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Surf City Rod And Custom Club

The Surf City Rod and Custom Club was incorporated on 23rd December 1970. Unfortunately there are no known records of when that group was formed.

Sadly early club minutes weren't dated so it unclear when the first meeting had been held. There had been an earlier group called Surf City Rodders who had interestingly held the same PO Box number and used the same picture in their logo. Early club activities were centered around club meetings, car trails, displays, slide evenings etc. along with a lot of fundraising which included bottle drives

, house painting and raffles. The club endured a small hiccup when at the meeting in January 1973, it was recorded that "It appears there are numerous rods in the district but there is no interest in the club. It was put to the vote whether the club winds up or goes int recess. It was decided by a larger majority that it go into recess until 8th July 1973". However by May meetings were being held again, with club assets and bank accounts still intact, and a keen interest to find a permanent Club rooms

Meetings were held regularly at the local Scout hall, and a number of larger events were held including streetkhanas, shows in 1977 and 1980, and runs beginning in 1978 and eventually becoming bi-annual events, which are still held to this day. An ex ministry of works relocatable building was purchased by tender in February 1979, and the search began for suitable land. Eventually, around October 1980 a lease was entered into with the local speedway club and settled there for a few years. After a huge amount of work at regular working bees, these clubrooms were sold for removal and the club went back to holding meetings in borrowed premises, this time the polytec, for a few years while they concentrated on strengthening the bank balance. A lease became available on Council land in the industrial subdivision amongst other clubs, so this was duly signed up, and the process of building their own clubrooms began. These new clubrooms were build almost entirely by their own members, from the initial design through to final painting. It is interesting to note that at a club meeting it was arranged to meet the following weekend to set out the profiles for the floor, and the minutes record that the very next monthly meeting was held in the new clubrooms-no windows, and an extension lead from the club next door, but they were in their new home. And they're still there today, freehold, and meeting socially twice a week and once a month for meetings. The club was honored to have the clubrooms officially opened by the then president of NZHRA and all round good guy, the Rt.Honorable Tony Johnson.

07/03/2025

As we as a club look back and reflector on what was a mammoth effort to host the 2025 NZHRA StreetRod Nationals Featuring over 200 of NZ Top cars we are very grateful for all the wonderful feedback we have received from both our local community & Hot rodder’s who took part in the event.
We are very thankful for all the support we received from our very Generous sponsors, without their support it would just not be possible to run and event like this.
We would like to personally thank Neil, Gaylene and the rest of the Team at MTF Gisborne as our Major Sponsor. Neil & Gaylene have been great supporters of our Clubs Bi-Annual Rod run since our 50th Anniversary & were very keen to jump aboard for the Nationals. Their Passion for helping locals achieve their dreams is clear to see.
We would also like to thank S&D USA Very genuine family supporting NZ hot rodding TRADEZONE Gisborne Locally owned supporting local TOTAL FLEET SOULTIONS Automotive & Marine – No problems just solutions!
CLASSIC COVER INSURANCE Great National supporters of Hot Rodding events
M.S VEHICLE CERTIFICATIONS – The LEGEND & lorry well known for doing a burnout from one Millenium to the Next, back at our 2000 Street Rod Nationals GMS HOT RODS, Greg is a great Ambassador & supporter of Hot Rodding
TRUST TAIRAWHITI for their fantastic support of local events & community
KIWI GAMING FOUNDATION making a real difference in the community by supporting local organizations, For all of their very generous support of the 2025 Street Rod Nationals.
We also had a huge amount of Award sponsors putting together some great prize packs for all the lucky winners.
Chainsaw & Mower Services, Autozone Gisborne, M.S Vehicle Certifications & GMS Hotrods, Eastland Oils & Engineering Supplies, Gisborne Motors Ltd, Total Fleet Solutions, Gisborne Autoelectrics, Sam’s Upholstery, Autotech, Gisborne Fluid & Machinery, The Tyre General, Eastland Trailers & Towbars, Goodyear Tyres, Hillcrest Upholstery, Sulphur City Rod & Custom Club, Overnight Service Centre, Ray White Real Estate Gisborne, Gear Meat Pie Company, Petrol Head Magazine, ProBuild Civil, Gisborne Auto Services, Wharf Bar & Grill Gisborne, Sunshine Brewery, Shower Dome NZ, Sugar Night Club.
Also for helping behind the scenes, NZHRA, Strike Photography, Eastside Streetrods, Whakatane Rod & Custom Club, Currie Construction, Business Applications, Kirkpatrick Feed Supplies, Fulton Hogan, Gisborne District Council.
We are very proud to bring this National event to our region & can’t thank all our sponsors & supporters enough…
Lets do it again in another 25 years
Surf City Rod & Custom Club Inc Gisborne, NZ

