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

Thirty years and counting

30 YEARS OF NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR • Looking back at the first few issues — effectively black and white newspapers with glossy covers — it’s easy to see how far Classic Car has come, but it’s also easy to underestimate the role it played in nurturing New Zealand’s classic car industry

THE MAN WITH THE PLAN • Founder and publisher of New Zealand Classic Car Greg Vincent almost fell into the publishing game. He helped create New Zealand’s vibrant classic car scene almost by accident

NUTS — AND BOLTS — ABOUT CARS • Patrick Harlow practises what he preaches. He has had a lifelong interest in kit cars and has built several himself. He has also written books on New Zealanders who have taken this urge to the next level — all of the ultimately doomed attempts to create a homegrown car industry

PART-TIME WRITER, FULL-TIME ENERGISER • Trevor Stanley-Joblin knew he was onto a winner with Classic Car when he offered to sell 40 copies of the brand-new magazine at the Canterbury classic car event he was running. His daughter ran the stall and said they sold out within 40 minutes. He called publisher Greg Vincent with the good news

ENERGETIC INVESTIGATOR • In 30 years of Classic Car assignments, Quinton Taylor’s career highlight is like an encounter with the gods on Mount Olympus compared with the usual tramps about New Zealand’s admittedly spectacular motoring landscape

CASTROL R IN HIS VEINS • “When I was in Form 1, my father came home from the parent-teacher interview and reported that my teacher had asked what I read at home. Dad told him, ‘He only reads about racing cars’”

DONN ANDERSON, THE MOTORMAN • If ever there was someone who needed no introduction to a car-literate New Zealand audience it would be Donn Anderson

Penny’s Pagoda • Is this the ultimate classic car? It’s the one Penny Webster always wanted, and a host of skilled craftspeople made this car as close to the perfect example as it’s possible to get

FLIGHT PLAN CLEARED THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO • Ford offered the Thunderbird as its personal luxury car in 1966. One owner has shown how it can be the perfect, driveable classic five-and-a-half decades on

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Rural Delivery • Lew Eustace didn’t have to go far to find his next classic car project. It was sitting derelict in a neighbour’s paddock

Making the perfect Martini • Starting at the top, Carteroni made its dreams come true, recreating Lancia’s world-beating 037

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SIXTH LOTUS ESPRIT? • Lotus didn’t know, but owner Robb Simpson put together the answer — and the car — from a box of bits, recreating a unique slice of Lotus’s New Zealand motoring legacy

JAGUAR’S LAST TRUE SPORTING SEDAN • Every true classic car enthusiast should have at least one drive in a Jaguar Mark II, according to Donn Anderson, who reminisces about the model and highlights how New Zealand...