In 1967 the Sydney Morning Herald ran an article that said several Australian and English manufacturers were interested in his engines.
Roly Crowther, a New Zealand speedway driver, heard about Walker's work on rotary engines.
Crowther considered that an almost fully indigenously produced vehicle should be possible using Walker's engine in a fiber glass bodied car.
By 1968 the prototype was completed at Mount Wellington, Auckland, but the Walker engine was still under development.
As a temporary measure an NSU Prinz air cooled engine was fitted.
[5] A new company Pacific Auto Industries (NZ) Limited was formed (a combination of Rotarymotive and UEB Industries Limited) with UEB's Sir James Doig as chairman with the aim of producing the car.
The company was formed just one month after the Anziel Nova development was dropped, but failed to raise the funds needed to start production despite an Australian firm indicating it wanted to import 5000 cars a year.