The Ngatea Custom, Classic & Van Show

[@CherylAnderson-y7s]

Awesome that you came to Ngatea for our annual car show, loved talking with you (Cheryl-BA Fairlane) Have subscribed now and enjoy watching your other events too!

[@4ndy530]

Danm Kiwi, bringing the NZ car scene to the rest of the World! Don't give away all of our secrets! 😂👍

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Thanks man, it's a secret worthy of sharing!!😁👍👍

[@Grandadsjunk]

Cool show brother good for yankee viewers to see aussie and British cars that they probably never would see

[@martinpattison5340]

We are part of the custom van club that was hosting the show and come up to support fish. Hopefully 25 we will have a van there to. Was an awesome turnout. Lots of very cool stuff. That ford panel van at the end of the vid has its factory intech 4.0 in it not a Barra. Thats what makes it unique is that they kept the original engine and turboed it instead of swapping it out. It goes real good to even in a semi mild trim.

[@jayweiss4378]

Always nice to come home! I bet you have some wonderful memories there….

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

It's been an awesome trip, just a few more days and we'll be heading back stateside!!

[@chrisfreemesser]

What a bunch of epic vehicles! Thanks for sharing the show with us Kiwi, really quite educational for us Yanks 🙂

[@RobMackay-i2w]

Hi there Chris, Fish here from Ngatea Customs and Classics and Van Revival shows! Absolutely stoked that you covered my show. Cheers, thanks, and Happy New Year to you 😀 Best regards. Fish. PS.. I was talking to Kelvin Flynn a couple of weeks ago, he mentioned you and your channel. 👍 Definitely a Ford Fan here.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

It was a great show Fish,awesome line up of all sorts of cars. Well organised with a great atmosphere. Maybe find a bit of budget for a loud hailer or a sound system. Ya did well but it was a bit hard to hear ya 😁👍😎

[@strangecustoms8486]

It was a good show first time I've been and I'm local lol What a collection of cars well done. C u for the next one.

[@RobMackay-i2w]

​@strangecustoms8486 cheers, awesome and thank you! I look forward to hosting everyone next time also. Most likely Saturday 27th December. Fish.

[@franklemesurier]

Thanks from Canada for the show. Lots of cool cars !

[@Beanerds]

Got my drivers license in New Zealand in a friends M3 Zephyr , great cars .

[@TAVOAu]

Hey Kiwi. The Kiwi's definitely get a better turnout than we do across here, very impressive car culture across the ditch. Yes, the GTR-XU1 got triple CD Stromberg carbs. Later LJs raced at Bathurst with Webers. LC GTRs ran the standard 161, LC XU1 ran the 186 with triples. LJ GTR had the standard 202, and the XU1 202 and triples. A little bit about the John Goss Special near the beginning, they were based on the XB GS spec car, as a tribute to John's win at Bathurst in '74. Curiously, in the only superseded XA model entered, none of the XBs finished that year. No, not going to have a crack at you over the VF/VG hardtop/Dart thing 🤣 I'm surprised you didn't get close to have a look at the XC panel van near the rocket car. Capris obviously didn't last as long across here, we really only got the old Mk1 with the Escort tail lights. Seems NZ got plenty of later ones, and yes, South Africa did have a 302 version of the Capri. Great video, lots to see and you covered it fabulously. Well done mate! ps: That van at the end only has the XG/XH SOHC in it, Barra is wider. 24:25 Fairlane Ghia 😉

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

Those Sandman panel wagons look like an ElCamino with a box built onto it. I love it! That Falcon panel wagon with the turbo Barra looks like a blast too. You Aussies and Kiwis sure got some cool cars. But I guess you probably think that about us too. We always want what we can't get. There are a lot of cars we never got here in the States that I would love to have. Especially stuff from the 60s to 80s. Which is also my favorite era of American cars.

[@donaldhalls2189]

If i kept some of my car's, one was a SLR TORANA, I do have a XF falcon multi Point fuel injected ,my interest in Holden was the first Commodore, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@paintucation]

You need to bring a few of these over!!! Great video! Happy new year!!

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

I wish !!! Happy new year bud. Looking forward to 2025!!

[@willardscott2146]

Man beautiful cars from down under

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

There were more than a few!!😁😎👍

[@itneverwasme]

Absolutely love those Falcons, I wish the US Faclons were like that.

