Sweet stash of classic cars uncovered in Christchurch, NZ

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

1 May 2019

1 min read

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

1 May 2019

1 min read

New Zealand is chock full of awesome cars, both new and old, but I was blown away by this hoarde of awesome old tin while wandering the back burbs of Christchurch. I stumbled across more than a dozen rad rides, from the 1940s through to the '90s.

The shop, RetroCar.co.nz, sells classic machines and also works on them to ensure they pass their Warranty of Fitness roadworthiness test. There was a huge range of cars from British classics like a BMC Mini and Triumph TR3, to American land yachts like a Lincoln Continental, Ford Sunliner, and a sweet DeSoto wagon packing a stock 331ci Hemi V8.

The blokes running the show are friendly and chilled out, happy to chat so if you are near Woolston, Christchurch, drop in and say g'day.

Have you ever stumbled across an automotive goldmine? Tell us in the comments.

Iain Kelly

Contributing Journalist

A love of classic American and European cars drove Iain Kelly to motoring journalism straight out of high school, via the ownership of a tired 1975 HJ Holden Monaro. For nearly 20 years he has worked on magazines and websites catering to modified late model high-performance Japanese and European tuner cars, as well as traditional hot rods, muscle cars and street machines. Some of these titles include Auto Salon, LSX Tuner, MOTOR, Forged, Freestyle Rides, Roadkill, SPEED, and Street Machine. He counts his trip to the USA to help build Mighty Car Mods’ “Subarute” along with co-authoring their recent book, The Cars of Mighty Car Mods, among his career highlights. Iain lends his expertise to CarsGuide for a variety of advice projects, along with legitimising his automotive obsession with regular OverSteer contributions. Although his practical skills working on cars is nearly all self-taught, he still loves nothing more than spending quality time in the shed working on his project car, a 1964 Pontiac. He also admits to also having an addiction to E30 BMWs and Subaru Liberty RS Turbos, both of which he has had multiple examples of. With car choices like that, at least his mum thinks he is cool.

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