Innehållsförteckning för No 167 April 2019 från NZV8

We often get asked how we find the cars that we feature in NZV8; thankfully, the main reason we are asked is that people are blown away by the quality and variety. The short answer to the question is that we have eyes and ears everywhere. While true, that makes it sound a whole lot easier than it is. So, while we’re always looking and talking to people in the hunt for feature cars, there are also cars out there, such as Karl Stanbra’s Monaro, that we’ve been following intently for a number of years. We featured Karl’s HQ ute way back in the early days of NZV8, when Karl was fresh-faced and child-free. When the ute had to be let go to fund houses and the like, Karl always…

The Motorhood is the online home of NZV8 and its sister publications NZ Performance Car and New Zealand Classic Car. It’s the hub for all things automotive, from news and reviews to event coverage and more. You can enjoy articles from the magazines on The Motorhood’s home page, themotorhood.com, or, if you want a purely V8-scene experience, just head to our old website — v8.co.nz — to be redirected straight to NZV8’s part of the site. CHUCKIN’ DIRT Kiwis have long had a love affair with mixing too much horsepower and dirt together into some of the best racing you’ll ever see. NZV8 contributor John Faulkner has been chasing the Super Saloon Burger King Pro Dirt Series around the country with his trusty camera in hand, racking up coverage of…

15–17 MARCH CAROLINE BAY ROCK AND HOP It’s all on at Caroline Bay in Timaru! After another successful event last year, organizers have set aside three days — 15, 16, and 17 March — to keep the party going. For 2019, the event will follow the tried-and-tested formula. Friday will be a warm-up day with a cruise out to Geraldine during the day and a night cruise down the main street and through neighbouring towns. Saturday is the day of the show and shine, with well over 600 vehicles expected, plus stalls, live music, and refreshments. There’s even a Wear Your Parts competition! For a full event schedule and any other information, visit carolinebayrockandhop.co.nz. 27–31 MARCH REPCO BEACH HOP 19 We hope you’ve sorted your Hop accommodation in time for…

That old saying of there being no rest for the wicked is very true for Central Otago’s Todd Sutherland. Not long after finishing his ’31 Chev coupe, he was straight into thinking about the next project – something that was user-friendly but looked the part too. An engineer by trade, and running his own business, TS Engineering, Todd had the skills both to buy something that he could see potential in and to put in the hard graft himself to see that potential come to fruition. This meant plenty of internet searching both locally and globally for just the right thing. While Todd knew it was always going to be a Chev, he didn’t know exactly what year he’d end up with — instead hunting for something that was just…

Starting out in 1980 at Teretonga Park, Invercargill, and holding five meetings a year, including the newest of events — the Burt Munro motorcycle drags — Southern Dragways is a small club that delivers big offerings. The south is also home to some of the fastest street-legal cars in the country, such as the cars of local Riverton lads Brendon and Robert Shearing. We haven’t met a person yet who doesn’t love a bit of sibling rivalry, and it’s no different down in the south. The combination of the brothers hitting the track down south is worth watching. Brendon runs the second-fastest street-legal car in the country — ‘WILDHQ’, a twin-turbo HQ Monaro. The strong engine combination that this car has its own merits, with the car throwing down a…

Are you building something in your garage? If you are, you can almost certainly relate to Neville Geoghan — the owner of this ’56 Ford F100 — as you can probably relate to most of the owners of cars featured in this magazine. How? Well, Neville’s journey began in the way that most do, although it didn’t quite pan out the same. “I always wanted an old-school truck that I could upgrade the running gear, chassis, and suspension [of],” he states. As he’d soon find out, that’s a lot easier said than done, which is why the F100 has hardly even had its running gear upgraded, and is yet to undergo any real chassis or suspension work. Yes, you read that right. Neville’s plan was always to go for a…

If you’re anything like us, you’re constantly finding yourself with grease under your nails and oil caked on your hands from spinning spanners on your project. If so, it’s inevitable that you’ll have dealt with the painstaking job of attempting to clean them afterwards using concoctions made from this and that, which are usually grounded in old wives’ tales. Sure, some will have worked, but, more times than not, these backyard chemistry experiments are not good for your skin, and often leave your hands only half clean and your skin damaged. Wearing gloves is the simple answer, but we’re all guilty of not wearing them when appropriate, and some guys just plain hate the reduced dexterity and tactility. This means that getting off that Henry Ford–era grease, silicone from the…

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MORE POWERFUL ECOBOOST Automakers go to a lot of effort to hide what they’re developing, but one thing that allows us a glimpse at their secrets comes via mandatory paperwork filed with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which processes VINs for coming models. Thanks to local automotive outlet Hagerty, we now know that the Ford Mustang may be getting a more powerful engine for the 2020 model year. On the VIN decoder document, there are two 2.3-litre (140ci) four-cylinder engines listed among the six total power plants, with the ‘Net brake horsepower’ column suggesting that one will produce 310hp and 350 lb·ft of torque on premium fuel, which is in line with the current EcoBoost option, whereas against the second is simply noted ‘to be determined’. Sources…