[@slambo70]

05 was Brock telling Aussie drivers that was the alcohol limit for driving. Also, Jim Richards is my fave driver ever. Great video fella

[@roberthirshfield3571]

Looks like a Torino rear mustang front nice car like a fastback cougar 👍

[@roberthirshfield3571]

I believe the 351 Cleveland is why Australia has a love for ford

[@kelvinrf]

Thanks for putting Ngatea on the map. They will definitely need a bigger paddock next year.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Thanks man, not sure about putting Ngatea on the map but I'd be very happy if helped the show a bit 😁👍😎

[@kelvinrf]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Well, ya managed to treble the population while you were there. 🤣

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

@@kelvinrf 😬😬

[@strangecustoms8486]

I had to laugh too even at 1600 someone must have been counting the goats as well. 😁🇳🇿🤘

[@PhilDodgeFury]

great stuff , watched the whole film .Thanks , happy new year Kiwi ✨🍻

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Thanks man and thanks for watching !!

[@RobMackay-i2w]

@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 A loudhailer and more land! The land? Behind where your muzzy was parked, but flat and no shade. The loudhailer? Working on it! Cheers again.

[@jefscoupe32]

That was awesome! The old UTE (Chevrolet/Holden) looked like the back of any 39 Chevy sliced off and moved forward. Even the coupes had a side window at the back that would had to have been filled in. The odd thing was the split rear window. The US Chevys didn't have that. It looked more Ford-ish. I'm amazed at how many of the Australian-build cars had "mixed make" features. Or what looked like mixed make to me. The Holden Sandman looked like it had Ford Pinto tail lights. Some of the others looked like Dodge or Plymouth 'esque grilles, but were Ford or GM. I loved the Valiant Safari wagon that had the lights in the top of the fenders at the front. Were those some kind of running lights or turn signals? Would really be a cool add on to an American version. That would really make people ask questions. The Saker, I noticed later, the guy had the doors and engine cover open. I was trying to get you to scoot back over there, but you couldn't hear me...LOL Enjoy the rest of your visit and soak up as much sun as you can. You will probably be flying back into sure-nuff winter. The cold in sweeping down as far as Florida later this week. Have whoever is picking you up bring you a coat! Happy New Year.

[@DionIremonger]

Great video! An Awesome mix of some very cool cars there that day for sure👌Even got a couple of ours in there (the Wlakinshaw ' clone' & the VC 80' Brock/Richards HDT Marlboro 'Tribute') 🤘😎🤘 Cheers

[@terrywombat4856]

The Goss Special came in 2 color schemes Appolo Blue, and the Emerald Green as shown. They had white seats, some dealers added a rear spoiler.

[@aussiebloke609]

And was 302 only. No idea why, but there's no 351 in the Goss.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

So was the green interior in that car factory??

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

@aussiebloke609 yeah seemed a bit odd....🤔

[@aussiebloke609]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Yes - and no. According to Wiki, they all came from the factory with a white interior contrasted by a black dashboard and carpet. But "some Ford dealers such as McLeod Ford in Sydney ...chose to add accessories such as front and rear spoilers, and/or to modify the interior seating to feature colourful cloth or vinyl inserts." So it's probably the interior from new - but not the factory interior.

[@DanEBoyd]

Those things on the back of the Valiant wagon scoop air from the sides of the moving car, and divert that air onto the rear window, in an effort to keep it clear of rain drops and snow.

[@strangecustoms8486]

Mainly dust over here with all the metal roads

[@Mercmad]

The Capri was initially designed to have the V6,which is a heavier engine that the Ford SB V8.My Dad had a mate who owned a car yard in Auckland's Khyber pass ,so we often got exotic cars at home including a Capri 3000 GTE which was pretty fast in it's day but talk about wild understeer!. I was at a car show in Brisbane about 24 years ago and I was chatting with an oz who was driving a nice Mk1 Zephyr ,He said " there's a line up of Zephyrs over there, that's where you will find Kiwis. He wasn't wrong .I even ran into an old mate from my Hot Rodding days,Les Ireland,who was driving a nice MK1 convertible. And Yes the Blue VK Brock could be had with a 308 or the real weapon,the 304 which is what i ordered .Including On road costs etc ,the total was $26,000 ...😁😁

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Oh it's painful to think of what we paid for these cars back in the day🤦🏼‍♂️

[@daniellefraser2350]

13:00...... interesting correlation, '79 style fox-body tail lights with '87 fox-body head lights in 1983 🍺

[@aussiebloke609]

To add to the Mad Max feel...we already know about the Falcon coupes. But the Holden Sandman panel van was also in the original movie - it's what Max owned as his personal car, the one his wife was driving when she was running from the motorcycle gang (and accidentally removed Kundalini's hand.)

