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NOV. 2018 ISSUE 162

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NUTS AND BOLTS: GET IT RIGHT, KEEP IT TIGHT

PRO STREET ‘55> WE THRASH A GTS-R AND BLOWN MUSTANG, RETRO-TECH CAMARO, TORANA ROAD RACER, AND MORE

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contents NOVEMBER 2018

The Cars

26: THE BATTLE WHINES ON

MUSTANG RTR VERSUS HSV GTSR

36: SERIOUS BITE

SUPERCAR-INSPIRED MUSTANG MASTERPIECE

46: THE FULL MONTY 582-CUBE STREET DOMINATOR

70: HOT CHOCOLATE

A NEW BREED OF PRO-TOURING CAMARO

94: MECHANICAL ANIMAL BALLS-OUT TORANA STREET CAR

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The Events

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60: KAIKOURA HOP 86: PETROLHEAD FATHER’S DAY DRAGS 116: PETROLHEADS @ PORIRUA

116 Special Features

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The Other Stuff 04 SHORT SHIFT 08 BENCH SEAT 10 NEWS 12 TORQUEBACK 14 JUST QUICKLY 18 ONLINE THIS MONTH 20 DAILY GRIND 22 IN THE BUILD 24 EVENTS 56 SUBSCRIBE AND WIN 58 STRAIGHT TALK 80 AEROFLOW RACE DIARY 82 DRAGGED UP 84 NZ’S QUICKEST 102 CONCEPT CORNER 104 SOCIAL SCENE 126 CMC NEWS 128 CARGO 132 A DECADE AGO 134 LOCAL SPECIALISTS 136 COMING NEXT MONTH

106: DREAM SHED — DUNEDIN DREAM 114: FASTEN UP — EVERYTHING YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FASTENERS 122: INSTANT GAINS — EASY AIR FLOW

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2018 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 3 / 2017 HSV GTSR Walkinshaw W557

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WORDS: LACHLAN JONES PHOTOS: ADAM CROY

IT’S A BATTLE AS OLD AS TIME, ONE OF SUCH EPIC PROPORTIONS THAT BLUE AND RED BLOOD BATHES THE STREETS OF WESTERN SUBURBS RIGHT ACROSS AUSSIE AND NEW ZEALAND. IT’S BLACK OR WHITE, UP OR DOWN, MARMITE OR VEGEMITE. IT’S FORD V. HOLDEN, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT. WE DECIDED TO LINE UP TWO HIGHLY TUNED VERSIONS OF THE TOUGHEST NEW MUSCLE CARS TO COME FROM THE ICONIC BRANDS, AND THERE WAS SUPERCHARGER WHINE COMING FROM EVERY ANGLE

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or many moons, this and many other magazines have taken the Commodore and Falcon head to head.

From the most basic repmobiles right up to the most powerful HSVs and FPVs and homebuilt monsters known to the Antipodes. But, with the demise of the Aussie manufacturing industry, the great Aussie battlers have had to look elsewhere for development.

This means that we’re now looking down the barrel of fourcylinder, German-built Commodores based on the Opel Insignia. Don’t get me wrong, this is about as bad as it gets.

And even if you opt for the 3.6-litre V6 engine, you’ll probably not be too disappointed by the 315hp engine and all-wheeldrive (AWD) drivetrain, but it ain’t going to blow your socks off.

Ford is taking a different approach to the winding up of its Broadmeadows and Geelong plants. The ‘Falcon’ name is being retired, and the hierarchy at the home of the Blue Oval has decided that Falcon buyers can be split into three camps:

the bogans — they can buy the Mustang; the families — they can buy one of the hundreds of SUVs that Ford has on offer; and the fleet buyer — they can jump into the not entirely awful Mondeo.

So, while things are changing in the day-to-day business of selling more cars to more people, there’s still hope for those who are interested in doing whatever it takes to optimise power at any cost. These folks aren’t fussed about where their inspiration comes from; they have one goal in mind: performance. The two cars we have put together here on these pages are proof that we have little to fear, as partnerships between manufacturers, international performance houses and Kiwi workshops will ensure that there’s plenty of fun still to be had.

At the forefront of this crusade for power are RTR for Ford and Walkinshaw for Holden. These two cars have left our jaws on the floor. Not lacking in power, poise, or noise, this battle of the titans is more than just a numbers game.

