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When it comes to dying, fashion is not the fi rst word that comes to mind, but that’s exactly what making an exit from this life has become for some – a fashion statement. Reporter Sue Newman takes a look at the changing world of funerals and the elevati on in status of the casket from uti litarian to a designer item, any colour, any patt ern, any style.

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Funerals might be moving into the fashion stakes with brightly coloured and boldly decorated caskets, but there’s still suffi cient demand for the traditional wooden version to keep funeral director Chris Bolton busy.

Choosing your coffi n might be the last, and most impressive, fashion statement you make.

It might cost you the price of a year’s high class wardrobe, but that’s not stopping growing numbers of soon-to-be dearly departed shopping in advance for the kit in which they’ll exit this life.

And today, funeral director Roger Paterson says, it’s almost a case of anything goes when it comes to caskets – and service styles and even, in what the people who come to your send-off will wear.

Growing numbers of people are stage-managing their funerals years before they’re likely to need them, to ensure that what they want is what they’ll get. And while his fi les aren’t exactly bulging with funeral wishes of the living, there are enough there for him to noti ce a trend that is becoming the norm.

The highly organised, now not only have details about the casket, the service, the music and who says what, some are extend-ing their sphere of funereal infl uence to what those att ending their send-off will wear, most oft en linking that to a colour or a request for informality.

Funerals, 21st century style are whatever you want to make them, providing they’re within the bounds of good taste, the body is enclosed in a casket of some kind and the burial is on land set aside for that purpose. In today’s freewheeling funeral market about the only thing you can’t do is dig a grave wherever it takes your fancy.

Yes, the solemn and traditi onal church-based funeral, complete with wooden casket, hymns, solemn eulogy and people dressed in black are sti ll common-place. But just as com-mon is the secular celebrati on of life, sans hymns, sans prayers, sans church and sans wooden casket.

In its place, the modern version is about colour, life, energy, celebrati on and a brightly coloured or stunningly decorated casket. The world of fashion, the world of free expression has caught up with the last great basti on of traditi on, the funeral.

Mr Paterson been in the funeral business for years, he’s been a casket maker for just as long. Once relati ves chose caskets for their family member from his stock of half a dozen styles, adding their personal touch with handle design. Today he’s as likely to be ordering caskets from companies with names that sound like a tatt oo parlour – such as

DyingArt – as he is to be knocking one up in his workshop.

His is one of the few funeral parlours where coffi ns are made to order; most funeral direc-tors now opt to buy from the mass market. And that mass market has created more than a few headaches for the family of the deceased.

“For some families, the casket has now become a major decision because there are so many opti ons available. It used to be just which wood. Now it can be almost anything.”

Change has been sweeping through the casket business for years, initi ally prompted by the green movement which favoured the low impact, customwood model and then by the growing numbers of cremati ons where lavish spending on something that would be burned seemed like an extravagance.

But what’s lavish spending?What you choose to lie in state it can cost

as litt le as a few hundred dollars – if you’re modest in taste and don’t want a fuss – to upwards of $5000 if you want the full monty – a casket decorated with photos of your

choosing, highly lacquered; if you want to be the star of the show.

“Presentati on always comes at a cost and it comes at a ti me cost too, the ti me it costs to arrange this – four to fi ve days if it’s your photo, a couple of days if it’s a standard design.”

Today’s coffi ns are works of art, they’re as individual as the person they contain and they’re made to be seen. But that’s not for everyone, Mr Paterson said.

“A lot of people don’t want to make a fuss, the cheaper and plainer the bett er, but others want something that refl ects who they were in life.”

There’s even willow caskets for anyone who

wants to feel a litt le closer to nature as they make their way to become ashes and dust. And there’s the ulti mate in showmanship, the American couch coffi ns, all glitz, glamour, high rise lid and gold embellishments, more about showmanship than style.

Also popular are the plain coffi ns on which friends and family can write messages, on which children can draw pictures. The ulti -mate way to tell a person’s life story.

The downside of all of this choice, however, Mr Paterson said, is that families can lose sight of cost in the rush to ensure the person they’re farewelling gets something they feel refl ects their personality.

And that, he said, means there’s every reason why planning your send-off while you have your wits about you and your good health on board, makes sense.

