THE FULL MONTY

TERRY’S ’55 MAY HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY HOLLYWOOD, BUT ITS GOOD LOOKS ARE FAR MORE THAN SKIN DEEP

CONNAL GRACE

As Terry MacRae’s suburban garage door rolls up on its electric motor, the sunlight glides over the chrome bumpers and perfect paint of a car that can’t be mistaken for anything other than a ’55 Chev. The starter motor coughs against a high-compression big block, and the engine fires into an uneven earthquake of an idle. Disturbing the peace down the main streets of Tauranga, the silky-smooth Chev stands out as an anomaly among the hordes of plastic bumpers and LED lights — something better suited to a world of neon and chrome depicted on the big screen. “I’ve loved the two-door ’55 Chev sedan since seeing it in American Graffiti when I was a teenager,” Terry reminisces. “I bet you can guess what my favourite movie is!” However, as…

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NZV8 (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 162 November 2018

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