NEW ZEALAND'S MOST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCTION CAR

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From Walter Wing (July 2002)
This Heron was produced originally in 1983. Walter purchased the car in 1988 and intends to upgrade the current Skoda motor and transaxle to a Nissan SR20 coupled to a Renault transaxle. At the same time, he will upgrade the existing Skoda suspension and brakes too.

The wheels that had been stolen before he purchased it have been replaced with Halliday 3-piece mags. The car is unique in many ways. Its body and chassis are a fibreglass monocoque which was so good that Lotus purchased the patents and now use this design in their cars. The whole top half of the bonnet hinges back using special cast aluminum hinges which also house the wing mirrors. All cars built after were done in the Summit area and had smaller front opening bonnets

This is the first car to use the Holden Camira instrument cluster.