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.
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The one and only • The Sierra Cosworth. The name conjures an instant sense of respect for one of the cars that helped define an era of sport saloon racing. It gave Ford fans something to smile about then — and now
RARE ROTARIES GATHER IN THE SOUTH • One of the showcase cars at the Richardson Transport World’s upcoming ‘The Evolution of Japanese Cars’ exhibition, a rare Mazda RX-3, could exert enough gravitational force to see another museum in another city built around it
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GOODBYE PORK PIE THE LITTLE YELLOW MINI LIVES ON • The events of Pork Pie didn’t really happen, but for a generation of Kiwis it is as essential to our identity as Buzzy Bees and jandals. At least the car was real
IT’LL BE SUITE • Classic Car goes under the covers at Suite Southern Designs
BEHIND THE LENS • Terry Marshall, doyen of motor sport photographers, knows exactly what makes a great shot. The New Zealand Motorsport Photographer of the Year 2019 is as focused as ever on capturing the magic in the moment
THERE’S LIFE IN THE OLD GIRL YET • It might have been a homely car at heart, but Ford’s heavily American-influenced Mark II Zodiac hit just the right note of affordable glamour in a nation heading fast to a higher standard of living. Elizabeth Taylor rides again
THE COUNTESS A GRAND DAME • Nearly 50 years on, the wow factor of this timeless shape is as potent as ever — and this version has a name you can actually pronounce
PRESERVING DENNY’S RANGE ROVER CLASSIC • Knowing a car that was daily transport for a Kiwi world champion racing driver adds a patina all its own, as Donn and Jamie Anderson have discovered
MADE IN MANUREWA • Michael Clark traces Shane van Gisbergen’s Bathurst victory and Supercars championships back to some strong motorsport roots in South Auckland
THE SUMMER OF ’70 • In part one last month, Gerard, an eager youth at the time, drooled at the prospect of the mighty Formula 5000s taking on a ragtag army of fading Formula 1 cars in one of the Tasman Series’ greatest seasons. Here’s how it unfolded. Gentlemen, start your engines
THE BEST OF BRITISH • — ALLAN DIPPIE’S TWR ROVER 3500 SD1 VITESSE
ALLAN SCOTT’S INSIDE LINE
SUNBEAM RESCUE • If you’d like to let us in behind your garage door, send a few pics and a brief description of your project to editor@classiccar.co.nz
MISERLY MINI
THINK OF IT AS A FOUR-DOOR COOPER • Mini man John Kelly has been seduced by the allure of a bigger car
Readers’ Writes
Pedal power • Our columnist is bang on trend this month, dragging a precious J40 pedal car — the current darling of Goodwood — out of his dark recesses
NOTHING BUT THE BEST
THE PUREST FORD OF ALL? • Everybody loves an Escort, and Ben Selby discovers this means that almost any one will do
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