BRADLEY WEST
AGE: 26 OCCUPATION: Company director / civil engineer PREVIOUSLY OWNED CARS: Nothing worthy of noting in NZV8! Plenty of turbo Jappas, including Subaru STi Type R, Subaru Forester, two Subaru Legacys, Subaru Impreza, SR20DETpowered Mitsi L200, etc. DREAM CAR: Too many to choose from, but you can’t beat this one on a sunny day! WHY THE IMPALA? A mate was selling it, and it looked like a cool car that didn’t need too much work …
BUILD TIME: Four years LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP: Four-and-a-half years
BRADLEY THANKS: My partner, Amanda, for all the help, putting food on for me, and everyone who helped, and putting up with never-ending nights in the shed; Mum, Dad, Logan, and Ryan, for the support; John, for the shed and help; Brad, Killer, Floppa, Brenton, Mikey, Phil, Hayden, Gurj, Troy, and all the other boys who lent a hand, drank a beer, offered advice, or sat and watched me work; Rod and JR at Thames Valley Blasting; Phil and Renee at Fraser St Panelbeaters; Mikey Samuelson, for the paintwork; Greg at Midnight Upholstery; Dtech Motorsport, for the tune; Willie at Willie’s Transmissions Limited, for the gearbox build; Reece at Alltranz, for supplying gearbox parts; Adam at Ezi Mechanical Services, for the head rebuild and various other bits; Spun by Hutty, for the trumpets; Toby at BOP Polishers; Ryan Dukes in the US, for parts and advice; Skim in the US, for trim and chrome work; Mat at Monaco; Paul and Leone at The Lakes Automotive, Tauranga; Glen at Eze Auto Electrics; Brian and Liz at Ajays Ford V8s, for shipping parts; Brenton, for the transporter trailer; Gav at Precision Workz Engineering, for exhaust and fab work; Fish and Andrew at Kopu Engineering, for fab work; Joel at Lowrider NZ, for the AccuAir; Simon at Airride NZ; Jase and Kendall Haultain, for providing parts and advice; Chris Harrison, for endless questions and advice; Miranda at Repco Thames; Ben at Nicholsons Holden Whakatane; Neil Miller, for the cert; Dave at Truespoke USA; the Pinnacles Civil team; David at AA Auto Advantage, for the VIN; Brodie, for selling me the sack!