Tornado Rod and Custom Club

Tornado Rod and Custom Club Tornado Rod and Custom Club, Timaru, New Zealand Tornados was formed in 1968 by some young Hot Rodders that were friends and had a keen interest in Hot Rods.

The club grew and became incorporated 1973. In those days the club meetings were held in peoples homes, sheds and a common meeting place in the early days was an old brick garage that is now a car park between Mitre 10 and the chrome platers at the bottom of North Street, over the years several club cars were built in this shed. In 1973 this shed was rented by Oillie Caswell and was building a 193

9 Ford coupe that was being wildly customized by Mike O'Sullivan. This car was nothing short of radical for it's time, with tilt front, square headlights, Falcon tail lights, Mark 1 Zephyr rear window and Dunlop racing tires. This car is still around today. In 1981 Tornados approached the Timaru District Council to see if Tornados could lease land so we could build a clubrooms. Tornados looked at a few places and ended up buying land at 8 Shaw Street Timaru for $4000.00 and set about raising money to build a clubrooms. A plan was drawn up and Tornado members built the clubrooms with very little outside labour needed. Tornados open the clubrooms in 1983 and around those time Tornados were running some of the biggest Rod Runs in the South Island. The club has also run a number of special interest car raffles, some of the prizes being a 1972 Corvette, 1968 Mustang Fastback and a 1956 Chevy 2 door Hard Top. Club Meetings are every second Wednesday at 8.00pm at the clubrooms.

02/09/2026
30/08/2026

We have our Timaru Basic Vehicle Maintenance workshop happening this Saturday.
If you are around the South Canterbury area, secure one of the last spots now! - https://www.facebook.com/share/1993bZpDWq/

We also will have our Timaru Ladies car cruise and meet up details released later this week! Loving these warmer weather days for cruising.

26/08/2026

We're planning a girls' park-up and cruise in Timaru!
What do you ladies prefer for a meet-up?
Ideas are helpful as we plan these all around NZ

- Daytime or evening
- How long would you prefer the cruise to be?
- Saturday or Sunday
- Would it encourage you to attend if we ran giveaways
Shoot me any other advice to help with our planning stage.

Otematata's Best Dam Pub
26/08/2026

Otematata's Best Dam Pub

Dam Run is on again this year, open to all clubs and cars.
No entry fee unless you want the BBQ feed back at the clubrooms

17/08/2026
Andy and Mark decided it was time to trek south and check out Whitestone Rodders petrol Head breakfast in Hampden.Cool c...
16/08/2026

Andy and Mark decided it was time to trek south and check out Whitestone Rodders petrol Head breakfast in Hampden.
Cool cruise down & great checking out the cars . Black Dodge quickly caught my eye --Christines ( Movie) sister car
After a cooked brekky we cruised north to check out Ian Carters shed -- very nice DODGE RT 383 --apparently bored and stroke to some wicked cubic inch number -- sounded awesome
On the way hme we stopped off at Jeff Blacks to smell some more petrol fumes

Anybody interested in heading down to Hampden this weekend
12/08/2026

Anybody interested in heading down to Hampden this weekend

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8 Shaw Street
Timaru
7910

Telephone

+64273766682

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