ANNAL NAIR – MAZDA RX-8 This is an unusual car for our magazine, Annal. What have we got here? Yep, it’s something a bit different, alright. It’s a 2008 Mazda RX-8, which would have started out with a 13B rotary in it, but, thankfully, a previous owner had better ideas for it and went with the LS1 conversion. I’m sure most would agree this makes it a far better car. The swap was done by a place down in Christchurch, and it’s not an easy one, as you can see — it takes a fair bit of work to get everything in under a stock bonnet and still have everything work properly. When the swap was first done, it was a real sleeper, running the stock wheels etc., which would…

For probably the past two years, we’ve hoped for Karl Stanbra’s Monaro to be ready for the cover ‘in the next few months’. That’s simply the reality of a build this extensive, which Karl has spent a staggering amount of time perfecting in his home garage over the past seven years. Nothing this good comes easy, obviously, and Karl’s first step required him to sell his supercharged HQ ute, featured in NZV8 Issue No. 21. “The ute was sold off when our first house came along and children were on the way, as it only had two seats,” Karl says. Having grown up around Holden HQs, with his grandad, dad, and brother all having their own, it just felt right that what Karl built next would be an HQ Monaro…

Once again, the popular Canterbury event Muscle Car Madness (MCM) has proven to be a great success, attracting record numbers this year. Due to its popularity, the gates remained closed until 6pm on Wednesday, when they were thrown open to allow all campers the same chance of scoring a great spot for the weekend. Even before the clock had reached 10am, cars and caravans were lining Ashley Street outside the Rangiora Showgrounds, hoping to secure the best spots once the gates were flung open. Come 6pm, what could best be described as a scene out of Wacky Races ensued as people abandoned their cars in favour of running in to fence off their chosen area. Considering the chaos, everyone played nice and room was found for all. Unfortunately for some,…

ACCIDENTAL HERO “It was his fault,” say owners Dean Sivewright and Tim Hawke simultaneously, each pointing at the other when asked why they race a 1970 Commer van. That van’s no slouch, either; despite it being as aerodynamic as a block of flats, the pair have run a PB to date of 10.80 at 112mph. That pass was with long-time drag racer Tim behind the wheel, while Dean, who’s new to driving on the strip, has run a best that’s a few fractions behind at 121mph. With Dean having helped out on Tim’s well-known KE20 Corolla drag car for many years, it made sense for Tim to come on board as the brains behind the project — a project that started with a simple conversation and spiralled rapidly. “Starlets are…

Cromwell, in Central Otago, is a popular holiday destination not only for us Kiwis but overseas visitors as well. Throughout the summer, it is overrun with holidaymakers, due to its proximity to tourist hotspots like Queenstown and Wanaka, and also Lake Dunstan, a man-made lake that was created as the result of the building of the Clyde Dam. Alongside a visit to one of the many orchards in the area to purchase apricots or peaches, there are also many wineries to stop by for those who enjoy their fermented grape juice. For car enthusiasts, the Southland Ford Falcon Club plays host to hundreds during the running of its annual event, the Cromwell Classic Car and Hot Rod Show, which is held at the Alpha Street sports grounds on the third…

Karl Stanbra’s HQ Monaro is a great all-round package. It looks stunning, has the power to match, and the build quality is top-notch. It’s very much an Aussie-style build, and his previous car, a pro-street-style HQ ute, was also heavily Australian influenced. His concept, though, is far from it, being all-American. With the 1956 Chev Nomad that Karl would base the build on having a separate chassis, there are plenty of options available to simply bolt in a replacement one — saving all the hard work of trying to make the 60-year-old car handle like a car of today. An Art Morrison replacement would be the flavour of the day, and, rather than messing around trying to establish a suspension set-up that works, he’d order the chassis complete with the…

In the middle of a race season, it’s all about consolidation of points. It’s all about consistency, eliminating your own mistakes, doing your best to stay away from other drivers’ issues, and hoping luck is on your side. Round five of seven at Manfeild was all and none of that for the Enzed Central Muscle Cars (CMC) competitors. With championships close to being decided, the teams headed to Manfeild for what should have been a low-key weekend of circulation and accumulation — but, with V8s and muscle cars … say no more. A couple of teams were still out with mechanical issues from the previous round, and while they weren’t in the running for the actual championship overall, they were certainly still part of the equation, as they ensured that…

BARGAIN CONTROLLER Forget whatever generic aftermarket head unit came with your car when you bought it from Jimmy a few years back — you need to update that sucker with a unit that isn’t going to break the bank. The Boss Audio 508UAB single-din head unit has everything you need and nothing you don’t — CD/MP3 playback, bluetooth capability, FM/AM radio, USB input, and of course, AUX! It also offers tuning ability with balance/fader/bass/treble and preset built-in EQ, along with front and rear pre-amp outputs. The best part? All this costs only $95! Yep, you get change from a $100 note along with a feature-packed head unit. Winning. Available from Eds Autos. You can purchase the Boss Audio 508UAB single-din head unit by giving the team a call on 09…

