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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

If you were surrounded by the pinnacle of F1 engineering day in, day out, what would you drive to get your thrills? Something sharp and clever like an Exige, perhaps? An M2 Competition, maybe? For Red Bull Technology employee Shaun Parker, the answer is simple – a raw, noisy, leaf-sprung Mustang.

For the past five years, this build has been a labour of love for Shaun, as he toiled to fulfil his boyhood dream of owning Ford’s iconic muscle car. “I remember the first time I saw one like it was yesterday,” smiles the effervescent Kiwi, “my Dad took me to an American car show in Auckland when I

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