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Modest Mortimer
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Modest Mortimer

It’s really difficult to write an article about Geoff Mortimer. In a motorsport career spanning more than 6 decades, Geoff has excelled at everything from racing and rallying with distinction to building winning racecars and managing the teams that race them.

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7 mins  |
Edition 89
Fresh Classic
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Fresh Classic

Wynand and Alfonso van der Westhuizen from Classic Restoration have been in the sandblasting industry for years.

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2 mins  |
Edition 89
Big Red Behind-The-Scenes
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Big Red Behind-The-Scenes

R.J. Gottlieb is the only man who has ever driven Big Red with one exception, the car’s creator Bill Osborne.

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10 mins  |
Edition 89
Glory Days
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Glory Days

Walter and his crew at Coastal Customs in Mossel Bay were approached by Vernon Kemp, who owns a 1954 Chevrolet Thrift Master project that was taken away from a shop in Kempton, Gauteng after he was not happy with the paint job that they had done.

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2 mins  |
Edition 89
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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1 min  |
Edition 81
Poor Man's Belair
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Poor Man's Belair

3 -SPEED AUTO

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2 mins  |
Edition 81
New Sick Customs Shop
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New Sick Customs Shop

New Sick Customs Shop

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1 min  |
Edition 81
Dream GT40
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Dream GT40

Dream CT40

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2 mins  |
Edition 81
Mean Machine
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Mean Machine

1956 FORD F-100 “THE GREEN MACHINE"

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3 mins  |
Edition 81
Lady & The Beast
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Lady & The Beast

Lady & The Beast

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1 min  |
Edition 84
Chevy
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Chevy

Chevy

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1 min  |
Edition 84
Hill Climb For Hospice
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Hill Climb For Hospice

Hill Climb For Hospice

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3 mins  |
Edition 90
Stefan's Auto Art
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Stefan's Auto Art

Stefan's Auto Art

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3 mins  |
Edition 90
Yellow - Bellied Beast
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Yellow - Bellied Beast

Yellow - Bellied Beast

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2 mins  |
Edition 90
American Made
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American Made

American Made

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1 min  |
Edition 90
Moonshot
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Moonshot

Moonshot

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5 mins  |
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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7 mins  |
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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3 mins  |
Edition 90
Work In Progress
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Work In Progress

Work In Progress

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1 min  |
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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5 mins  |
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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3 mins  |
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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2 mins  |
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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5 mins  |
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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5 mins  |
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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2 mins  |
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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4 mins  |
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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3 mins  |
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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1 min  |
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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3 mins  |
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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2 mins  |
Edition 99