BELLARAT GOES GLOBAL Prolific rat rod builder David Jeffery from BellaRat Customs may be well known around New Zealand for his builds — having taken out top honours at Beach Hop 12 with ‘BellaRat’, and again at Repco Beach Hop 16 with the ‘SemiRat’ tow truck — but he’s set to take his chassis-bending talents global, having recently been invited to take part in the RATical Rod Build Off Drive Off 2019 in the US. The event sees rat rod builders tasked with building from January until the end of October before being sent on a 2253km drive-off starting in Lincoln Nebraska and culminating in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We only have between January and October to build a RATical Rat Rod; ship it to Los Angeles, overland it to Lincoln,…

TOO GOOD TO RACE We’re suckers for a car built to a slightly uncommon theme, and Paul Berkahn’s build is just that and a whole lot more. The car is a 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint, which he’s deep into the build of to create a replica of the Sprints that competed in the Monte Carlo Rally. Paul’s created a build thread for this car on The Roaring Season website, and the build will blow your mind. There have certainly been no shortcuts taken here, with the whole car being built by the book, or, as the case may be, the 1964 homologation papers. An example of the detail is that plenty of rust work was required as part of the build, but, rather than just dive in, Paul made sure…

More known for churning out award-winning pre-’49 hot rods, Magoo’s Street Rods is not usually associated with ‘late model’ car builds. However, in this day and age, diversification is key and that’s exactly what Lloyd ‘Magoo’ Wilson and his talented team have been doing, perhaps the most noticeable indications of this Jack Cooper’s stunning F100 pickup truck and Ian Prisk’s 1957 Chevrolet, previously featured, rolling out the workshop doors and already turning heads. Lloyd explains how it all happened. “Some years back, I got a call from a guy who introduced himself as Martin, and he asked if we did project management for car builds. He’d found a car online and wanted someone to handle the whole project. I explained our role in the build process, and that we could…

Between them, the Davy family have owned so many Chryslers that you’d think they had some kind of a back-door deal with the factory. Sadly for them, that’s not true, and they’ve had to pay for their cars the good old-fashioned way — through hard work; determination; and, in the case of cars like their 1969 Road Runner, keeping an ear to the ground. The Mopar underground network can be a tough one to get into — those with desirable cars don’t just tend to chuck them up for sale online. You’ve got to be in the loop and known to be a genuine buyer before you’ll get a look in. That was the situation that brothers Gene and Craig Davy found themselves in. Having owned a plethora of Chryslers,…

New Zealand is home to some amazing collections of vehicles, and, like many of you, we’ve come to expect that they can be just about anywhere — it might be the middle of suburbia, or that seemingly abandoned barn on some lonely provincial stretch; you don’t know unless you know. Some, on the other hand, are well-known secrets, such as the Ross brothers’ — Mike, Tony, Tim, and Simon — Cambridge-based set-up, for example. It’s based at the family’s C&R Developments earthmoving yard and would have to be quite possibly the most impressive shed that we’ve ever set foot in. “We’ve been collecting cars for 30-odd years,” Tim explains. “Occasionally, we’d pick up the odd one we wanted, and we ended up storing them at what I call ex-mates’ garages!”…

A WEEKEND TO FORGET It was a weekend of racing that the Anderson family would rather forget when Central Muscle Cars (CMC) hit Manfeild Circuit for round five of the Enzed 2018–2019 CMC series. Having qualified first and third respectively, Andrew and father Bruce thought they were onto a winner. Sadly, just 50m off the start line in the first race, Andrew was subjected to a big shunt into the front left wheel of his XE Falcon, throwing him hard right into a concrete barrier and ending his weekend. Thankfully, he was able to walk away from the crash — partially joking that he didn’t want more kids anyway, such was the force with which he hit the five-point safety harness. Hoping that that was the end of their woes…

WHERE IS IT NOW? BRENT ROBERTSON — TWIN FORD MUSTANGS What’s better than a perfectly finished Mustang built for cruising? Having another that’s built for abusing! That’s the situation that Christchurch-based car dealer Brent Robertson was in a decade ago when we featured his pair of Mustangs. The 1966 fastback and 1967 convertible were both flawless in their presentation, but that’s where the similarities ended. The fastback was packing a 427ci World Products small block, which was topped off with a seriously cool Morrison Motorsport throttle body set-up. Even today, a decade later, the engine bay can hold its own among the cleanest in the land. The convertible was a touch more sedate, with a mild 302 under the hood. Both cars debuted at the Mustang National Convention in 2008,…

THE MAN’S A MACHINE By now, you will have read up all about Grant River’s youthful antics and rise from a youngster with ambition through to a successful business and family man. But, if you missed part one of the series on him that we ran in the last issue, we’ve uploaded it to our website so you can catch up. Head over to themotorhood.com and search ‘Grant Rivers’ to find it. DROP-TOP GORGEOUS The team at Magoo’s Street Rods know a thing or two about building a turnkey car — after all, they’ve been in business for 22 years and produced hundreds of them. The steps between a wreck brought in and a dream rolling out can seem simpler than they are. We’ve put together a build gallery of…