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AWARDS
Best Hot Rod 1929 Ford Model A roadster — Tony House
Best Low-Rider 1960 Pontiac Catalina wagon — Kelvin Taylor
Best Muscle Car 1968 Dodge Charger — Steve Gorter
Best Japanese 1973 Mazda RX-2 sedan — Ralph Taylor
Best European 1966 Mercedes-Benz 250S
Best Bike 2008 Harley-Davidson Softail Deluxe — Wilson Ford
Bad Penny’s Pick of the Day 1960 Pontiac Catalina wagon — Kelvin Taylor
A ’64 Impala at a show full of low-riders — who would have thought? Well, in the case of
Scott Anderson’s, this is a point of difference. His awesome sedan is powered by a 400ci small block
fed by a GT45 turbo sourced from a C12 Caterpillar, with an exhaust housing to suit the small block.
Scott did all the work, including modifying the eBay manifolds to suit, and dumping the whole thing
in the weeds on full airbag suspension. At 8psi of boost, the small block makes enough grunt to slip
the 700R4 trans, so Scott’s future plans include beefing up the transmission. Of course, if he does
that, he might as well build the big block that he’s got into a 496ci stroker and feed that a whole
lotta boost — nothing like a bit of Kiwi can-do, is there?
You may remember Daniel Jones’ amazing ’63 Bel Air wagon as featured in the NZV8 Beach Hop Annual
2017 — a car we’d go so far as to call New Zealand’s best low-rider. The incredible machine, which is
almost more art than vehicle, has been pulled off the road for Dan to complete more chassis work. In the
meantime, Daniel and wife Cassie have scored this slick ’68 Caprice coupe in which to cruise around.
The original 327ci small block drives great, and all that’s been done so far has been to colour-match
the brake drums and add those awesome Keystone Klassic rims and whitewall tyres. A static altitude
adjustment is soon to come and will be the only major modification — Daniel knows what can happen
when he gets carried away!
low-rider, muscle car, Japanese, European, and
motorbike, plus the pick of the day, chosen by Chris
from Bad Penny Classic and Custom Services, pretty
much all bases were covered.
Congratulations must go not only to those
whose cars were the proud recipients of awards
but to everyone who displayed their cars to
make the event the aesthetic pleasure that it
was. Of course, a big thank you must also go
to everyone who put in the hard yards to make
Culture — Backstreet Car Meet a success — not
only as a great event but by somehow making it
even better than the last one. We’ll be back.
Ben Gibson’s 70 Series Land Cruiser is one gnarly
machine. He’s spent around five years building it
into the radical mini-truck it currently is, and says
that there’s probably another five in it before it’s
finished. It sits on an ’88 Hilux chassis, with custom
front and rear sections plasma-cut by hand. Ben did
all the fabrication work at his Dommia Metalworks
and Kustoms workshop. That included the tubular
front control arms and trick rear end comprising
a Satchell link with custom bag-over-arm set-up.
Power is to be provided by a 1UZ-FE V8 from a
Lexus LS400 donor vehicle, and the truck will sit
low over full Slam Specialties bags
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