If cremati on’s your chosen style of exit, then there are matching urns as well. For a litt le extra you can have your casket and your urn decorated to your liking and have the sati sfacti on of knowing that the decor you’ve chosen may live on someone’s mantelpiece

for decades.There are also people who do not want fu-

nerals, who want no fuss, no service, nothing more than a few people gathering for a few moments to say goodbye. And that happens more oft en than you’d imagine in Ashburton – at least 10 ti mes a year, Mr Paterson said.

Occasionally there is a bald request for just a burial. A body to be collected by an under-taker, interred or cremated by an undertaker with no-one present. That, Mr Paterson says, is a very sad request and one that’s hard to comply with.

“We do try and talk family out of this. Everyone should at least be acknowledged by their family and friends. It should be acknowl-

edged that they’ve lived and contributed in some way to the world.”

However you look at it, he says, the world of funerals has changed. Ashburton’s growing ethnic mix, the increasing size of the bodies to be buried, they all mean a diff erent approach to what was once a very traditi onal job.

He now carries a stock of large caskets and makes larger ones as needed and he’s now prett y well versed in the diff erent customs surrounding death with diff erent cultures.

And change has come in the balance between burial and cremati on, with crema-ti on now the winner. He doesn’t have an ash store. If an urn is not collected, he chases up family members, lawyers or estate trustees and requests they come, collect and take it away.

It might sound crass, but Mr Paterson’s aim is to be a one-stop-shop when it comes to funeral arrangements. Call him, place your or-der and he’ll deliver. Someti mes that delivery takes more than a litt le eff ort, however, par-ti cularly when it comes to meeti ng requests for music, oft en by a specifi c singer. That’s part of the challenge. For him the sati sfacti on in his job comes from knowing he’s met every need, every request, from fl owers and food to service venue and music.

Not every funeral is plain sailing. Oft en fam-ily feuds or family disagreements surface and require some careful negoti ati on. The chal-lenge there is to fi nd a soluti on that off ends no one, sati sfi es the wishes of the dead and makes everyone feel like a winner.

He knows he’s in a business that’s unlikely to be overtaken by ti me. The fi nal act of death won’t go away, but change will con-ti nue in how that death is marked.

The latest change is live streaming of funer-als and the use of Skype where a eulogy can be delivered from anywhere in the world.

That’s a giant leap from a funeral Mr Paterson recalls about 25 years ago where a telephone line was run into a chapel and a phone taped under a lectern so the service could be heard by an absent family member. The forerunner of the conference call?

Each year Mr Paterson makes sure around 240 people make their fi nal earthly act in the style they’ve requested and as the weight of Ashburton’s populati on moves towards the aged and ageing, he knows those numbers will increase. Inevitably, the business of dy-ing will become one of the district’s biggest growth industries.

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Russell Keati ng can’t stand sitti ng sti ll. If there is someone out there he can help, he’s there as soon as he can.

Whether it’s doing lawns for people in the community, driving cancer pati ents to Christchurch, helping with fundraising or simply giving advice – it all helps to keep his mind busy.

And that’s just how he likes it.The 72-year-old has never been busier

since he reti red seven years ago and calls the non-existent reti rement more of a “change of directi on”.

But he has good reason to give back, parti cularly to the local branch of the Cancer Society where he volunteers as a driver.

Around 13 years ago, Russell had half of his bowel removed because of cancer.

He knows what the process is like and how much the support he received helped him.

“It’s just my way of giving back to the com-munity and the Cancer Society in general. I really support what they do for people, especially when they don’t get any money from the government to rely on,” he said.

He can drive to Christchurch once a week, twice a week or every few weeks – the ti me varies according to appointments.

The only ti me he has failed to get a pa-ti ent to an appointment on ti me was on the day of the February earthquake, when they eventually had to turn around due to heavy traffi c into the city.

Other than that, he’s always on ti me.“I enjoy driving and I enjoy meeti ng

people so it is a good thing for me to be doing. The waiti ng doesn’t worry me,

someti mes it’s only 20 minutes and I think the longest I’ve had to wait was three hours but it’s all for the good of someone else so I don’t mind waiti ng,” he said.

The job of volunteering in general is an extremely rewarding one and he caught the bug through a friend, who was already volunteering through the Cancer Society.

