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 booming in New Zealand. NZV8 is not only riding that wave, but leading the way by providing a world class magazine that features the cars, events, like the annual Beach Hop and people that make the scene so exciting. NZV8 covers an extensive range of high-performance V8-engined vehicles. Wherever the local ground shakes to the beat of a tuned eight-cylinder machine, from a drag race meeting to a car show, NZV8 is there and bringing you all the action.

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REAUTOMOTIVE INSIDE NZ’S GO-TO LOWRIDER BUILDER • WHAT STARTED AS A BLACK SHED, TWO BROTHERS, AND A SOFT SPOT FOR CANDY PAINT HAS TURNED INTO ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST REPUTABLE LOWRIDER BUILDERS; WE TAKE A LOOK BEHIND THE ROLLER DOOR AT HOW STRATFORD-BASED AUTOMOTIVE WORKSHOP RE AUTOMOTIVE OPERATES

Apache PERFECTION • WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE PATINA TRUCK EVOLVED INTO A METICULOUSLY CRAFTED, NO-COMPROMISE SHOWPIECE THAT BLENDS MODERN PERFORMANCE WITH WORLD-CLASS CRAFTSMANSHIP

BEHIND THE BUILD: KAYTON COUGHEY, REAL RIDES

WYLD THING • AFTER LOSING THEIR LEGENDARY BERETTA, DB RACECARS BUILT A TOP DOORSLAMMER MUSTANG FROM THE GROUND UP AND REWROTE NEW ZEALAND TOP DOORSLAMMER HISTORY IN THE PROCESS.

Chrome SHINING BRIGHTER THAN EVER • BACK FOR ANOTHER YEAR OF ON-TRACK CRUISING, DRAG RACING, AND GLEAMING PAINT JOBS, CHROME HORSEPOWER FESTIVAL NEVER FAILS TO DISAPPOINT, AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT

LITTLE RIPPA • DYLAN FIELD’S 1955 FORD ANGLIA 100E LOOKS AS IF IT BELONGS AT A SUNDAY MORNING CLASSIC CAR SHOW SURROUNDED BY OLD CODGERS DRAPED IN TWEED, BUT UNDERNEATH, IT’S A BOOSTED 1UZ-POWERED 522HP BEAST BUILT FOR THE QUARTER-MILE

DRAGON’S BREATH • AARON WRIGHT’S SUPERCHARGED LS1-POWERED 1972 CHEVROLET CAMARO IS A TESTAMENT TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY’S LIFELONG INFATUATION WITH THE BOWTIE

FORTY YEARS OF Thunder • THE RISE OF ALMAC CARS, THE LEGACY OF ALEX MCDONALD, AND THE NEXT CHAPTER BEING WRITTEN IN MATAMATA

Falcon AFAIR • IT’S NO SECRET THAT THE ETCHELLS HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH THE FORD FALCON. YOUNGEST FAMILY MEMBER MATT IS CARRYING THE TORCH WITH HIS ALL-MOTOR 1982 XE

TROUBLE AT FLOWER AND HALEY

THUNDERPARK DRAGSTRIP IMMORTALISED • FROM RIVERBED TO WORLD-RENOWNED DRAG STRIP, MICHAEL FOWLER’S NEW BOOK ON HAWKE’S BAY’S WORLD-RENOWNED QUARTER-MILE, THUNDERPARK, TAKES US ON A NOSTALGIA TRIP TO THE GOOD OL’ DAYS OF DRAG RACING IN NEW ZEALAND

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NZ’S QUICKEST STREETERS

AEROFLOW RACE DIARY IT TAKES A TEAM • FROM GARETH ROGERS’ STEP UP INTO THE NAPA FUNNY CAR TO A NEW FRONT-ENGINE-DRAGSTER BUILD, THE AEROFLOW CREW HAVE A BIG SEASON AHEAD

THE RISE OF SOUTH ISLAND BURNOUTS • WITH THE SURGE IN THE POPULARITY OF BURNOUTS AND MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER GETTING INVOLVED IN THE SPORT, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO GET ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON JUST HOW FAR THINGS HAVE COME — PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH ISLAND.

CARGO • THIS ISSUE’S MUST-HAVES

DECADE AGO • ISSUE NOS. 130 AND 131 MARCH/APRIL 2016

Kiwi Social Scene • On the NZV8 Facebook page we asked you, the reader, to share photos of your prized rides with us so that we could feature those shots in the magazine. You blew us away with the result, so here’s a handful of those photos