DAVE BEST

TAURANGA, NEW ZEALAND

- KIAN HEAGNEY

REMEMBER when international travel was a thing? Around 12 months back, some of the wildest gasser and fuel altered machines from across the country and around the world descended on Sydney Dragway for the first World Fuel Altered Challenge. One of those dedicated travellers was Dave Best, who shipped himself and his killer wheel standing Model A gasser all the way from New Zealand to take part.

What first got you interested in gassers?

I’ve been into them since the early 70s. I saw the TV movie Hot Rod and got hooked on high-riding Willys coupes, and I now have a steel one I’m building, which will replace the Model A soon.

How did you come to own the Model A?