He has now been a driver for around fi ve years and will also branch out to help the society at the upcoming Relay for Life.

“If everybody in the community did a bit of volunteering, it wouldn’t leave so much for those who do actually do it. There is a lot of volunteer work out there for people, even if they’re reti red but want something to do,” he said.

Russell’s other commitments include be-ing the president of the Ashburton Kidney Society aft er having kidney stones for 48 years, farming one day a week at Glentun-nel with his son, volunteering through St Andrews Church, mowing lawns and doing gardens for people.

He also has two vintage cars in his garage which he has been working on for around seven years and has a nati onal certi fi cate in horti culture to his name.

A family of three children and eight grand-children living close by can also mean the occasional call up for Russell and his wife Pat.

“People always say to me about acti ng my age and not my shoe size but if I didn’t have anything to do, I’d be terrible to live with. “I don’t like saying no to anybody and I work on the principle that if I wasn’t around, I hope someone would do the same for Pat.

“I’ll conti nue to keep going as long as my body allows me and would love to see more people get into volunteering in the future,” he said.

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Dianne's double life Dianne Prendergast leads a double life.

The woman most people know teaches infants at Lauriston School. Her working days are spent sur-

rounded by wide-eyed youngsters who know her as Mrs P.

That’s the conventi onal Dianne Prender-gast. Behind that cool, blonde exterior there’s a second persona lurking, one that sees her take her life to the edge most weekends as she morphs into Dianne Prendergast the speed freak.

Her type of speed is legal, it’s above board. It’s the speed she generates behind the wheel of a racing car on the race track and it’s the kind of speed that’s earned her fame.

She’s good at what she does - at both jobs. As she does in teaching, on the track she also competes on an equal footi ng with the guys. No concessions are made here. If you want to play hard, then you play on the same track, in the same race, by the same rules. And Dianne wouldn’t have it any other way.

When she dons her race overalls, slides on her helmet and slips behind the wheel, she asks for nothing more than the opportunity to push her car and her nerve to the limit.

On track and off , she has her own dedi-cated support team, her pit crew. That team numbers just one. Husband Anthony. It’s the perfect relati onship, on track and off .

Looking back, Dianne’s date with speed was probably set and sealed early in her youth.

“I’ve always liked cars, liked speed and I’ve always liked driving. I lived at Anama when I was a child and it was always a long drive to get anywhere and as a country kid, of course I learned to drive early.”

She graduated from the farm truck in the farm paddock to rural back roads and fi nally to licensed driver with her own car. And then she found Anthony and the Ashburton Car Club.

What those years on the farm hadn’t done, a few club rallies did, convincing her that no matt er how fast she went, she’d always want to go faster.

The club went to Ruapuna Raceway to give members a chance to try their skills on the drag racing strip. Dianne tried once and was hooked.

Her hot rod lost its allure when she was given the chance to buy a ‘rail’ – a long,

skinny drag racer.“I guess I was lucky to have lots of success

straight off . That’s the car I won the New Zealand champs in and the one I set the New Zealand speed record in.”

It’s a record she sti ll holds – 154 miles per hour in 8.9 seconds, set in the 2000–2001 drag racing season.

The feeling of speed is indescribable, the ulti mate buzz really, Dianne said.

But setti ng that record also meant some of the challenge disappeared.

“I’d won the nati onal champs , the North Island champs and the South Island champs and I’d got a New Zealand record. Do you go out and do the same thing again, or do something else?”

A spurt of growth in Anthony’s contracti ng business meant she had to opt for something else and racing took a back seat for a couple of years. That didn’t mean the desire had gone; Dianne knew that it was only a matt er of ti me before she was behind the wheel and on the track again.

“Drag racing was a great page in the album, but this is now another page.”

For her driving is a complete change of

pace from educati ng young minds.“It’s great for the kids to see me in another

role and we all need something to get us buzzing, to get the adrenalin going.”

Her return to the track came in a more modest way, when Anthony and mate Herb built up an old Corti na Mark II chassis that had been lying in the shed for 30 years.

“It was the project he was always going to get onto, but I guess it’s just taken him a while. He bought it in his late teens and it’s been shift ed at least half a dozen ti mes, but he didn’t give up, he was just waiti ng for the right ti me.”

