He’s got an eye for it,” says Suzanne Leech of her husband Kelvin’s styling ideas for her ’67 Mustang Fastback. “I’d say what I wanted, and he’d tell me it wouldn’t look good and point out his thoughts,” she laughs, “but it wouldn’t look anywhere near this good if it was done how I first thought.” But don’t go thinking that she’s had no input into the car – far from it. Suzanne spent many hours in the shed getting just as dirty as Kelvin and good friend come car-building companion Brett Bowyer. Even Suzanne and Kelvin’s two young kids got involved, and to top off the family effort, Suzanne’s sister had her fair share of grease under her fingernails too.

The project kicked off a bit over four years ago, when after having previously owned a ’65 Mustang, which was deemed a bit too gutless, Suzanne decided she needed (more…)

In the early years of the car, technology changed so quickly that after just 20-years of production it had surpassed the mode of transport used in the previous 2000 years, the horse. And to this day, that rate of technology and evolution hasn’t slowed. Each and every year cars are built to handle better, conserve more fuel and make more power. While it’s the manufacturers that spearhead many of these improvements, there are similar things happening in the muscle car world too.

Auckland panel shop director Patrick O’Keeffe is one of those people who’s been caught up in that cycle of constant evolution. After owning a variety of cars in his time, five years ago he completed the build of (more…)