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This house, which was being moved from Cook Street to the top end of Aberdeen Road, caused a few anxious moments for Monk Brothers as the manoeuvre into Gladstone Rd. was a pretty tight one. However, after some tricky driving the house was duly shifted to its new section.
After a spectacular hundred foot plunge down a bank in the Whareratas, near Kopua Station, only one of the occupants was seriously injured. The other three escaped injury and were discharged after treatment at the hospital.
This Chevrolet Chevelle was in town recently while on its way to Auckland. It has a top speed of 148 m.p.h. and holds the Kopua (Auckland) standing quarter mile record of 12.8 seconds. It was brought in from the U.S.A. where, at the Lions Raceway in California, similar cars cover the same distance in eight seconds.
It is a 1965 model with a standard 327 h.p. Chevrolet motor. However, because of law requirements, some of its speed had to be reduced before it could be used as a road vehicle.
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 standing quarter mile record of 12.8 seconds. It was brought in from the U.S.A. where, at the Lions Raceway in California, similar cars cover the same distance in eight seconds.\r\nIt is a 1965 model with a standard 327 h.p. Chevrolet motor. However, because of law requirements, some of its speed had to be reduced before it could be used as a road vehicle.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 171 : September 11, 1968'); void 0){kind=link}
 standing quarter mile record of 12.8 seconds. It was brought in from the U.S.A. where, at the Lions Raceway in California, similar cars cover the same distance in eight seconds.\r\nIt is a 1965 model with a standard 327 h.p. Chevrolet motor. However, because of law requirements, some of its speed had to be reduced before it could be used as a road vehicle.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 171 : September 11, 1968'); void 0){kind=link}
 standing quarter mile record of 12.8 seconds. It was brought in from the U.S.A. where, at the Lions Raceway in California, similar cars cover the same distance in eight seconds.\r\nIt is a 1965 model with a standard 327 h.p. Chevrolet motor. However, because of law requirements, some of its speed had to be reduced before it could be used as a road vehicle.\r\n\r\nGisborne Photo News - No 171 : September 11, 1968'); void 0){kind=link}