And that right ti me was last year and Dianne swapped the thrill of drag racing for the more modest challenge for circuit racing in the classic car category. In a 1971 Sunbeam Rapier.

“It’s not the most powerful car but it’s a fun car to drive and quite a diff erent experience to drag. It’ll go 100 miles an hour on the straight, but it takes a long ti me to get there.”

The slower Sunbeam, however, proved to be the ideal vehicle to learn the skills of driv-ing a circuit rather than a straight line. There was no temptati on to corner at high speed.

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The Sunbeam has been sidelined now that Anthony has fi nally completed the Corti na. It runs in the Oscar class. These restored racers have to be returned to the state they were in when they raced in the 70s and 80s.

“They were the muscle cars of that day. They had to have a standard chassis but you can beef them up.”

Her car was built and raced by Jack McIntyre from Gore. She reckons he’d be prett y chuff ed to see it belti ng its way round the track with a woman driver today.

And when she wants a new and faster thrill, there’s the car once owned and raced by Ash-burton race driver Rod McElrea, in the back shed waiti ng for Anthony’s rebuild genius.

In Dianne’s words – “it’s prett y powerful”.The next version might by holed up in the

shed, but Dianne is happy with her latest drive.“It’s a special car because it’s been An-

thony’s car forever. He’s had it as long as he’s had me. It’s part of us and now it’s fi nally there and racing.”

Driving the car that’s been her husband’s dream restorati on, doesn’t mean she’s baby-

ing the machine, afraid of damaging it.“Anthony said, ‘take it out there and have

fun. Drive it fast’. But he did say, ‘don’t scratch it’.”

No-one goes out intending to damage a car, there’s too much money involved for that, but accidents can and do happen, Dianne said.

“You’re not racing in this category for points or prize money so we don’t need to be push-ing and shoving and doing risky things, but we are putti ng on a show for spectators.”

While driving a car is supposed to be about relaxati on, racing a car is not. It’s hard work.

“There’s no power steering and they’re re-ally heavy to drive. My skinny litt le arms have to work prett y hard heaving it around.”

She’s had a couple of outi ngs in the MkII and she’s pleased with the way the Corti na is running, although with a new motor on board there’s sti ll some fi ne tuning to do.

Looking ahead, V8 racing has a defi nite appeal, but Dianne says she has a lot to learn about circuit racing in a modest saloon before she hops into one of the big gunners.

And stepping into that class means hours

of practi ce and a big weekend commitment. And that’s a commitment neither Dianne nor Anthony are sure they want to make.

“There always has to be a challenge in it or it’s not fun. If you can fi nd someone in your class who is similar to you then you can push each other and have some dicing.”

She might be hot on the track, but Dianne’s not interested in ti nkering under the bon-net, in building cars up from scratch. That’s Anthony’s job.

She is interested in mechanics however, and can talk about things mechanical. That’s part of being a successful driver, understanding what makes the car work well.

“Part of being successful is being able to tell Anthony what I think is going on with the car and I need to be att uned to what’s going on.”

Anthony Prendergast’s not like most blokes. He’s happy to admit his wife’s a gun behind the wheel and he doesn’t mind taking what some might see as second place, in the pits and in the garage at home.

Dianne doesn’t see anything second-ti er about what he does; she knows that if he

didn’t do his job well, then she wouldn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning on the track.

He builds and fi xes cars, she races them and occasionally breaks them.

But he admits, he just loves working on cars, listening to the engine while she races, watch-ing her drive, getti ng a kick out watching ‘his’ machine go through its paces.

It’s the perfect partnership.While his wife might be risking her neck

every ti me she goes out on the track against the clock, that doesn’t faze Anthony.

“I don’t worry about her and I know we do everything to make her safe. I know every bolt of her car and I’m very confi dent of her ability. She doesn’t race because she’s a woman she’s a woman who races cars because she’s a darned good driver.”

His pride in his wife’s achievements is obvi-ous.

“You don’t get to be a two-ti me drag-race champion by doing nothing. This is a real partnership. You can’t have one without the other.”

Left – Primed and ready to race, Dianne Prendergast in her alter-ego behind the wheel of her Mark II Cortina.Below – Dianne Prendergast in her weekend guise, race-car driver.

