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MUSCLE GARAGE

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PINEPAC FALCON ∞ IRISHMAN RALLY ∞ INSANE HSV

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contents DECEMBER 2018

The Cars

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24: FABRICATED REALITY — THE ULTIMATE PRO-TOURER 34: HEAD OF THE PAC — REBIRTH OF A LEGENDARY RACER 68: ANARCHY — DRAG RACING GOES A LITTLE BIT CRAZY 80: WHITE LIGHTNING — A FRESH TAKE ON AN OLD CLASSIC 96: CORRUPTING POWER — AN HSV LIKE NO OTHER

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The Events

48: IRISHMAN RALLY 54: TE AROHA CRUISE IN 88: CRUISIN’ FOR A CURE 122: ENZED CENTRAL MUSCLE CARS ROUND 1

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108: DREAM SHED — ONE HELL OF A SCHED 116: BAD VIBES — DRIVESHAFT ANGLES RESOLVED

The Other Stuff 04: SHORT SHIFT 08: NEWS 10: TORQUEBACK 12: JUST QUICKLY 16: ONLINE THIS MONTH 18: DAILY GRIND 20: IN THE BUILD 22: EVENTS 44: SUBSCRIBE AND WIN 46: STRAIGHT TALK 62: DRAGGED UP 64: NZ’S QUICKEST 66: AEROFLOW RACE DIARY 104: SOCIAL SCENE 106: CONCEPT CORNER 128: CMC NEWS 130: CARGO 132: A DECADE AGO 134: LOCAL SPECIALISTS 136: COMING NEXT MONTH

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WORDS: TODD WYLIE PHOTOS: ADAM CROY

SOME MAY SAY THAT BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP, BUT, ON THIS WICKED ’69, IT GOES A WHOLE LOT FURTHER

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1969 Chev Camaro RS

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1982 Ford XE Falcon

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WORDS: TODD WYLIE PHOTOS: ADAM CROY

THIS ISN’T A REPLICA OF THE ANDERSON BROTHERS’ FAMOUS PINEPAC XE FALCON FROM THE ’80S; IT’S THEIR NEW IMPROVED VERSION!

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espite being a small dot on the underside of the globe, New Zealand’s known for punching above its weight in the world of motorsport. You only need to put your copy of NZV8 down for long enough to catch the news on TV these days to see just how well we’re doing. Names like Scott Dixon, Brendon Hartley, and the all-conquering V8 Supercar drivers such as SVG, Fabian Coulthard, and Scott McLaughlin are the talk of the town.

The beauty of motorsport at this level these days is that the drivers are backed by big teams with even bigger budgets and, with the level of professionalism within the sport, the drivers can make a damn good living out of it.

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Special Feature

Irishman Rally

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SOMETIMES, TAKING THINGS SLOWLY CAN BE THE BEST OPTION. THE IRISHMAN RALLY IS ONE SUCH TIME! WORDS AND PHOTOS: TONY JOHNSON

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The Irishman Rally is a breeze for the Washingtons; their 1929 Chrysler 75 roadster has competed — with success — in the famous Peking to Paris rally

A point of interest during the 2018 Irishman was Blue Cliffs Station near Saint Andrews, which has its own airstrip. The station is so high that participants were literally in the clouds

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intage car rallies? No thanks. I prefer life in the fast lane. I also prefer being around blokes and girls with a sense of fun. I’m as happy with a life devoid of Austin 7s and other leaky antiques with less horsepower than a ride-on lawnmower as I am without thermos flasks of Bell tea and cucumber sandwiches wrapped in greaseproof paper.

Since shifting to the middle of the South Island six years ago, however, I’ve discovered a vintage car rally for people like me, and — in one of life’s wonderful little coincidences — it’s right on my doorstep. It’s called the ‘Irishman Rally’.

“I’ve been going on rod runs all my life, and this is more fun than any of them,” Harry Orpwood said of the rally.

Harry’s a hot rodder’s hot rodder, and there’s a bunch of cool car stuff ticked off among his long and varied weekend-life résumé. Steve Keys, long-time hot rodder and drag racer, also attests to the appeal of this particular vintage car sojourn, and talked me into going on it with

him some years ago. Harry and Steve are right; if you have a love of cars, enjoy the challenge of pushing an old car hard and keeping it going with mechanical sympathy and finesse, and have a sense of adventure, then the Irishman Rally really is something quite special.

There’s a huge sense of adventure about the Irishman that you don’t get with any other motoring-related activity that I’ve ever participated in, and I say that for many reasons. This sense of adventure won’t be found at ‘normal’ vintage car rallies; neither will it be found at hot rod runs. For starters, the Irishman Rally is limited to vehicles no newer than 1930. A good start then; you won’t find yourself parked next to a Morris Oxford or a Rover 90. The real kick, however, is that the Irishman is about the challenge presented by doing several hundred kilometres, over two days, across high-country stations, traversing windy and rutted farm tracks and stony riverbeds, through swollen streams and muddy fords — all, of course, made much more special by doing it in a motor vehicle that is, or is rapidly approaching, 100 years of age.

Close to Irishman Creek Station, the canal roads — used for servicing the canals feeding from Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki — provided some of the smoothest roads travelled over the weekend

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1958 Plymouth Fury

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anarchy WORDS: BATMAN PHOTOS: ROBIN

NOBODY PANICS WHEN THINGS GO ACCORDING TO PLAN, EVEN IF THE PLAN IS HORRIFYING

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