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feature car

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1965 Ford Mustang

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IGOR SUTICH IS A MAN WHO KNOWS WHAT HE WANTS, AND WHEN HE DECIDED THAT HE WANTED THE BEST DAMN MUSTANG IN THE LAND, HE WOULDN’T STOP UNTIL HE GOT IT! WORDS: TODD WYLIE PHOTOS: ADAM CROY

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he old ‘work hard, play harder’ adage is one that Igor Sutich knows all too well.

A savvy businessman by day, Igor’s had a passion for custom and classic cars for as long as he can remember. However, when people ask him what he’s owned over the years, there’s a bit of a surprise in store. That’s not because he’s not owned anything of interest — far from it — but because, as the one-time owner of iconic Auckland car yard Hollywood Cars, he’s had at least one of almost everything. Hollywood Cars

was the go-to place for those with a passion for cars out of the ordinary, and Igor clearly also got to sample some of the good.

Fast forward to around 2010, and, by now in the property industry, Igor was keen to put something classic back in his stable. Now, let’s face it, with Igor having been behind the wheel of many Italian and German supercars in the intervening years, whatever he got into was never going to impress him if it drove like an old car.

The car had to be set up to give Igor the same

driving experience as the supercars did, which meant a whole lot of customization would be required. Plus, like any perfectionist, Igor was never going to settle for a car that didn’t look as good as it drove.

Sadly, Igor’s first foray into getting what he wanted didn’t go so well, with a supposed metal-file finish turning out to be a less-than-ideal bog job. Not impressed but keen not to throw the whole car and to do it right, Igor was more determined than ever to get the car that he wanted.

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1955 Chev 210

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TERRY’S ’55 MAY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY HOLLYWOOD, BUT ITS GOOD LOOKS ARE FAR MORE THAN SKIN DEEP WORDS: CONNAL GRACE PHOTOS: ADAM CROY

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s Terry MacRae’s suburban garage door rolls up on its electric motor, the sunlight glides over the chrome bumpers and perfect paint of a car that can’t be mistaken for anything other than a ’55 Chev. The starter motor coughs against a high-compression big block, and the engine fires into an uneven earthquake of an idle.

Disturbing the peace down the main streets of

Tauranga, the silky-smooth Chev stands out as an anomaly among the hordes of plastic bumpers and LED lights — something better suited to a world of neon and chrome depicted on the big screen.

“I’ve loved the two-door ’55 Chev sedan since seeing it in American Graffiti when I was a teenager,” Terry reminisces. “I bet you can guess what my favourite movie is!”

However, as they say, good things take time. While

it may have taken a bunch of classic American cars over a few decades for Terry to address his desire to own a ’55 Chev two-door sedan, he was only ever going to do it properly when the time came. It was near-on six years ago that he advertised this desire on the Wanted section of Trade Me, and found what he was looking for, thanks to John Penman, who had a couple of Chevs in a container that had just arrived from the US.

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Event Report

Kaikoura Hop 2018

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL RUNNING OF THE KAIKOURA HOP HAD THE EARTH SHAKING WITH PLENTY OF CARS AND GOOD VIBES WORDS AND PHOTOS: ROD DUNN

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t’s hard to believe, but this year’s was the eighth running of the Kaikoura Hop, held over 13–16 September. From humble beginnings, the Kaikoura Hop has now cemented its place as a must-do event on the New Zealand car-scene calendar. The past couple of years haven’t been easy for the organizers, with not only a huge change of venue but also the upheaval that Mother Nature caused with the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the region just after midnight on 14 November 2016. Last year, the

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organizers faced uncertainty with the loss of so much of the town’s accommodation, not only through the damage caused by quakes but also because much of it was occupied by the hundreds of workers who had moved to the town to help with the rebuilding of the main coastal road.

As hard and as trying as all that has been, this year’s event left no doubt about the Hop’s popularity, with hundreds of registered entries and thousands of people through the gates on Saturday for the Show and Shine.

After a great cruise through to Picton on Thursday, it was nice to relax that evening with the drive-in movie.

This year, we watched Smokey and the Bandit in acknowledgement of the recent passing of Burt Reynolds

Craig Cockburn is one very lucky fella, being the proud owner of this beautiful ’57 Bel Air coupe. Other than its wheels and stance, the car is fairly close to factory, and that includes the engine and box. Craig had brought the car up from Mayfield for the weekend

The best way to view the Show and Shine was from the air, and, thanks to the great team at South Pacific Helicopters, we were able to see not only the show but also the difference in the landscape since the 2016 earthquake

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