NZV8 — February 2018

(Frankie) #1
MANY OF THE COLLECTIONS THAT WE’VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO
FEATURE HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT CONSPICUOUS; MICHAEL BLACKWOOD’S,
ON THE OTHER HAND, TAKES STEALTH TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL!

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ost people who are granted access to
Michael Blackwood’s garage will be taken
aback by what they are presented with —
not because of the size of the garage or
the number of vehicles or the rarity of the vehicles,
but simply by the fact that the collection could exist
while drawing absolutely no attention to itself.


There is no large barn, no letterbox perched on
an old crankshaft, nothing to outwardly indicate
that the residents of the brand-new house might
have the slightest inclination towards cars as more
than devices for transport — and that’s just the way
Michael likes it. From the outside, all you see is the
same type of internal-access double garage that

dream shed Michael Blackwood


WORDS: CONNAL GRACE PHOTOS: ADAM CROY
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