Auckland’s frenzied baby boomer population explosion in the 1950s and ’60s. Returned servicemen and their brides were beating a path from old town Auckland across the new harbour bridge to the endless bays and open spaces of the North Shore

SPRUCED UP! • For my second Postcard from America, I have chosen an aeronautical theme, which I’m sure is a shared interest for many car enthusiasts. The US has many amazing plane museums, many centred on the military history of planes

THE MOTHER OF ALL COBRAS • Famed designer, racing enthusiast and one of the earliest drag racing exponents in the UK, Sydney Allard was a pioneer in the field of amalgamating a big American V8 into a nimble British sports chassis, a trend followed by Shelby, Jensen, Bristol, and the Rootes Group

AN EMERGING CLASSIC • If I were to ask what the first right-hand-drive North...