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By Wayne Scraba TUNNEL ram manifolds made their debut in the early sixties -- the first ones were actually smallblock Chevy jobs patterned off a Rochester mechanical fuel injection intake manifold (drag racer Carroll Caudle should be credited for th

THE first Ford Thunderbirds were introduced to compete directly with Chevrolet’s Corvette. Introduced in 1955 they were a similar two-seater, medium size car with limited storage capacity. The Ford design team changed things radically thinking outsid

DELRAY Auto was started off by Wayne Martin (long time Christchurch rodder) about five years ago and back then it was located in Kingsley Street, Christchurch. Initially, the original smaller shop concentrated on basic repairs and W.O.Fs. As more and

Words/pics Jenni Bickley, GT pics Graham Thomas “Kiwis don’t fly, but they can run fast” is a statement which was tested on August 11 as Dunedin’s Owen Jones and Chris Barnes from Riverton faced Bonneville’s Short Course for the first time with th

By Paul Grace GLENN Smith has merged his passion for racing with the acquisition of his Pro-Touring Camaro. It’s a move akin to taking the racetrack to the street: it gives the same buzz but with a different set of boundaries. Glenn’s racing career

THANK god for imagination. Especially ‘out-there’ imagination. Darren Marchant and his wife Jules march to a different drum. They couldn’t give a hoot about the latest automotive trends and fads, and ‘real’ to them is whatever tickles their funny bon

YOU may remember the name Stewart from a little place called Bannockburn which was an old gold mining town of the 1800s. That was Michael’s dad Johnny with his 1930 Essex we featured several months back and the one Michael did all the bodywork and pa

NZHRM was privileged to attend the Back to the Fifties 45th Annual event back in June. It’s a full-on outdoor shown’ shine combined with a perpetual cruise inside the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St Paul. This event has been judged the Best Automot