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

To catch a Marlin

ONE CAREFUL LADY OWNER, AND FRIENDS • It’s quite possibly unique among the thousands of '56 T-birds produced, and its provenance is equally spectacular

FORD THUNDERBIRD — THE CAR THAT SAVED CHEVROLET’S CORVETTE

THE WORLD TURNS • Finding an unmolested Mazda rotary isn’t an easy task as many examples have been seriously modified. Finding two near perfect examples is very rare indeed

RX-2

RX-3

PUT A RING AROUND THAT • Provenance is a valuable part of a classic car and DKW/Auto Union collectors Brendan and Bobbette Odell have a detailed documented history of a special car in their growing collection of these little two-stroke wonders.

FUTURE F1 CHAMPION’S FIRST SALOON RACE

THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONNECTION

DKW/AUTO UNION ORIGINS • Das Kleine Wunder (The Little Wonder)

BECOMING AN ALFA MALE • The lines of the 1750 GTV are seductive enough, but it’s driving the thing that makes our man fall for Giugiaro and Alfa Romeo’s 1969 masterpiece

SIDEBAR

A COROLLARY ON COROLLAS • Last month, Gerard explained why the car he liked best was not one of several red-blooded sports saloons he had lusted after, but a kindly twin-cam Corolla. This month he considers how Corollas fared in competition in other Kiwi hands

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THE SUPER-DETAILED POINT OF DIFFERENCE • Model car builders are a special group among car people, a group that get an extra kick out of their passion by merging it with their hobby

THE OTHER JAPANESE ROTARY • Suzuki’s magnificent failure, the rare rotary-engined RE5, makes an eye- and ear-catching alternative to the now traditional inline fours that revolutionlised motorcycling

LANCIA STRATOS building a winner • The Lancia Stratos was a design and performance high point for one of Italy’s most innovative and illustrious car brands but if you want one now, you’d better be prepared to build your own

Blame it on Rio! • Who could turn down a week-long adventure to drive a Fiat Uno Turbo in Rio de Janeiro — and watch the Brazilian Grand Prix — even if it meant taking the wrong route back to Auckland?

Making things happen • It’s not about the car, or even the drivers, or engineers. This ‘Lunch with’ is about one of the people who makes things happen, and who creates the environment that lets others shine

Levin la vida loca* • The Levin circuit and its local heroes remembered, the controversy over McLaren’s all-conquering 1988 MP4/4 gets another airing, and the fall of the king

UNLOCKING A BOX OF TRICKS • One of the joys of older classic cars is their mechanical simplicity, which means you can — with a few basic tools and a bit of guidance — work on them yourself. Jim Richardson wants anyone with a sense of adventure to find the satisfaction that comes from completing jobs well beyond normal routine maintenance. In this, the first of a new regular...