AN OLD CAR GIVEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE, AND A NEW KID ON THE BLOCK, HAS TCM TONGUES WAGGING
Touring Car Masters followers may not immediately recognise the lovely 1964 Mustang Coupe gracing these pages, but squint and you may just spot the DNA of retired TCM stalwart Ian McAlister’s well-known red and white Pony Car.
In short, that car, and indeed McAlister himself, were absolute favourites among rusted-on old-car buffs. But when McAlister decided to hang up his race suit last year, there was a good chance the lovely ol ’Stang may languish in the Young car dealer’s NSW shed forever more.
That’s when collector Don Dimitriadis stepped in, with the help of TCM guru Dick Savy from Savy Motorsport. You see, Dimitriadis is a Ford-oriented collector (with a special love of Mustangs in particular), and he was keen to give a kid a start at TCM level in a Blue Oval beast. The choice was then easy. Savy cast about to see what was on the market, and Ian McAlister’s looked like a no-brainer...
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