A couple of not-so-young, southern, hot rodding drag racers, Chris Barnes from Riverton and Owen Jones from Dunedin, have pooled resources and purchased a steel-bodied ’34 Plymouth to race as a land-speed entry on the Bonneville Salt Flats in August this year. Their shared desire to “go really fast” led the two to look at what options were available to achieve this goal, other than to build a car themselves.
This was in early 2017, and they were very aware that Temuka-based Steve Williams was still trying to sell his land-speed car. Steve, who impressively built the Plymouth coupe pretty much himself, took it to both Lake Gairdner, Australia, in 2013 and Bonneville in 2015, although the latter meeting was cancelled due to flooding. Owen had been captivated by the…
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NZV8 (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 159 August 2018