Car & Classic Dealer

Waimak Classic Cars

PO Box 373 Rangiora 7440 North Canterbury New Zealand

Waimak Classic Cars

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Some say you should never meet your heroes, especially when it comes to classic cars. The Mini’s road-holding and lively handling…few could have predicted the sensation set off by a tiny, quirky, front-wheel-drive hatchback with an engine mounted sideways and a suspension that literally relied on big, cone-shape ...

2 Jan 2018
New Zealand

V8 power, four seats and Michelotti styling – the noble Stag has it all. Unlike its Spitfire baby brother, the Stag is more GT cruiser than back road barnstormer, something that’s reflected in the multi-adjustable driving position; even the steering column can be tweaked for rake and reach. Triumph 2000 owners ...

18 Dec 2017
New Zealand

he P6 was a radical new product for its maker - and proof it was trying to move away from the 'Auntie' image that it had been landed with over the last couple of decades. It had styling that was influenced by the Citroen DS, and possessed a skeleton structure and modern styling that really were a million miles away ...

18 Dec 2017
New Zealand

CAR DESCRIPTION A Classic British sports car with an international history! MG’s new MGA first saw the light of day in 1955 and was a huge breath of fresh air for the Abingdon marque. With the MGA, BMC brought their every man’s sports car ahead by two decades in one swoop. PROVENANCE This car’s first ...

4 Dec 2017
New Zealand

Why is the MGB such a favorite with classic car hobbyists? The answer is simple: It is good-looking, fun to drive and easy to maintain. These are the same reasons the MGB, with a few changes, was successful in the new-car market for nearly two decades. Today, good examples are not impossible to find but getting harder. ...

2 Dec 2017
New Zealand

Early Jaguar XJs are enjoying a surge in popularity, but if you want the best then it has to be a Series 1. Straight from the 1968 launch of Sir William Lyons’s final masterpiece, it was recognised as the best car in the world. Forty years on and arguably the XJ6 was the last true world-beating saloon to roll out ...

20 Nov 2017
New Zealand

In its day, this was GMC breakthrough engineering in action. The V6 truck engine was built to shrug off abuse of extra heavy farm loads. huskier pistons, thicker crankshaft, bigger bearings…they all meant more miles of work…less dollars for repairs. This is a truck that at 50+ years old, it still hasn’t got tired. ABOUT ...

20 Nov 2017
New Zealand

Briefly, this thoroughly satisfying car of the highest quality does everything with a silky quietness and also in about the highest degree of riding comfort and with a precision and lightness of control which makes a driver feel on top of his form and which renders every mile a delight whether in town or out on the open ...

15 Nov 2017
New Zealand

As automakers continue their relentless pursuit of refinement, there’s precious little magic to be had behind the wheel of a new car. Sit down, and you instantly know where everything is and how to operate it. Start it up and drive and few sensations are overly vivid. In short, most new cars are about as surprising as ...

13 Nov 2017
New Zealand

The Capri Mk III was a little more than a substantial update of the Capri MK II. The first cars were available in March 1978 and for the 1982 model year, the Essex 3.0 V6 powerplant which had been the range topper since September 1969 was dropped, while a new sporty version debuted at the Geneva Motor Show, called ...

21 Oct 2017
New Zealand

A Jaguar reflects your success like no other car. Its reputation for effortless performance, superb road holding and supreme ride comfort is greatly deserved. No other car offers such a unique combination of design and engineering sophistication. No other car conjures up such contrasting images of sheer luxury and race ...

21 Oct 2017
New Zealand

For those who are not familiar with this model, the Bantam Singer Nine is a car which was produced by Singer from 1936 to 1939. It was the first model from Singer to have a pressed steel body. It was offered as a new economy model at the 1935 Motor Show in London, replacing the earlier Singer Nine series. Singer specialised ...

19 Oct 2017
New Zealand

The Stag was launched in June 1970 and immediately created a favourable impression with buyers, who were quite literally enamoured by its simple beauty and its gorgeous engine note with accompanying exhaust ‘woofle’. Performance was good – its 2997cc Triumph engine certainly did everything asked of it. Sales ...

19 Sep 2017
New Zealand

It was mid-year 1955, when the pilot-house cab with wrap around windshield was introduced by Dodge. The C Series pickups will be known forever, as the first V8 powered Dodge truck, the thoroughly modern, light weight and compact 241cid Power Dome V8 engine featured overhead valves, 145hp and 215 ft/lbs of torque at ...

18 Sep 2017
New Zealand

CAR DESCRIPTION Morgan have been hand building the 4/4 for 80 years. Still hand built in England at the famous Pickersleigh Road factory, the Morgan 4/4 is the longest running production car in the world. Morgan’s first proper road car was the 4-4 as released in 1936. It initially used a Coventry Climax 4-cylinder ...

10 Sep 2017
New Zealand