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

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TRADIE’S CHOICE • A house painter by trade, Clint Wheeler applied his eye for detail to his latest creation, an uberrare ’62 FJ panel van

Rotary CHIC • The GS Birotor is a well-equipped and stylishly efficient design made even more intriguing by its amazing hydropneumatic suspension. It could easily have been the Peugeot 205GTI of its day, kicking off the hot-hatch trend some 10 years earlier

LARGER THAN LIFE: Rush collection COOPER 500 • This Cooper 500 has played a significant role in the birth of two legendary motor sport teams at opposite ends of the earth

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PULSE-RACING PULSAR • Nineties nostalgia on fast forward: Ben Selby recalls the way that these pocket-rocket Japanese domestic market homologation specials turbocharged the boy racer scene

CORVETTE’S SECOND WIND • The C5, the Corvette General Motors did not want to build, saved the name and paved the way to a long-cherished midengined version nearly 20 years later

Westward Ho — the great Kiwi road trip • Australia is all well and good if you are hankering to travel but why not combine two great pastimes and show your classic car a bit more of Godzone?

MURTAYA IN BLACK • Sadly, the Murtaya’s makers wound up in the red, but they created one of world’s best and most affordable composite cars — a car that a deserving few still appreciate

A charmed life • Racking up an enviable sequence of championship-winning spannering is remarkable enough, but in part two of his career the talented Cary Taylor also surprises his old boss Jack Brabham behind the wheel

THE GTHO — THE FALCON UNLEASHED • Motorman was let loose with a Ford Falcon GTHO on the streets of Sydney and beyond, sampling a winning race car on the road and track

Sarthe’s most unlikely winner • The illustrious history of Le Mans has often seen dynasties wax and wane over several seasons. The year 1991 provided a seismic shock to the system

What we did before cell phones

Classic Garage

Readers’ Writes

ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS: MAKING A LEGEND • Van Booy and Briggs Published 2020 by ACC Art Books. ISBN: 978-1-78884-100

KNOWING WHAT’S SPECIAL • THERE’S A SAYING THAT GOES SOMETHING LIKE: IF YOU MAKE YOUR PASSION YOUR BUSINESS YOU’LL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE

Delayed Delage

REPLICA RUMBLE RUMBLES ON • The fallout from Jaguar’s challenge to C-Type replicas spreads globally and the world of classic auctions gets a check-up

THE SENSIBLE CORVETTE • The C4 Corvette was a better car than the tougher-looking C3 but it didn’t win hearts, making it a true performance sports tourer bargain

KIWI DRIVER FUND SEEKS MORE SPONSORS

LAST CHANCE SALOON

MUSCLE GARAGE RETURNS TO AIR

BURNING RUBBER

PUKE IS BACK

EVENT DIARY • Due to Covid-19 precautions, events may be postponed or...