In this issue

2 Ed’s Letter - Mixing it up
4 Rod Talk - Sneak peek
6 Gavin Wilkins - Rubber-burning expert’
10 Stencilworx - The art of Steve Erwin
14 TRC T-Bucket - Locally crafted
24 1967 Shelby GT500 - Guide to indentifying a real GT500
24 1965 Mustang Convertible - Our Candy Crush
32 Poster
34 How was it built - Behind last months cover car
36 1967 VW Bus Split-window - Immaculate
44 Lotus Club Show - in the Mother City
52 1957 Chevy Apache - Rusty and the gang
56 As seen on TV - Classic Car Studio
62 Model Cars - 1957 Ford Del Rio Station Wagon

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!

5 mins

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.

3 mins

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.

2 mins

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.

5 mins

The 1967 Shelby GT 500

This identification / buyers guide has been written for those interested in the 1967 Shelby GT 500. The 1967 Shelby GT 500 is seen as one of the most desirable, if not the most desirable American production sports car in history, due to its motorsport success, and cult status derived from the ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’ movie remake.

4 mins

Candy Crush

The guys at Creative Rides have their fingers on the pulse when it comes to the Muscle car industry in South Africa so when a 1965 Ford Mustang convertible came rolling into the shop from Hartebeespoort, they knew that they had the perfect car for one of their best clients – Sasha. Sash has always loved the iconic Mustang however, this project was commissioned for his wife to her specifications.

2 mins

Rusty (Americans)

Rainier Arangies is a Commercial Helicopter Pilot and businessman who owns and operates an aviation company which owns several helicopters (of which the HUEY is his favourite) and flies out of Namibia. Rainier is a big Classic car, Muscle car and Harley Davidson collector but he does favour anything American.

3 mins

As Seen On TV

Noah Alexander and his team of craftsmen have forged a reputation for building show-winning hot rods and sports cars with the reliability and performance of modern supercars at their St. Louis shop that is the subject of the Velocity show Speed is the New Black

4 mins

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