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The Law
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The Law

The story of the “Lawman”, and the Lawman Mustang program, actually began in the early 1960’s way before Ford ever got involved.

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4 mins  |
Edition 102
Ranc Hero
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Ranc Hero

When Adan Liepner from Prince Albert in the Western Cape first saw the band ZZ TOP’s car collection, he fell in love with classics and his dream of owning a garage full of classics and hot rods began.

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1 min  |
Edition 96
Project Camaro
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Project Camaro

It’s the early 70’s, in the mid-west of the big US of A. Late at night, a Mustang lines up at a stop light and next to it a pretty stock looking ’68 Camaro.

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2 mins  |
Edition 96
Jimmy Price
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Jimmy Price

Port Elizabeth has always been known as a South African motor industry hub, going back to 1924 when the first vehicles rolled off Ford’s local assembly line.

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7 mins  |
Edition 96
Retro & Electric
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Retro & Electric

Jonathan Ward Continues To Infuse Vintage Styling With State-of-the-art Technology.

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2 mins  |
Edition 96
Beast
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Beast

Chawahl and Jan have been friends and work colleagues for years when they decided to start a side business building cars from a shop in Centurion.

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1 min  |
Edition 96
Wasteland Warrior
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Wasteland Warrior

Dubbed “BUICK-ED”, this Rat Rod is something of a Frankenstein.

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3 mins  |
Edition 96
Carbs & Coffee
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Carbs & Coffee

Carbs & Coffee

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1 min  |
Edition 96
Ground Control
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Ground Control

Ground Control

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1 min  |
Edition 90
Darkest Knight
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Darkest Knight

Darkest Knight

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3 mins  |
Edition 90
1963 Ford F100 AVO F100
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1963 Ford F100 AVO F100

This whole build started based on a request from my son.

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6 mins  |
Edition 74
1968 Volvo 122s The Rebel Blues
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1968 Volvo 122s The Rebel Blues

Back in the day, or more like your dad’s day, Volvos were pretty cool cars that became quite sought after.

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3 mins  |
Edition 74
1970 & 1972 Ford Capri Vatos Locos
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1970 & 1972 Ford Capri Vatos Locos

After attending the highly successful Cars in the Park show in Ashburton this year, I was left thoroughly impressed with what I had seen.

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4 mins  |
Edition 74
Jason Webb's Monstane
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Jason Webb's Monstane

Jason has been behind the wheel of a race car since the age of 8. He started racing go karts at the age of 14 where he found his passion for drifting at the age of 16. After 5 months of intense training, he entered his first competition in 2011 and came second.

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2 mins  |
Edition 79
Resto - Mod - Corvette
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Resto - Mod - Corvette

In 2010, whilst looking at Corvette C2’s on eBay, I came across a picture of a 1965 Convertible that looked like the best value for my limited budget. The exchange rate was approximately R7 to $1 at that stage, and I was shocked at how limited our currency made my seach! There were far better C2’s available however they were way out of my monetary capabilities.

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6 mins  |
Edition 79
The Demon
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The Demon

Over the last few months we have been talking about the New Dodge Demon. With promo trailers and sneak peak photos all over the Internet hype was building however Dodge did not disappoint.

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3 mins  |
Edition 79
Tribute Racing Saloon Car Build Part 3
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Tribute Racing Saloon Car Build Part 3

Welcome to the final instalment of this project where I will finish the little tin top racer.

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3 mins  |
Edition 79
Drifting And Sliding Away..
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Drifting And Sliding Away..

Drifting And Sliding Away..

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3 mins  |
Edition 84
Street Surfer
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Street Surfer

When a friend of mine posted a picture of her Dad’s rat rod, I was intrigued… this car had so much detail and was so unusual, and I had to know more. I knew this car would be something special and different to share with our SA Hotrods readers!

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3 mins  |
Edition 80
Ethanol Hot Rod
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Ethanol Hot Rod

With a 500-horsepower engine, a channeled body and a chopped top, GM’s custom street rod looks right at home on the salt flats of Bonneville. But instead of a traditional gasoline V-8, this ’34 Chevy replica rod sports a turbocharged 2.0L Ecotec engine that runs on E85 ethanol. Appropriately, it has been dubbed the FlexFuel Chevy Hot Rod.

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2 mins  |
Edition 80
Slooten Mustang
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Slooten Mustang

The three Slooten brothers are very well know n in the local drag racing community and especially since they own some mean big block V8 American cars that are all hellishly fast!

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4 mins  |
Edition 89
The Chief
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The Chief

Dirk Smal Snr has been a long time Rodder, his dream car a 1959 Chevy. He finally got his hands on one,

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3 mins  |
Edition 89
600HP Corvette
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600HP Corvette

1980 was a lousy year. John Lennon was assassinated, inflation was out-of-control, the economy was in a state of purgatory and Corvettes were being face-lifted… and you had to settle for one with a 350ci V8 – a rather limp 190hp from a 5.0-litre lump of small-block torture. And if that wasn’t enough, a controversial federal law ruled that all speedometers had to read to a maximum of 85 mph (137 km/h). 

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2 mins  |
Edition 76
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Sublime

World famous custom car builder and high-quality billet parts manufacturer Ringbrothers unveiled its newest one-of-a-kind Mustang, the 1965 widebody convertible Mustang “Ballistic” in the Ringbrothers booth at the 2016 SEMA Show on November 2, 2016. “Ballistic” marked a first for Ringbrothers, as the builder has built many Mustangs, but this is the first widebody convertible to leave the Spring Green, Wisconsin shop. The Mustang unveil was also the first time Ringbrothers hosted a car reveal in its booth at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. 

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2 mins  |
Edition 76
Legendary
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Legendary

It takes more than hype to build a legend. Performance cars, like people, achieve legendary status for a reason. And if you want to understand why, you need to drill down to the source material, the origin story, the first of the breed. For Shelby Mustang fans, that means going straight back to the 1965 GT350.

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2 mins  |
Edition 76
Jason Webb Wins Supadrift III
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Jason Webb Wins Supadrift III

ROUND 03 – CARNIVAL CITY

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2 mins  |
Edition 81
A New Angle & Some Left Turns
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A New Angle & Some Left Turns

Superdrift 3 made short work of tyres at the Dezzi International Raceway

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3 mins  |
Edition 81
Vic Edelbrock Jr.
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Vic Edelbrock Jr.

Vic Edelbrock Jr. passed away Friday, June 9, at the age of 80 after complications from a cold.

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10 mins  |
Edition 81
Fun & Cars
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Fun & Cars

Muriel brand high school car show.

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1 min  |
Edition 81
Mud + Rust
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Mud + Rust

Mud + Rust

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3 mins  |
Edition 81