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A chill is in the air, and with changeable weather occurring daily, it can be a struggle deciding what to wear each morning. It must be smart-looking, warm for the morning chill, yet cool for when

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Fix your sticking doorsDoors and windows sti ck for a number

of reasons. They could be loose on the hinge, swollen due to damp-

ness or perhaps they have twisted slightly following the many quakes and aft ershocks we have had. In most cases, it is easy to unsti ck a door or window once you identi fy which part is sti cking – another great DIY project.

Oft en on older doors the screws have loosened so check both the doors and the frame for any loose screws and ti ghten them. If a screw doesn’t ti ghten, the screw hole may have become enlarged and may be able to be fi xed by replacing the screw with a longer or thicker one, but with the same size head so as not to sit proud of the hinge.

If the screws are not loose and the hinges are okay, they may have to be readjusted on the door frame. Close the door, watching to see where it sti cks and where it gaps. If the door is ti lted in the frame, it will sti ck at the top on one side and at the bott om on the other, and there will be a gap between the door and the frame opposite each binding point. If the door hinges need shimming, open the door as far as it will go. Push a wedge under it to hold it fi rmly.

At the hinge to be adjusted, loosen the

screws from the hinge on the door frame. Cut a piece of thin cardboard or plasti c to the same size as the hinge, and slide the shim behind the loosened hinge. Keeping the shim in place, ti ghten the screws to resecure the hinge. Remove the wedge holding the door and close the door. If the door sti ll sti cks, but not as much as it did before, add another shim under the hinge.

If the door sti cks even aft er shimming, or if there is no gap anywhere around the frame, you’ll have to remove some wood at the binding points. If you are lucky the door is sti cking on the top corner of the opening side in which case you can plane it in place. If not, the door will need to come off .

Again close the door and see where it is sti cking. Mark with a pencil where and the amount to be planed off . The ideal gap is 2-3mm.

Most interior door hinges have pins that can be removed to take the door off or remove the hinge completely instead.

Once the door is off it needs to be held fi rmly for planing. Any plane will do, a hand plane or power plane, as long as it is sharp.

Most doors are ‘eased’, meaning the edge of the door is on a slight angle which

prevents the door from sti cking on closing. Therefore it is important to maintain this an-gle.

Doors are oft en ‘clashed’ which means there is a thin strip of ti mber on the edge of the door. If the door needs lots off it this strip may become too thin so it may be bett er to plane the hinge side of the door and recess the hinges in again.

Set the plane for a very fi ne cut. Timber will tear if planed against the grain so a fi ne cut will establish which way the grain is running without doing too much damage. If the ti m-ber is tearing turn the plane around the other way and set the cut a litt le deeper.

If planing the top or bott oms there will be a bit of end grain on either edge of the door where the side rails end. This is more diffi cult to plane but plenty of pressure on a lightly set plane will get through it, planing towards the centre to avoid splitti ng the side rails or clashing strips.

Sand the edges and corners, refi t any removed hardware and rehang the door.

Ordinary Kiwi bloke Shane ‘Woodsy’ Woods is handy

around the house with a ham-mer. Each month we’ll check in on what his latest DIY project has been.

Shane Woods

Left – Fixing your sticking door may be as simple as tightening any loose screws.

Below – Most interior door hinges have pins that can be removed to take the door off.

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By Erin Tasker

Alison and Donald Shearer have seen their fair share of the world.

But their latest trip to Cuba was an eye opener.It was like taking a step back in ti me, they say.The trip came about when the Shearers were

invited to the wedding of an exchange student they hosted in 1998, in Costa Rica.

They’d been to Costa Rica fi ve years ago and decided it was a long way to go just for a wed-ding so they also decided to take the opportunity to also visit their daughter Penny, who lives in Guatemala, and do a two-week tour of Cuba, at the same ti me.

They spent a week in Guatemala, a week in Costa Rica, a week in Panama and a fortnight in Cuba.

In Cuba they did a tour which saw them stay with home-stays instead of in hotels, and that way they saw the real Cuba. They became immersed in the culture, the art, the food and the way of living, and spent their evenings dancing the night away.

