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Dicing up stock steel is a daunting task, but there’s no denying the urges inside your head once you’ve conceived the perfect vision. For Timaru’s Sam Tonkin, an apprentice sparky, that meant transforming his once-stock 1991 Nissan Silvia (PS13) into something more.

“I Onevia converted it a few years back, then tracked it for six months; after that, I stripped it down to be rebuilt to where it is currently,” explains Sam. “It’s three years since I

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