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

That's true, I need to watch movie again I've forgotten too much of it!!

[@craigexaustralia7147]

Who cares what its worth, they're all worth saving.. y'know till the time comes, always there will come a time, long after we are gone.

[@PhilDodgeFury]

My first car was a 1600 capri . 700$ Dad load which i payed back . The gear lever used to pull out the floor ! plastic threaded thing

[@KB10GL]

The last of the Race/RT Chargers with the triple Webers, was the E49 option. They developed an advertised 302 HP, from 265 cubes, & to drive one of these on the street took bolls of steel as they were a handful. No power steer, no power brakes, a cam that would do justice to many a drag motor & when they 'come on the cam' they will throw you back into the seat in a very scary way. The E49 option with the track pack option was never meant to be a road car, but they were legal to register & drive. They were really meant to be operated on a race track at full throttle. The street version used the E48 option engine. Still a triple Weber carb engine, & with the four speed, it was streetable, just, but still well capable of giving one a really big fright when you punch it, if one is not careful. The interesting thing is that the basic engine started as a Chrysler USA design as a truck engine that, for whatever reason, was abandoned in the early development stage. Aussie Chrysler engineers stumbled across it one day when visiting & said, Yeeeeah, we think we can do something with that. They certainly did.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Good info sir. I always thought that engine was completely Aussie designed and built .....🤔🤔

[@KB10GL]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Well, in the end, it pretty well was. For me, the only tragedy was calling it a Hemi. There is no way that an engine with a single rocker shaft, & all the ports feeding into or out of the head from the same side, could ever be efficiently be produced with a Hemispherical combustion chamber. It was a marketing ploy & it probably worked to sell some cars I guess, but in no way was it a real Hemi. It ran pretty good none the less.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

@@KB10GL it's more like the gen2 Hemi 426. A semi Hemi in truth...

[@KB10GL]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Sorry, but it's nothing like the 426 Hemi. The Gen 2, like its predecessor, was a double rocker shaft, cross flow, fully machined combustion chamber design. The 215/245/265 six had none of those design elements, not even one. If anything, it would be closer to the Poly, but not too close. The combustion chamber, like so many of its contemporaries was cast, not fully machined like a real Hemi, & yes, I have a real Hemi, a 1957 Dodge 325 Hemi engine for my old '33 Dodge. Very few of these in Oz. I love the 265 six, I just dislike the name they gave it as it is a barefaced outright lie.

[@glennnickerson8438]

Rocket car? I thought a Holden went up in flames!😲

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

That's funny right there!!🤣😂

[@TonyRule]

13:12 The Barra DOHC was 20 years later in the BA in 2002. XE 4.1L was cast iron block, alloy head OHV. Then came the 3.9L OHC in the EA-EB, the 4.0L OHC in the EBII-EL, before the 'Intech' 4.0L OHC in the AU, with higher spec models having variable valve timing. 13:33 XF, not XE 1:17:55 XH panel van. That's a OHC 4.0L, not a Barra, and appears to be from an EBII-ED based on the rocker cover.

[@jimamizzi1]

It’s called a pulse engine, same thing that powered Germanys V1 & V2 rocket

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Cool I was hoping someone would chime in on the rocket car!!

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

I believe the channel Driving4Answers did a video on how they work

[@barrycuda3769]

​@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160One of the German engineers who helped develop the V1 and V2 rocket pulse engines ( Walter Kaaden ), after the war ,used his knowledge from that to further develop the already invented ( but not very good ) 2 stroke motorcycle expansion chamber exhaust , which led to the Japanese motorcycle manufacturers buying the design , and their 2 stroke dominance in racing , and later dominance of motorcycle sales.

[@aussiebloke609]

The Torana GTR XU-1 had triple carbs from the factory - but if memory serves, they used S.U.s, (maybe Strombergs) whereas the Valiants had triple DCOE Webers. That said, so many were later fitted with Webers that they're probably more common than the S.U. variety these days.

