Thursday,Th November 16, 20177 MIGHTY MUSTANG Unique Shelby GT500 Coupe up for sale P3 SEE MORE AT Ruben promoting road safety for 20 years P2 Award winning Te Awamutu hot rods P6 Your Local Vehicle Electrical Experts AFTER SALES SERVICE PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AUTO ELECTRICAL EXIDE BATTERIES AUDIO•ALARMS DIAGNOSTICS AIR CONDITIONING AUTO ELECTRICAL 2 Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, November 16, 2017 Ruben road safety programme turns 20 AUTOMOTIVE DIRECTORY t’s been 20 years since Ruben the Road Safety IBear launched. His look might have changed, but the foundation road safety skills GLASS / PANEL / PAINT he teaches to Waikato children hasn’t. ALEXANDRA AUTO BODY FABRICATION LTD Waikato Regional Council 6 Hanning Road, Pirongia.............................................07 872 8044 or Kevin 021 144 9989 launched the programme in KIHIKIHI AUTO BODY REPAIRS Havelock Street, off Leslie Street, Kihikihi November, 1997 because e: [email protected]........................................................................... 07 871 4746 children aged 3-7 years were identified as being at highest NOVUS AUTO GLASS 53 Bond Road, Te Awamutu risk of injury in and around e: [email protected] w: novus.co.nz............................................... 07 870 1411 the region’s roads. TONY FABISH PANELWORKS Bond Road, Te Awamutu The programme’s 20th e: [email protected].......................................................................... 07 871 5069 birthday was celebrated in Taupo¯with the Mountview School community, tamariki AUTO SERVICING / REPAIRS from Te Ko¯hanga Reo Atawhai, as well as people A&H MOTORS 259 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu who work with Ruben to keep e: [email protected] w: facebook.com/AandhMotorsLtd .................. 07 871 6555 children safe. To celebrate his milestone AUTO SUPER SHOPPE 177 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: autosupershoppeteawamutu.co.nz........... 07 871 7311 a new storybook about road safety and incorporating CRAIG MECHANICAL 2016 LTD 451/2 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu Matariki has been published e: [email protected] w: facebook.com/craigmechanical ........... 07 871 5800 in Ma¯ori and English and is FIETEN MOTORS 1421 Owairaka Valley Road, Wharepapa South now also available as a free e: [email protected]................................................................................ 07 872 2560 interactive smartphone app. KIHIKIHI GARAGE 23 Leslie Street, Kihikihi Regional council transport e: [email protected] w: facebook.com/kihikihigarage ..................... 07 871 6710 project administrator Jenny RUBEN the Road Safety Bear and Waikato Regional Davis says Ruben’s image Council’s Jenny Davis blow out the candle at the LM AUTOMOTIVE 91 Harrison Drive, Te Awamutu has, like most of us, changed programme’s 20 year celebration in Taupo¯. e: [email protected] w: lmautomotive.co.nz........................................ 07 871 8864 a little over the years, but his TOTAL AUTOMOTIVE & ENGINEERING 452 Bond Road, Te Awamutu zest for delivering road safety Ruben’s lessons their children “Of course many of them e: [email protected] w: totalautomotiveltd.co.nz ........................... 07 870 6255 lessons and his popularity are remind them to do the right are now adults, but even now WAIPA AUTOMOTIVE LTD 90 Market Street, Te Awamutu booming. thing like ‘buckle in tight’, they’ll approach us at public e: [email protected] w: waipaauto.co.nz ................................................ 07 870 4000 Last year over 400 road wear their helmets ‘right and events and in schools to safety lessons were delivered tight’ and ‘stop look listen reminisce about their lessons in a mixture of both English and link’ before crossing the with Ruben as youngsters. SERVICING AND PARTS NEW/USED and Ma¯ori to more than road,” says Ms Davis. “It just goes to show how 22,000 children across the “Over the years he’s effective and memorable the Waikato region. Teachers taught hundreds of programme is,” Ms Davis FAIRVIEW MOTORS 132 Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu report noticeable thousands of pre-school and says. e: [email protected] w: fairviewmotors.co.nz .......................... 07 870 2535 improvements in road safety primary aged children, and INGHAM MITSUBISHI 133 Arawata Street, next to Mobil, Te Awamutu behaviour resulting from the received thousands of letters ■ More information about e: [email protected] w: inghamdriven.nz................................................... 07 871 5630 lessons. and drawings from young the programme can be found ROSETOWN HOLDEN Cnr Churchill and Mahoe Street, Te Awamutu “Parents tell us that after fans. at www.ruben.govt.nz e: [email protected] w: rosetownholden.co.nz ............................................. 