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Yellow - Bellied Beast
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Yellow - Bellied Beast

Yellow - Bellied Beast

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Edition 90
American Made
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American Made

American Made

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Edition 90
Moonshot
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Moonshot

Moonshot

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Edition 90
How To Install Holley Sniper EFI
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How To Install Holley Sniper EFI

How To Install Holley Sniper EFI

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Edition 90
Sticky Situations & How To Cope With Them
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Sticky Situations & How To Cope With Them

Sticky Situations & How To Cope With Them

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Edition 90
Work In Progress
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Work In Progress

Work In Progress

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Edition 90
Gavin Wilkins
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Gavin Wilkins

Our local SA motorsport Legends are not only created from the long circuit.. we have our share of Legends in every category of motorsport. One of our best-known drag racing Legends has to be Gavin Wilkins, famous for his 7 second Mustang!

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Edition 91
Stencil Worx
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Stencil Worx

Steve Erwin is a Cape Town based artist who specializes in painting classic and contemporary cars and bikes using a combination of mediums; stencil, air-brush, acrylics, water-colours, pens and pencils. He is a self-taught fine artist however is also a qualified interior designer with a B-tech from UJ specialising in 3D renderings.

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Edition 91
T Bucket
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T Bucket

In last month’s edition of our magazine, we met up with Jan Troskie, a retired airplane pilot who has a passion for mechanical and aviation designs and is also renowned for building the Ravin 500 airplane from scratch at his workshop in Pretoria.

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Edition 91
Royal Purple Synthetic Oil
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Royal Purple Synthetic Oil

Power Performance Lubricants is a privately owned South African company that has been in business since 2016 and is owned by Johan van der Linde and Mario Vingos. It all started off when Johan was looking for a high-performance lubricant for the Millennium 7 project cars they build. After months of research they selected Royal Purple and immediately started testing.

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Edition 91
Street Cred
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Street Cred

JP Jonker has always had an avid interest in cars but it was when he turned 16 that his interest in Hot Rods started. Some new neighbours had moved in next door and they were car people.

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Edition 98
Charged
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Charged

Kobus and Sons Classic Cars advert in the magazine has become a firm favourite amongst all of our readers. We hear very often that it is the first ad many of our readers check before looking at any of the others.

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Edition 98
Elemental
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Elemental

In the December/January edition of the magazine we spoke about the Legend Promotion – a 1957 Chevy Apache that was built as a giveaway car to be won by one lucky person.

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Edition 98
Grandeur
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Grandeur

The Grand National Roadster Show is now in its 70th year, and has the distinction of being the longest running indoor car show in the world.

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Edition 98
Cars!
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Cars!

The 23rd George Old Car Show, proudly driven by Oakhurst Insurance, was held on the 9th and 10th of February in the heart of the majestic Garden Route.

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Edition 98
Roco-Mamas #ROCKMYSTREET
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Roco-Mamas #ROCKMYSTREET

The ethos of RocoMamas “we’re not normal” is more than just a tagline, it’s how we approach everything we do.

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Edition 99
The Waiting Game
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The Waiting Game

My 2019 motorsport season has started with more of a whimper than a bang… the first major event on my team calendar is the Jaguar Simola Hill Climb in May!

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Edition 99
A Great Day Out
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A Great Day Out

The Cape Town Motor Show (CTMS) is celebrating its 2019 success, having hosted over 24 000 petrol heads and families at GrandWest on 2nd and 3rd of March.

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Edition 99
Blue Shed Coffee Roastery
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Blue Shed Coffee Roastery

The Blue Shed was started by Mossel Bay businessman Albert Wiffen.

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Edition 99
Defector
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Defector

World renowned custom car builder and parts manufacturer Ringbrothers has unveiled “Defector,” an extensively modified 1969 Dodge Charger.

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Edition 99
Styling
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Styling

Hannes Meyer has always had a love of cars.

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Edition 99
Gymkhana Grid 2017 Heads To South Africa
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Gymkhana Grid 2017 Heads To South Africa

Gymkhana Grid 2017 Heads To South Africa

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Edition 81
Poor Man's Belair
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Poor Man's Belair

3 -SPEED AUTO

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Edition 81
New Sick Customs Shop
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New Sick Customs Shop

New Sick Customs Shop

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Edition 81
Dream GT40
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Dream GT40

Dream CT40

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Edition 81
Mean Machine
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Mean Machine

1956 FORD F-100 “THE GREEN MACHINE"

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Edition 81
Road Tripping
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Road Tripping

Clare Vale heads to Kimberley for a round of Supadrift and reflects on the recent road carnage.

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Edition 79
The Reef Street Rod Club
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The Reef Street Rod Club

1972 – the year of bellbottoms, polyester, The Godfather, The Poseidon Adventure, Don McLean’s American Pie, bright colours and the start of The Reef Street Rod Club.

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Edition 79
Patina Over Drive
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Patina Over Drive

What began as a shiny new Chevy C10 build quickly shifted gear when a customer saw Johan’s oxidised darkgreen cab at his workshop and exclaimed: “My brother would love that!”

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Edition 75
Meth Head
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Meth Head

ken Block reveals his retro modern all-wheel drive mustang, boosted on meth.

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Edition 75