[@dionrau5580]

Every time I see a Down under falcon, I see a mustang front clip on a Torino body.. With the steering wheel on the wrong side!🤔 And I think it's Cool, except for the steering wheel 😆👍

[@barrycuda3769]

No , the steering wheel on the proper side. 🙂

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

They are without a doubt related !!😁👍😎

[@mexicanspec]

@@barrycuda3769 You are funny.

[@KB10GL]

@dionrau5580, I have two questions for you. 1. Why is the steering wheel 'allegedly' on the wrong side? Why did the US change from right drive, & the left side of the road after about 1910, when they had operated carts, wagons, horses & early cars on the correct side of the road for over 400 years? On stage coaches, the driver rode on the right, & the guard [shotgun[ rode on the left as did all horsed drawn vehicles, including the covered wagons of the old west. Also, my rectal outlet is "down under." Are you saying that New Zealand & Australia are the A/hole of the world?

[@aussiebloke609]

The Falcon coupe is stylistically related to the Torino, but they re different, and no body parts are interchangeable. The entire tub of the Falcon coupe is different pressings

[@Beanerds]

That R/T Charger is in the colour ' Magenta ' , I own a ' Vitamin C ' E37 R/T with a Supra 5 speed , fast car.

[@DanEBoyd]

The Hugger Orange 2nd gen Camaro is (apparently) not a real Split Bumper - I see the non-RS valance and turn signals underneath the bumpers. I'd sure like to see one of those XB-GT Falcons with a set of Cragars, the Minilites don't look bad, but I prefer them on smaller cars. That pale green and white Holden looks like a '71 Hornet in its rear half. That 265 Hemi sure stands up straight!

[@waynepirihi9769]

Valiant Duster panel vans very scarce!

[@mexicanspec]

Hi Kiwi, to be honest when these capris were rolling around I ignored them. I don't like European feeling cars. Now with that said I did have the newer model Capri I got for almost nothing. I fixed it with a toothpick and sold it. I was also about American cars.

[@aussiebloke609]

You're right about the Capri, Kiwi - built and sold by Ford in South Africa as the Perana...with a 302 Windsor V8. They're described as partly based on the Mustang, partly on the Aussie XW Falcon.

[@andrewjones9893]

Peranas were fitted out by Basil Green Motors. Base rollers supplied by Fords based on the v6 platform.

[@aussiebloke609]

@@andrewjones9893 It's hard to find reliable info, but their wiki page (for what that's worth) indicates that the Mk 1 Capris "were manufactured by Ford of South Africa (a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company of Canada)" but it doesn't indicate whether they refer to the donor cars, or the finished product was being made by Ford to special order according to Green's request. That said, Ford did officially use Green as a South African market in-house tuner, rather like Shelby in the US, or Cosworth in Britain, so they were at least Ford-sanctioned mods.

[@andrewjones9893]

@aussiebloke609 Bodies built at Port Elizabeth plant then shipped to Basil. He also came up with the original v6 Capri. Ford liked it so much they started building them. Also the Savage v6 mk2 Cortina's.

[@aussiebloke609]

6:37 Interesting that the blue Capri was a 1.6, but had the V6 bonnet with the central bulge. I wonder if the flat bonnet is harder to get these days, or if people just like the look of the V6 bonnet better.

[@barrycuda3769]

@@aussiebloke609 My understanding is that the original model mark 1 had the flat bonnet, unless it was a V6 . And with the following Mark 1 facelift model ,they had the bonnet bulge no matter which engine size . I had a mark 1 facelift with the 1600 ohc engine, and it had the bulge.

[@aussiebloke609]

@@barrycuda3769 Thanks. A mate of mine had a 1600 GT with the flat bonnet and rectangle headlights - I guess it was an early car.

[@AnthonyLeadley-v6s]

Correct.​@@barrycuda3769

[@MrGreedam]

My brother has a consul 315 Capri. He traced the car back to England I think. He is in Wellington and has kept it as orginal as he can.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

Hey Charger! Brock Dunnydore is 304ci. Marginally shorter stroke. You covered the Bogandore but forgot the real Touring Car, the Plumdinger LC XU1

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

You're right I did. There was so much to look at it all started to kinda blur. 🙃

[@aussiebloke609]

LJ had the XU-1. I'm pretty sure the LC only went up to GTR.

