NZ Hot Rod

Taking it to the limit

Hot rodding and drag racing have permeated Mike Burns life ever since he joined Hawkes Bay Rod & Custom Club in 1966 at the young age of 16-years old. Back then he pedalled a ’31 Ford Model A 4 door to high school, and he found himself amongst influential peers like Noel Usherwood, Brett Wilson and older brother Gerald Burns. The ‘31 4 door was sold to chase

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