This story begins in 1994. The automotive world had its challenges. BMW had just purchased Rover from British Aerospace, Ayrton Senna died at Imola, Italy, during the San Marino Grand Prix, and OJ Simpson did a runner from the cops in a Ford Bronco.
New Zealander Chris Saywell, who was living in Perth, Australia, at the time, had his own challenge. He wanted a project car. He had found a 1970 Ford Mustang fastback being used as a chicken coop, purchased it for the princely sum of $5500 — which was bloody cheap back then — and decided to bring it back to New Zealand.
With the car now safely landed in Taranaki, Chris called upon the expertise of a local panel beater, Barry Cruickshank. Over the next 12 years, Barry and Chris replaced all the required sheet metal. Then it was on to Brendan Landers for the prep and paintwork.
Unfortunately, tragedy struck. Chris was killed in a motorcycle accident in October 2006, just before he started assembling the Mustang.
This is where Vaughan’s story begins. Vaughan was friends with Chris, and