[@toejam503]

Isn't that Ford Capri the same body that was a Mercury Capri from 1974 on? Or maybe they intended to call it Cougar but The Cougars were Thunderbird sized back then.

[@LetGaiaLive]

I believe Ford did a reciprocal deal from Australia and the US. Capris (originally British Ford) were sent to the US, and Ford USA supplied various parts to Australia. The same happened with the later Capri convertibles. In the US Capris were badged as Mercurys.

[@nickbruni8041]

👌🏼⛽️

[@aussiebloke609]

Btw Kiwi, the XB Falcon "Goss Special" isn't actually a GT. Look at the rear panel, top, far right side...it still says "Falcon 500" rather than GT...no GT badges on the front fenders or grille either. They all came in that colour scheme, with either green and cream or blue and cream.

[@mexicanspec]

You guys like 4 doors over there, Kiwi.

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yes !!!!! I'm a 2 door guy myself but there is certainly way more respect for four doors down under!!

[@jefscoupe32]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 I was kind of surprised to see a few 2 door models. The "Mad Max" Falcons are great!

[@ChrisBurrow-z2b]

Back in the day the market for 2 doors car wasn't big like the US.Most of the 2 door cars were made for race cars and the 4 door cars were family cars that are cheaper.The Aussie 2 door cars(Holden and ford) are worth big$$$$ and in some cases only 500(more and less) were made.

[@mexicanspec]

16:16 That looks like the GT emblem on the 2005 Mustang.

[@barrycuda3769]

Technically Kiwi , the Falcon made it past that late sixties shape (like yours) in America,.as there is that early seventies Torino shape that was badged as a Falcon ( like a base model Torino I think ) . That 1971 Valiant coupe that said Pacer 440 on the number plate actually has a 1969 VF Valiant grille and headlights. And Speaking of Holden one tonners , reminds me that in the early eighties in Auckland they were used as accident tow trucks, and some had like big block Chev engines ( and big mags and tyres )with a big supercharger ( I saw them in NZ HOT ROD magazine) , supposedly to get to the accident scene before their rivals. I think they did the same in Australia. Different / better times .

[@KB10GL]

The 440 number on the Mopar was a model code & not an engine displacement.

[@barrycuda3769]

@@KB10GL No , the US Dodge Coronet's had that 440 model name ,not Darts, or Australian Valiant hardtops.

[@TAVOAu]

Towies in tonners got to accidents in Oz, about 10 minutes before the first ambulances started rolling up 🤣

[@aussiebloke609]

You're right about part of that car being wrong. The VG was built through '70 and '71 so there's no way there should be a VF grille on a '71. Should also have rectangle headlights. (My first car was a VG Pacer hardtop, back in '86, and I remember some of the details very well. Still wish I'd never sold it on, but when you're young, you do things that a re stupid in hindsight.) Incidentally, the "Pacer 440" sticker isn't from Valiant - although in the US you could get one from the factory with a 440 wedge engine, so that's likely what he's done. There might be "440" as a trim number on the under-bonnet tag, but it wouldn't be shown on the external bodywork. And all big block Darts in the US were limited production runs, specifically for racing purposes - so they were sold new without a warranty.

[@barrycuda3769]

@aussiebloke609 I had a Hemi Orange VG Pacer hardtop as well , I bought it in Brisbane in 1989 , and I shipped it to NZ when I came back .I'll never forget, when I went to pick it up in Auckland to drive it home , I'd found that the shipping company had used the rather flat and spacious boot lid to put a wooden cargo pallet on ,and , with it jiggling around right across the Tasman had carved deep gouges into the original paint work, down to the metal . When I mentioned it , they reckoned that's just what you have to put up with when shipping a car .😡

[@BeagleBob-zw7wg]

that red SHO looks a lot like an early 2000s GTO.