The started in Havana, fl ew to Baracoa, and went on to Santi ago de Cuba, Camaguey, Trinidad and Cienfuegos. Along the way they experienced

beauti ful beaches – it might have been their win-ter but it was sti ll hot – did walks in nati onal parks, saw waterfalls and of course, indulged in plenty of one of the country’s specialti es – chocolate.

Their home-stay hosts varied; they stayed with a family – a humble woman who lived with her son, daughter and other relati ves in a litt le house – while others were self contained and more elaborate. But all were welcoming.

“We’d go out dancing aft er tea and when you got home, no matt er what the ti me was, there would be someone there to let you in,” Donald said.

Many Cuban houses were falling into wrack and ruin because many didn’t own their own homes, and within days of the Shearers returning home a house in the capital city of Havana had fallen down and killed three people. They weren’t surprised.

It’s a country similar in size to the North Island of New Zealand and it houses 11 million people, and while it’s a tough country to make a living in the Shearers didn’t see poverty to the extent they’d been expecti ng.

The streets were full of old American cars and there was litt le adverti sing on the streets, just ‘Long Live Fidel’ (Castro) signs on walls.

“It was like stepping back in ti me 30 years,”

Alison said. The food was amazing, and cheap.“You could get lobster for $10 so you could have

it every day of the week if you wanted,” Alison said.

Ice-cream parlours around the country off ered a plate of ice cream for just 20 cents and it was not uncommon to see a pig on a spit being cooked on the side of the road and then the meat sold.

Like many professions in Cuba, it’s hard to make money farming. If you’re growing maize for example, you’re allocated a quota and you get a certain amount of money, so some will buy their quota off someone else and sell their own on the black market.

The Shearers visited a Cuban farm, but it wasn’t the kind of farm they’re used to. It had every sort of tropical fruit you could imagine and a range of animals like pigs, turkeys and ducks.

It was very diff erent from their own 700-cow dairy farm at Winchmore.

In Cuba, cows are rare – in one whole province there were only three cows.

Now back on their own farm, the Shearers would recommend Cuba to anyone for its culture and its history. It might have been a tough job getti ng there (you can’t fl y directly to Cuba from America), but it was well worth the eff ort.

Back in time in CubaA typical colourful street in a Cuban town. A Cuban woman embroiders in the street. Some Cuban transport.

Alison and Donald Shearer next to a statue of Che Guevara at the museum in Santa Clara.

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Speed machinesThe Chrysler Valiant Charger is the car of

choice of Gerry Power.Or should that be cars of choice.

He likes Chargers so much, he doesn’t have just one.

“I always wanted one and I guess I caught the bug. Once you’ve got it, it’s hard to shake,” Gerry said.

“I had one years ago and I really liked it but had to get rid of it. I guess it left a lasti ng impression.

“I’ve currently got two and another in the making.”

Aft er years of wanti ng, Gerry got hold of the green 1973 VJ Charger but then followed that up with an orange 1972 VH R/T Charger and now he is doing up a Valiant wagon.

“I got the VJ three years ago.“In actuality I’m its second owner really.“The guy I got it off was given it by his

grandfather when he was 14 so it had been in the one family up unti l I got it.

“He approached me to buy it back and

I considered it. It would be nice to think it ended up back with its original owners but for now I’m happy with it in my garage.”

The VJ Charger has given him litt le grief over the three years.

“I haven’t had to do too much.“I’ve had the motor out to tune it up and

done a few touch-ups to the interior. Just litt le things.”

However, one was not enough.So Gerry went and found his VJ a brother,

getti ng his hands on a72 VH Charger that came in almost mint conditi on.

“I picked that one up just about 12 months ago now.

“It is basically as is. I haven’t really had to do anything to it other than fi ll it up with petrol.”

The Hemi-orange beauty also has one major diff erence, it has a six pack.

“The six-pack engine is a triple side draught carburett or.”

The six-pack, or E49 engine, was released

for the Charger R/T, where a more powerful, quoted at 302 bhp, version of an E38-style engine was mated to a four speed manual gearbox.

“In its day it was the fastest car around and was for about 20 years.”

The engine produces remarkable torque on a seven bearing confi gurati on which en-ables considerable power development, that was previously unatt ained from six-cylinder engines and wasn’t surpassed unti l the Porsche Turbo 91.

“They used to race them at Bathurst but they never won. They have great pick up but lack top-end speed so got run down on the straights.”