07 871 5143 TOWN & COUNTRY MOTORS 41 Lyon Street, Kihikihi e: [email protected] w: townandcountrymotors.co.nz.......... 07 871 8183 WAIKATO TOYOTA 29 Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: waikato.toyota.co.nz.............................. 07 872 0017 WATSON HAWORTH MOTORS 52-58 Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: whmotors.co.nz .......................................................... 07 871 4187 WESTEND AUTOS 1 Carlton St, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: www.westendautos.co.nz/ ........................... 07 871 2989 AUTO ELECTRICAL BRUCE GRAY AUTO ELECTRICALS 141 George Street, Te Awamutu e: [email protected]..................................................................... 07 871 4821 DEANE MARK AUTO ELECTRICAL 225 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: deanemarkautolectrical.co.nz................................... 07 870 6006 TYRES & MAGS TE AWAMUTU TYRE CENTRE LTD 473 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] ........................................................................................ 07 871 5676 CARTER’S TYRE SERVICE 148 Cambridge Road, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: www.carterstyres.co.nz......................................07 871 5577, 027 TYRE GUY (897 3489) STAR BRAKES & TYRES 62 Lyon Street, Kihikihi ...........07 870 5326, mob 0212 223 443 MOTORCYCLES TREVOR HALL MOTORCYCLES (BRITISH, EUROPEAN, AMERICAN) 503 Sloane Street, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: trevorhallmotorcycles.co.nz ..........................................07 870 3423, mob 0210 322 258 WILKS PENNY MOTORCYCLES LTD 2 Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu e: [email protected] w: wilkspenny.co.nz................07 871 3069, mob 0274 310 880 Hot rodding for everyone OTHER SERVICES n page 6 of today’s the club is for hot rod or Awamutu’s main street on edition we feature custom car enthusiasts, and Saturday, December 9. CH ALLEN LTD 243 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu Otwo members of the includes owners of classic The event takes place e: [email protected]........................................................................................... 07 871 6619 Te Awamutu Rod and cars. from 8am when the road is Custom Club who have had The club meets on the closed in preparation for MTF Level 1, 62 Alexandra Street, Te Awamutu a successful year on the first Tuesday of the month the Christmas Float Parade e: [email protected] w: mtf.co.nz ............................................................... 07 871 7006 show circuit — one aspect and either runs or and cars are able to also ROSETOWN DRIVER TRAINING - STEVE GANE of the hobby. participates in a range of participate in the parade. e: [email protected] ................................................................................ 0274 125 000 Te Awamutu Club events that foster a growing ■ ULTRA CLEAN CAR VALET 303 Rickit Road, Te Awamutu president Chris Hawkings interest in specialist cars — To find out more about e: [email protected]............................................................................... 07 870 3452 says the club is in good something they have been being part of the Te spirits, with over 60 doing for 36 years. awamutu Rod and Custom WAIPA TOWING 136 Harrison Drive, Te Awamutu members, but more are The next club activity is Club contact the president e: [email protected].................... 0800 1WAIPA (192 472), 0800 WAYNEJ (929635) always welcome. the Central Cafe Classic Car on 0274 955 845 or email As the name suggest, and Hot Rod Display in Te [email protected] Te Awamutu Courier Thursday, November 16, 2017 Shelby GT500 SVT Coupe 3 One of a kind Shelby GT500 became the first Mustang supercar. It earned the title because when SVT had worked their magic the Shelby GT500 was a genuine By Dean Taylor 200mph car — 202mph (325km/h) in fact. ere at Driven Te Awamutu we They achieve this goal by fitting don’t often feature a second- the most powerful road going Hhand car on the cover, or as American V8 — a hand built all alloy, the page 3 review — but then how 5.8litre, 32 valve, quad cam engine. often is a car as unique as a 2013 Then a TVS intercooled Shelby GT500 SVT Coupe up for supercharger is bolted on so it makes sale? at least 493kW (662hp in the US) and As it happens, the answer is just 831 Nm of torque (613ft-lb). once — and it is right here at Fairview The power is delivered via a twin Motors. plate ZF clutch to a close ratio added, plus pumps and coolers for GT500 was built — and the next one keep it reigned in. There is so much to say about this Tremec TR6060 six-speed manual the diff and transmission — and won’t be available until next year, so But what an experience