[@doublebackagain4311]

Fun Fact: the jet-engine car sounds the same on 2x speed as normal speed.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

68 XT Falcon. Aussie Falcons were built a good deal tougher than the US ones. The reason the London to Sydney Falcons are still in use 56 years after the event. Barras are just a hot rod 250. That XE would be 4.1 [250] efi. Early ones came with 302 and 351 Clevos as options.The 4.1 was probably faster!! The wagon is an XF. Clevelands need the fitrewall beaten to fit a Cleveland. Look similat but quite a different car. I race one! Red BA is 5.4 Green Vauxhall is a PAX, 2.6 12 port engine. The 3.3 is its bigger brother. Hydramatic kills them! Steering wheels belong on the right!! The Mustang and the hotrod are on fire! The ute is a bloody Chev! Possibly Australian. The only thing it may share with a Holden ute is the tailagte. Also used on [Aussie] E series Vauxhall ute. We should sentence you to 40 hours research on Australain assembled/ manufactured cars. Ford with Lew Bandt 'invented' the sedan utility in the early 30s and GMH followed.As did Chrysler and others.First Holden utes were early 50, the sedan was released late 48. XU1 has 1.5 CDs on Lc 186 and 1.75 CD on LJ s 202. Valiant Coupes,, that is NOT 71 but is 69 VF.Unless Chrysler NZ were still assembling 3 y/o models in NZ Sold primarily to the Greeks and Italians VH Charger is Magenta. 1971. Came in 2 specs, E38 with Webers and 218 hp engine upgraded to 260 hp. E48 280hp. Both with close ratio 3 speeds!! and in 72 the grandaddy of them all E49 302hp and close ratio 4 speed. Aussie BW single rail gearbox. I doubt the Wankinshaw is a clone. It looks right to me,, cant look too long without throwing up! They were so popular they were still being sold in the eraly 90s ,, that a car from 88. It just maybe a new old stock one! The blue Sandman has the original graphics. Falcon vans were both barn door and up and down tailgate. Tailgate was the same from 71 on XA to 97 on XH. As were the inside panelling. Holden were the same 71-84. The XH has the original single OHC engine with a hairdryer

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

40 hrs seems fair. I did acknowledge that my Aussie car knowledge was limited. The Walkinshaw commodore was a clone, the Berlina badging was a dead giveaway !!

[@TonyRule]

13:12 XE would most likely be be carb as it's a 351. It's a first registered Feb '83 too, so even with the original 250 it's too early a build for EFI . 1:17:55 That XH would have had the EF motor originally, but the rocker cover is EBII-ED. Thermostat housing says EF though...

[@rosspenman9955]

where were the Escorts and Cortinas?

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

They were there I just ran out of time to get to everything... sorry about that😬

[@StevenMilne-sm4fk]

Hand ball court that kiwi?

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Burnout pad in another life 😝😂

[@lasskinn474]

there's this "crazy rocketman" channel about pulsejet rides and riding them in the desert. (might be same guy)

[@Zooooom01]

Hey Kiwi- when you’re at a car show in the US do you think the cars there look strange?

[@ChrisBurrow-z2b]

No,we have a lot of American cars here in New Zealand.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

I'm 73, grew up in So. Calif. We never heard about cars in Australia or New Zealand. Are people mostly restoring cars to concourse levels? Do they have rat rods?

[@LetGaiaLive]

Here in Australia some people do restore various cars to concourse level. Some people build replicas of the real high performance, limited production muscle cars. Some people build custom versions of whichever vehicle they have a particular enthusiasm for. There are many hot rods and yes, some people build rat rods or rat bikes. It appears the New Zealand car enthusiasts do similar things to us here in Australia.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

Trevor, did New Zealand and Australia get the same cars? Were cars like the Holden completely built from scratch, or were they shipped to the islands?

[@LetGaiaLive]

@@outlawbillionairez9780 not sure if NZ had assembly plants, or whether Ford (Aust), Holden, Chrysler (Aust) or others (?) just shipped complete cars to NZ.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

🇦🇺🇳🇿🇺🇸!! 👍😊

[@barrycuda3769]

​@@outlawbillionairez9780 Chrysler, Ford and GMH all had assembly plants in New Zealand.

[@andynicoll8566]

That Falcon looks like a Pinto, lol.

[@TAVOAu]

Very bloated Pinto, with a splash of Torino and Maverick thrown in 🤣

[@michaelratliff7775]

2 doors too many! 🫢

[@garryhunter8036]

Mate! You should do a bit Moore homework on downunder cars

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Yeah you're right. Exposed a bit of weakness there😬

[@michaelsymons9098]

hell no one reconize you

[@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160]

Picked up a tan and a few extra ponds with all the good food !!

[@DanEBoyd]

@@kiwiclassicsandcustoms9160 Are eel a staple down there? They are shockingly good...😁