Car Features

Ringbrothers, the legends of custom car building and billet wizardry, have dropped their latest masterpiece: a 1969 Dodge Charger they’ve named CAPTIV. This beast is no ordinary Charger — it’s packing a street-able 707 horsepower straight from a Mopar Hellcat crate engine, paired with a Tremec six-speed manual that lets you wrestle all that power with precision. The car was built for none other than New Zealand’s motorsports icon and TV personality, Greg Murphy, who had a clear vision from the start.

The popularity of the classic Bronco has only increased as the years passed, as did its price. Most Broncos are now way too valuable to take to the dirt. Also, nicely built examples easily fetch well into the six figures. What was once a tough and rugged off-roader and ranch rig has now become one of the most collectable and desirable four-wheel drive vehicles ever produced.

Photos and article by Etienne Fouche

The end result was that additional speed was gained by removing weight from the car. Other ways that were explored with regards to the increasing speed of a vehicle, were re-grinding camshafts for more lift and separation, fiddling with old Rochester single barrel carbs, filing ports and welding longer exhaust manifolds.

Photo and Article by: Chad Lckhoff

This is clearly evident by the dedicated cluster of custom Pickup trucks lining the one side of Creative Rides showroom in Bryanston. The market has exploded, and we get so many requests for custom trucks these days explains Bryce Roberts. 

Article by Chris Krutch Wall

By: Karl Eriksen   

Pics: Black Jet Camaro
 

By Ray Butters 

Mark is nothing if not resourceful. So, together with help from assorted family members, Mark got stuck into the project with a vengeance. Mark had no idea what a 36 Plymouth looked like and he and his family decided to do this assignment together. So, they surfed the internet for photos and ideas and started to work from there.  After having the Plymouth for approximately two years, the build took 5 weekends to complete and has been licensed since 2010.

Pulling off the M4 for a quick visit after our shoot, the nostalgia hit me hard. Blue Lagoon, once alive with revving engines, burnouts, and cruisers showing off that classic Durban pose — windows down, low in the seat, arm resting outside the window — has since become a shadow of its former self. The iconic Coconut Grove’s gone, torn down by the municipality years ago, leaving behind a barren wasteland now home mostly to homeless guys and hawkers with pirated DVDs. It’s a sad end to what used to be a beating heart of Durban’s car culture.

Article: Ashley Thompson
Photos: Ivan Mostert
Owner: Tim Eastwood
Builder: Karl/Creative Carversions

So, after building a drop-dead gorgeous 58 Chevy Apache, Tim set his sights on a traditional-style hot rod. Together with Karl from Creative Carversions, he took the time to perfect this nostalgic deuce roadster.

The Quest for Power

Justin’s Defender was plagued by sluggish performance and persistent oil leaks. Crawling up the driveway in low range or limping along at 130 km/h with a tailwind just to crest Key Ridge in third gear at 80 km/h got old fast. Every classic Defender owner knows the struggle—and Justin was ready for a change.