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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FORD’S NEW PREDATOR: THE MUSTANG DARK HORSE SC

GRAND SPORT IS BACK: CORVETTE REVIVES A LEGEND

BYERS CROWNED INAUGURAL TA2 NZ CHAMPION

WHAT’S THE DIFF? • NZ’S REAR-AXLE SPECIALIST, THE KRYSLER SHOP, HAS BECOME NEW ZEALAND’S GO-TO FOR NINE-INCH REAR ENDS — AND A WHOLE LOT MORE

Fast EDDIE • EDWIN ABBOTT’S JOURNEY INTO HOT RODDING STARTED WITH A GREASY BURGER AND HAS TURNED INTO A 524HP LS-POWERED 1931 FORD MODEL A TUDOR. FUNNY HOW THAT HAPPENS, HUH?

BOOSTED Roo • ANDY ETCHELLS FANCIES HIMSELF AS A BIT OF A KANGAROO HERDER, WITH NOT ONE BUT NOW TWO ROOS TO HIS NAME. HIS LATEST IS ‘BADROO’ — A BODY-SWAPPED, REAR-MOUNTED TURBO 1969 FORD FALCON XW

Reveon RESET, REFRESH, AND REBOOT FOR 2026 AND BEYOND • A NEW NAME, A NEW HOME, AND A FRESH DIRECTION. REVCON BRINGS MULTIPLE AUTOMOTIVE SCENES TOGETHER UNDER ONE ROOF, CREATING A SHOW THAT’S BIGGER, LOUDER, AND MORE DIVERSE THAN EVER BEFORE

DON’T FORGET YOUR Roots • MICHAEL AND COLLEEN WALTERS’ EH HOLDEN WAGON IS A LOVE LETTER TO KIWI SUMMERS PAST — WITH A VERY MODERN HEARTBEAT HIDDEN BENEATH THE BONNET

THE SUNDAY FINALISTS OF REPCO BEACH HOP 26 • IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS YEAR’S BEACH HOP, OR OUR ANNUAL MAGAZINE FOR THE EVENT, HERE’S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE FIVE CARS THAT MADE SUNDAY COUNT

ICONTINENTAL • YOU’VE SEEN IT ON THE BIG SCREEN AND EVEN ON THE FRONT DOORSTEP OF THE WHITE HOUSE. NOW, THE LINCOLN CONTINENTAL HITS NZV8, WITH CARL JOHNSTON’S 1967 BAGGED TWO-DOOR LS-POWERED EXAMPLE CEMENTING ITSELF AS AN ICON OF ITS OWN

THE CORNER OF HALEY AND FLOWER • TIME FLIES, RIGHT? ONE DAY, YOU’RE A YOUNG BLOKE EXPERIENCING SOMETHING NEW AND EXCITING, AND THE NEXT DAY, YOU’RE OLD AND GREY, REMINISCING ABOUT ALL THOSE NEW AND EXCITING THINGS THAT HAPPENED DECADES AGO…

Southland SAND RACERS RETURN • FOUR YEARS IN, INVERCARGILL’S SECRETIVE PRE-WAR BEACH RACING MOVEMENT GROG SHOWS NO SIGN OF SLOWING — AND THIS YEAR, PETE LITTLE TOOK IT FURTHER OFF THE BEATEN TRACK THAN EVER BEFORE

DRAGGED UP DRAG RACING NEWS

NEW SHOP, NEW MILESTONES • THREE SECONDS, SIDE BY SIDE — THAT’S THE GOAL. IT’S CLOSER THAN IT’S EVER BEEN

SMOKE, MILESTONES, AND MOMENTUM • TWO EVENTS, A NEW CHAMPION, AND PROOF THAT THE NEW ZEALAND BURNOUT SCENE IS ONLY GETTING STARTED

DECADE AGO • ISSUE NOS. 128 AND 129 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016

READERS’Rides • WANT TO GET YOUR CAR IN READERS’ RIDES? FLICK US AN EMAIL, ALONG WITH FOUR TO SIX IMAGES OF YOUR CAR, TO EDITOR@NZV8.CO.NZ

CARGO • THIS ISSUE’S MUST-HAVES

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