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“THE CAR HAD BEEN RESTORED TO A VERY HIGH STANDARD AND SINCE THEN I DON’T THINK IT HAS SEEN A GREAT DEAL OF USE, BUT THERE WERE SOME AREAS THAT WEREN’T TOUCHED; THE WIRING AND INTERIOR TRIM BEING TWO OF THEM...”

Much of Alan Faulkner-Stevens’ work centres around the full restoration of the many Shelby Mustang variants. From time to time he’ll diversify with the occasional other muscle car and, of course, another of his specialities is genuine AC Cobras and their derivatives.

However, one particular car to benefit from Alan’s expert attention has been this 1971 Mustang Mach 1, whose now-former owner was looking for something special.

“He would find cars on various websites, send all the information to me and we’d discuss the pros and cons of them,” explains Alan.

“We came close once or twice to finding what was thought to be a suitable

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