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 starting to boom again in New Zealand. NZV8 is not only riding that wave, but leading the way by providing world class magazine that features the cars, events and people that make the scene so exciting. NZV8 covers an extensive range of high-performance V8-engine vehicles. Wherever the local ground shakes to the beat of a tuned eight-cylinder machine, NZV8 is part of the action.

WHAT A RUSH

YOUR NZV8 MAGAZINE IS GOING BI-MONTHLY

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1987 BUICK GRAND NATIONAL • TO CAR COLLECTION

KINDRED 3100 CHEV RESTOMOD

AMERICARNA UPDATE — GABE’S CUSTOM INTERIORS ARE COMING TO TOWN

EVENTS GUIDE • EMAIL YOUR INFO TO: EDITOR@NZV8.CO.NZ

Mac DADDY • TODD COLLINS SET OUT TO BUILD A SLICK C10; LITTLE DID HE IMAGINE HE’D CREATE THE MAC DADDY OF THEM ALL

IRON LION • WITH A SHORT AND SIMPLE TWO-YEAR BUILD, HERE IT IS: CHRIS’S MONARO, THE PEAK OF AN H-SERIES HOLDEN, BUILT TOUGH AND READY TO SHRED

KEEPIN’ IT REAL • AFTER A HIATUS, THANKS TO EVERYONE’S FAVOURITE VIRUS, THE STAR INSURANCE PRE 49 NATIONALS RETURNED WITH A ROAD OF LAKE PIPES AND A BURST OF STYLE, FILLING UP TAUPO’S TONGARIRO DOMAIN FOR HALF A DAY WITH A MASTERCLASS ON WHAT KIWI HOT RODDING REALLY MEANS

THIS IS NOT A MUSTANG, IT’S A TRIBUTE • VAUGHAN MCSWEENEY BUILT A MUSTANG IN TRIBUTE TO A DEAR FRIEND. LITTLE DID HE KNOW IT WOULD TAKE 28 YEARS TO COMPLETE

SIN CITY STUNNERS • BRINGING YOU THE LATEST AND GREATEST FROM THE LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE SHOW IN THE WORLD

Cutting IT LOOSE • WITH THE PERFECT SPOT, KAIKOURA CERTAINLY HELPED KEEP UP NEW ZEALAND’S NAME OF ‘LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD’

DRIVEN BY PASSION FOR 100 YEARS

LOUD & PROUD • WHEN IT COMES TO CARS, JAMES DAVEY LIKES THEM LOUD AND HE LIKES THEM ANGRY. WHEN HE FIRST LAID EYES ON THIS 1964 FAIRLANE IT WAS NEITHER LOUD NOR ANGRY — BUT IT SURE IS NOW!

SPEED JUNKIE

SUPERCHARGED SURPRISE

NZ’S QUICKEST STREETERS

NZ’S 100 QUICKEST V8 DRAG RACERS • To update your details, email editor@v8.co.nz Yellow text denotes a new entry or bettered ET / *Currently competing vehicles only listed

I GOT YOUR BACK • YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WHEN JEFF DOBSON AND ADAM PRESTNEY DEBUTED THEIR NEWLY BUILT PRO-CHARGED HEMI DOORSLAMMER AT NAPA AUTO PARTS DRAGWAY, I WAS THERE TO LEND A HELPING HAND

BEST IN THE WEST • IF YOU ARE A COLLECTOR OR SIMPLY SHARE A PASSION FOR THE CLASSICS, THEN THE REPCO CLASSIC CAR & HOT ROD FESTIVAL 2023 IS FOR YOU!

THE PRO STREET JOURNEY • A FULL BODY, A BIG MOTOR, THE RIGHT STANCE, AND PLENTY OF RUBBER — THIS IS THE STORY OF PRO STREET

SIN CITY TO NITRO NIRVANA • WITH MY PROJECT 29 MODEL A IN BAKERSFIELD, USA, AND THE SALE OF A MODEL A TUDOR HERE IN NEW ZEALAND, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO CROSS COUNTRY HOT RODDING IN THE US OF A AND ATTEND HOT ROD EVENTS IN MY OWN HOT ROD WAS A BUCKET LIST TRIP. THEY SAY YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, AND THIS IS ONE WAY TO LIVE IT UP

HUNTING T-REX

LA CHRYSLER PANAMERICANA • THE ORIGINAL CARRERA PANAMERICANA IS AN ICON OF A TIME THAT WE WILL LIKELY NEVER SEE AGAIN, BUT IF WE DID, HERE’S THE PERFECT CAR TO COMPETE IN!

Alaska OR BUST • BEN WILSON AND FRIENDS MAKE THE ULTIMATE ROAD TRIP, IN THE WORST POSSIBLE VEHICLES THEY COULD FIND, ALL IN THE NAME OF THROWING THEM OFF A CLIFF

DARREN SLOANE 2019 LT1 CAMARO • IF YOU HAVE A COOL DAILY-DRIVER AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT APPEAR IN DAILY GRIND, EMAIL RIXSTA@NZV8.CO.NZ

MUSCLE AT THE CLASSIC • ROUND TWO OF NAPA CENTRAL MUSCLE CARS SAW THE FIELD HEAD TO THE MANFEILD CIRCUIT TO COMPETE AS PART OF THE 36TH ANNUAL MG CLASSIC WEEKEND HELD IN NOVEMBER

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