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This shed turns out to be purpose built to house a collection of
Ford Mustangs!!! On the back wall you can see a banner saying
‘’Happy 70th Birthday John’’. I’m not sure when that was but I can
imagine it was a huge bash!
Here we see Mustangs mostly from the 1960’s. There are also
2 late models seen here at far left (blue and gold colour). John
mentioned that he sourced most of the 1960’s models from
the U.S. and had them converted to right hand drive as well as
refurbishing where desired. They are all in pristine condition.
Well that’s not it yet, we are in for another surprise! We now visit the
other shed to see more cars!
This is John’s other Ferrari and that is John speaking to us from
the walkway above. You may have noticed the number plates on
the 2 Ferrari’s are ITP-000 and ITP-001. The number plates on
the Mustangs also go ITP-etc onwards. That’s because John is
Chairman and founder of the ITP franchise Australia wide (ITP for
Income Tax Professionals). He is an Accountant and is credited
with starting one of the country’s oldest franchise networks. John
is an obsessed motor hoon and over the years has owned a
staggering array of sports cars. He also mentioned that he regularly
hosts various other Car Clubs to view his sheds. This would also
apply to the other sheds we visited today as it’s all about sharing
the passion and meeting with like-minded people. Everyone was
delighted with the day’s events.
One of the Ferrari’s on display. And I hear you say you have never
heard of a green Ferrari before. That’s because it is a special order
to the factory and when placing such a special order, Ferrari agree
to make it a one-off meaning no other person in the world would
have the same colour car. But in this case, John saw a green
Ferrari he liked and could only get it in green if the other green
Ferrari owner agreed to it. Because the original green Ferrari was
in England it was agreed he could have a green one in Australia
because there was no chance the two cars could meet!
The home theatre room mentioned at image 51. It also contains
hundreds of model cars seen here along the far wall and below the
screen.
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