Austin Powered
May 28, 2020
3 minutes
WORDS BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
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Many classic boat restoration stories have odd, unlikely beginnings – it seems to go with the territory. This one started three years ago in an Auckland doctor’s waiting room where Phil Shaw was growing impatient waiting for a seriously delayed appointment.
With clenched teeth he hauled out his phone and began trawling through Trademe – looking for nothing in particular – and stumbled over a listing for a derelict 14-foot wooden
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