An issue with the powerful engine is that Valiants are not the most economical machines.

“If you worry about that then you shouldn’t really have one, let alone two.

“They are great cars and great to drive. “They go quite well on the road but are a

bit draughty, but you get that with cars of that era.” His two Chargers are diff erent, but – as if they were his own kids – he loves them the same, and with a third on the way that is unlikely to change.

“I just like Chargers and like both of these. I’m not sure I could choose one over the other.

“There are a few diff erences, obviously in the specs but one noti ceable diff erence is in the grill and headlights. The 73 VJ has round lights while the 72 VH is square.

The Chargers aren’t the only speed ma-chines tucked away in Jerry’s garage.

“I also have an E-type Jaguar with a V12 in it. It’s prett y good for cruising around too but the engine needs to get warmed up before you start using it.”

However, they’re not all speed machines as Gerry also has a 1926 Austi n Chummy.

“That’s my wife’s car. It is a ti ny wee thing but a fun runabout she takes the grandkids in.”

Vehicles of all shapes and sizes are seen on Mid Canterbury roads. Two powerful brutes belong to Gerry Power. Just for YOU, Jonathan Leask looks at his pair of Valiant Chargers.

Right – The famous six pack. Not abs, not beer – just a whole lot of torque.

Left – Inside the 72 VH R/T Charger.

Above – Gerry Power and his two boys, a 1973 VJ Charger (rear) and the 1972 VH Charger.Below – The backend of the 1973 VJ Charger.

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Change of pacefor Korean family

By Amanda Durry

Ashburton may be a far cry from the hustle and bustle of Korea but it’s where the Kim family now calls home.

Young Bo and Jenny moved to Ashburton last year with their two children Han, 17, and Ann, 13, aft er spending three-and-a-half years in Nelson.

It was an unexpected move of sorts, as the family had originally looked at relocati ng to Timaru.

But on a trip to the South Canterbury town to have a look, they decided some-where without such big hills would be much

bett er. On their return journey, they stopped in Ashburton and liked what they saw and in parti cular, they loved the fact it was fl at.

They enjoyed the country feel of the town and the friendliness of the people so decided a move was in order.

The only downfall – it’s not close enough to the sea for their liking, meaning there wasn’t much seafood available.

But they sti ll enjoy it, as do their children who are the only two Korean students at Ashburton College.

The family initi ally moved to New Zealand to experience a diff erent culture and to help the children learn English.

“We wanted our children to learn English

because it is the most important language in the world,” Mr Kim said.

He had visited New Zealand before and said there were many diff erences between Korea and here.

The family did not consider Australia and said they would now remain in New Zea-land, whether it’s in Ashburton or not may be a diff erent story.

The quiet life of Ashburton is a far cry from their life in Korea – Mr Kim studied as a me-chanical engineer and worked at a vehicle plant, Mrs Kim was a computer programmer.

But the pair say they are happy in Ash-burton where they’ve started their own sushi business which is conti nuing to prove

popular. They have also become involved in the community and loved the experience of being part of the Multi Cultural Bite festi val at Waitangi Weekend.

Mrs Kim, who creates traditi onal Korean dolls called Dakjongi dolls, also became involved with World Children’s Day celebra-ti ons last weekend where she and her two children taught origami.

The couple has not returned to Korea since they left but plan to in the next couple of years.

They haven’t inspired any relati ves to move yet, but once they come to visit the Kims, there was no telling what could hap-pen, Mr Kim said.

The Kim family from Korea are enjoying the quieter lifestyle of Ashburton after movinYoung Bo and Ann, 13.

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Food from KoreaBibimbap is a signature Korean Dish. The word literally means “mixed meal” or

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MethodMix the biscuit crumbs and butter together and press over base and sides of a 21cm springform tin (leave in refrigerator to chill while preparing the filling).Beat the cream cheese together with the cream and sugar until smooth.Stir in the lemon juice and dissolved gelatine. Fold through 3/4 cup (1/2 jar) of the Morello Cherry Jam. Don’t completely mix in, leaving a rippled effect.Pour into base and chill for at least 2 hours (preferably overnight).Before serving, warm the remaining jam with 1 Tbsp water and spread over the cheesecake.

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