13/02/2025

Smaller can be better…
January was an epic month for events. The South and North Island’s biggies, Trillo Metals Muscle Car Madness and Repco Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival respectively, were down a bit on numbers but up on fun times – as was the Cromwell Show & Shine. You’ll find coverage of all three in February’s NZ Petrolhead, along with the most excellent MTF Gisborne 2025 NZHRA Street Rod Nationals.
The lead feature is a ’61 Galaxie Club Victoria sedan that’s been in the same family for 53 years, and the current owner also has a Mainline, a Model T and a ’39 Ford Deluxe. You’ll also read about a new street sprint in Christchurch, plus circuit and drag racing.
NZ Petrolhead is New Zealand’s biggest-circulating special-interest monthly car mag, it’s still free, and still packed with fresh local content. Pick up your copy from outlets throughout New Zealand, or go to www.nzpetrolhead.co.nz to have it delivered (P&P fee applies).

Photos from Surf City Rod And Custom Club's post

06/02/2025

MTF Finance Gisborne 2025 NZHRA Streetrod Nationals hosted by Surf City Rod & Custom club

Top Participant award was awarded To Surf Citys own
Jonno Higgins

Who not only took part in 4 of the 5 games but did very well in each.... Balancing his car perfectly on the balance beam (not an easy task given the cars nature & manual transmission), Performing well in the grass khana putting on a good show, made a few rounds in the rocker cover racing, & an impressive piston toss

with Surf City sponsoring this award, we were more than proud to present the award to Jonno much to his surprise

Congatulations Jonno, Well deserved

28/01/2025

There was lots of fun being had during the Grasskhana on Sunday with a good number of entrants taking part, Mark John Stokes quickly showed he was the man to beat with an unmatched time seconds ahead of everyone else, taking out Fastest Grasskhana award sponsored by Cheviot Hills.
Alongside the Grasskhana entrants were challenged by taking on the Balance Beam sponsored by ProBuild Gisborne Ltd scoring points towards their weekend total for the Top Participant award.

28/01/2025

The Games, Tug o' war, Piston throwing and Rocker cover racers. Graham Brooker made it all the way though the heats to take out the Fastest Rocker cover award sponsored by Shower Dome NZ. Aaron Bolton took out the best looking Rocker cover sponsored by Curtis Customs.

Points were given for participating in each of the games and performance in each game contributing to your weekend total for the Top Participant award

27/01/2025

2025 MTF Finance Gisborne NZHRA STREET ROD NATIONALS hosted by SURF CITY ROD & CUSTOM

TOP AWARDS

Thankyou to all the sponsors
M.S Vehicle Certifications, GMS Hot Rods, Gisborne Chainsaw and Mower Services, Autozone Gisborne Ltd

and Stace The Ace for her amazing artwork.

26/01/2025

2025 MTF Finance Gisborne NZHRA STREET ROD NATIONALS hosted by SURF CITY ROD & CUSTOM

TOP 10 STREET MACHINES

Thankyou to our sponsors
Eastland Oil and Engineering Supplies, Total Fleet Solutions - Automotive & Marine, Gisborne Autoelectrics, Autotech Eastland, Gisborne Fluid & Machinery, The Tyre General - Gisborne, Eastland Trailers and Towbars, Overnight Service Centre Ltd, Gear Meat Pie Co., NZ Petrolhead & NZ Rodder, TradeZone Gisborne

26/01/2025

2025 MTF Finance Gisborne NZHRA STREET ROD NATIONALS hosted by SURF CITY ROD & CUSTOM CLUB

TOP 10 HOT

Thankyou to our sponsors

Eastland Oil and Engineering Supplies, Gisborne Motors Ltd, Total Fleet Solutions - Automotive & Marine, Sam's Upholstery, Autotech Eastland, Goodyear Auto Care Gisborne, Hillcrest Upholstery, Sulphur City Rod & Custom Club, Ray White Gisborne, Gear Meat Pie Co., TradeZone Gisborne