If it wasn’t for modern-day doomscrolling, we wonder how many cars would never have been built. Kieran Tucker’s ’55 Cadillac Coupe DeVille is one of those. When he was scrolling through Facebook Marketplace a couple of years ago with no specific purp

New-gen engine swaps in classic Aussie rides always get our attention, and The Krysler Shop is delivering the excitement with their latest build: a ’68 Ford Falcon packing a blown Coyote V8. Squeezing that massive, wide block into the Falcon’s narrow

You would be hard-pressed to find a good Holden VL Commodore for under $5000 these days, let alone a VL Commodore BT-1. However, the year is 2008, where Commodore tax wasn’t a thing, and Commodores like VLs could be sourced for a reasonable price. Ja

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We can hear those of you who know Andy Brooking thinking, here we go again. Yep, the Rotorua-based serial car builder has whipped up yet another build, and yes, like all of them, it was always destined to be sold before it was even completed. As the

If you ever find yourself in the position where someone asks you to define what a muscle car is, there’s a very high chance that what you end up describing is something like this Dodge Coronet. A key defining factor of a true muscle car is a big engi

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Here are some quick hits of content from social media channels around the globe, curated by Low Fast Famous. They relate to some of the projects and completed builds that have been generating the most interaction and impressions in the past 30 days.

Are your shocks old or wearing out? Worn out shocks can bring premature vehicle repairs by reducing the lifetime of your vehicle’s steering and suspension products. So, when replacing shock absorbers, it’s wise to fit the best affordable quality bran

Stu Goldsworthy is a busy lad between racing his Pro Mod style Camaro, his street legal ’69 Camaro, and having a handful of other amazing cars in the shed. At Masterton Motorplex recently, things may not have gone according to plan for the Corvette,

There’s no denying Dave Gurr’s XW Falcon had street cred in spades. Slammed on its arse, big wheels, and a big blower hanging out the front, it had a lot going for it. So much so that not too long after we featured it, a new owner came calling and th

Kruzin Kustoms build some pretty sweet street trucks, there is no denying that, yet their latest one is a bit of a twist. They went out of scope, and it worked! A ’64s C10 GMC, a bit rough around the edges of the body, structurally sound, but a hundr

Seventeen cars took to the Ruapuna circuit for the second round over the last weekend of October. The meeting saw the return of Rhys Gould in his Signature Homes Mustang after the crash that put him out for the remainder of last season at the Superca

It’s been a few years now since Kerry Stewart’s eight-second, street-legal T-bucket came to grief at Meremere after a component failure caused a substantial crash. While he’s been slowly chipping away at repairing the car, he made a big push recently

Wellington’s newest automotive attraction opened to the public for the first time in late December. Cars Inc, the brainchild of Paul Boden and his wife Jen Gower, has been in the works for a few years but in the planning for the past decade. Although

Land speed racing is somewhat of an underground motorsport in New Zealand, even though it’s quite popular among many automotive disciplines and scenes. Every motor enthusiast scene has a crack at outright speed records, no matter if it’s American, Eu

Been a minute since we got the lowdown on John’s ’69 Chevelle, but Real Rides just hit us with a batch of fresh images showcasing all the fab work complete as it confidently rolls out of the shop. The upcoming phase? A splash of custom Lamborghini mi

When we first heard that Auckland Racer Jim Carroll was selling his beloved street car, we wondered what was up, but soon the rumours began to fall into place. Having partnered with David Morris to campaign a Super Sedan Camaro with great success, it

Without a doubt, the trend of building pickup trucks here in New Zealand is gaining popularity. If you decide to build one, the options are almost endless. On one hand, you can have a classic cool cruiser, or on the other hand you can have a tough st

This year saw Rangiora play host to the 34th running of Muscle Car Madness. From humble beginnings in a local supermarket car park, attended by around 70 vehicles, the original attendees had no idea where the event would go or if it would still be ar

It’s 2.30am, Wednesday, 3 January, and I’m sitting at Wellington airport eagerly awaiting my flight to Sydney. Summernats, the biggest burnout festival in the world, kicks off in the next 24 hours, and I’m pumped for it! I’m excited to see four Kiwi

CHECK NZV8.CO.NZ FOR REGULAR NEWS UPDATES On the third day of Street Machine Summernats 36, a lot of celebration was happening at EPIC. One person who had a particularly exciting time was Andrew ‘LYNCHY’ Lynch. After years of skidding his well-known

Late last year, the burnout community in New Zealand mourned the loss of a legendary woman, Jenn Ireland. Jenn played a pivotal role in uniting the local burnout community and shaping it into what it is today. Her significant contribution was her rol

CHECK NZV8.CO.NZ FOR REGULAR NEWS UPDATES Thirty years, eh? Not many events can pull that off, let alone a family operation wrangling hundreds of cars, vendors, and a million tiny details into what we affectionately call ‘Kumeu’. But the Galvin famil