History New Zealand hot rod in the early 60's

Got an old pal over here called Colin "shady" Lane.He's 72 & tours around the country with his y block powered altered.Once in a while I get together with a bottle of Jack & talk about the old days.
He worked on the docks & got friendly with the American sailors & would get all the latest hot rod mags,which some of he still has, & get ideas for their projects
Every thing was done on the side of the road,like his first chop & channel job & eventually got a garage.They formed the first hot rod club in Wellington called the "Chariotiers" & raised hell.
Just cant get enough of those old stories,,Deadbeat

 

Hey say hello to Shady for me, He camps out beside us every year at the nostalgia drags , I'm a real cheeky shit (like he is) and I call him "Dad" !

he's a top bloke, when I 'grow up' I hope I'm just like him .

Rod .

 

Yup will do.Wind him up as much as you like,he can take it! Deadbeat

 

yup, one of his better qualitys is he can dish it back as quick as he can recieve ! I got a couple pics to post in a minute or two you might find interesting....

 

Here you go deadbeat, what do you make of these?




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WTF,how did you get these!NZ is way tooo small,lol

 

Duh,,now I remember,you were the one that got that ol Lincoln engine.

 

surely someone can post a photo of wild honey

 

I spent a night with Shady at Duane & Lisa's farwell years ago, real interesting guy.

 

I got one here somewhere, but Clive may see this and post his ,he has some good shots of Wild Honey, which are on the HAMB ,try a search...........

 

Close, I did the deal on the engine with Matt, for friends of ours who picked it up from your place - hence the pics ( The black Nash in my workshop Album is Nics - I built the chassis) . Will dig out a photo of the linc sittin in Ed's coupe after work tonight.




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Another one for Deadbeat , just dropped in the hole not mounted

 

Shit you guys are OLD...

 

Here is a couple of Wild Honey that Kiwi Kev posted.





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And my all time favorite shot..
Excuse the quality..



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still think wild honey is unmatched in nz rodding history wonder how its rebuild is going?

 

your not wrong I can remember it cruizing street of Dunedin in the sixties. I reckon the rebuild will involve a small block chev, if they want it to go fast again refit Y block or the flat motor

 

Hey deadbeat.

Seen this somewhere just recently.

How's it going anyway?
Get home OK?

Cheers

Clive
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