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The custom car and hot rod community has lost one of its longest serving and best-known members in Gene Winfield. A craftsman in metal and a magician with paint, Winfield passed away on 4 March, aged 97. Born in Missouri, but raised in southern California, Winfield bought his first car when he was a teenager and immediately modified it; starting a pattern he would continue for the next seven decades. He opened his first custom shop, Windys, in 1946, then the more familiar Winfield’s Rod & Custom in 1951. Like many of his contemporaries, Winfield also got into racing, campaigning self-built cars on the street, strip and the Bonneville Salt Flats. As a custom car builder, Winfield’s work, particularly his ‘fade’ paint jobs, brought him wider attention in the late…

While it looked stock, aside from some fat Center Line Convo Pros and a bonnet scoop, there was a LOT more going on with this Mustang. For starters, there’s a 514ci Ford Big Block V8 in the detailed engine bay that also features a custom exhaust system, handmade strut tower caps and a Ring Brothers billet strut brace. The brake booster and washer bottle have been relocated, with the oil cooler and horn relocated, too. Coilover front suspension and triangulated three-link rear suspension from RRS have been fitted, along with mini tubs, a narrowed 9-inch diff from a ‘Tank’ Fairlane and the fuel tank from a 1970 Mustang. Interior touches on this ’66 Mustang included a gear shifter and door handles from a 1968 Mustang, a billet shifter knob, handmade door trims,…

What first caught our eye on this Mustang GT convertible was the ‘stars & stripes’ galloping horse grille badge. It caught the owner’s eye, too, who explained he’d found it online and had to have it! This Mustang convertible is the owner’s “summer car”, with a Mustang coupe for the colder months. He says both are driven regularly – as intended. Purchased out of WA a few years ago for a great price, this GT soft top is pretty much stock, apart from that grille badge and a set of Inforged iFG36 18-inch alloys that complement the black paint nicely. Being a 2009 model, this GT comes from the midpoint of the fourth generation (S197) Mustang that launched in late 2004 for the 2005 model year and ran until 2014. GTs from…

On the eve of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship season, McLaren announced they’d be celebrating their World Constructors’ Championship in the 2024 season with the release of limited-edition versions of their Artura and 750S supercars. Recognising McLaren’s first F1 Constructors’ Championship in 26 years and the ninth in the storied team’s history, the special cars are dubbed the ‘MCL38 Celebration Edition’, in honour of the F1 chassis that achieved eight pole positions and six race wins last season in the hands of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. FROM 1998 TO 2024 Back in 1998, when McLaren won their last Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship, they also did the ‘double’, with Mika Hakkinen winning the Drivers’ Championship. Hakkinen was victorious in eight of sixteen races that season, which combined with a…

JUST CARS have launched their own Cars & Coffee events, with the first held in Samford Village (northwest of Brisbane) this February. As evidenced by the turnout to this initial event - more than 250 cars - the car community in Brisbane and surrounds is strong. Diverse, too, with everything from classic Aussie muscle to late model Ferraris filling the car park. For rarity, there was a Maserati Biturbo on show, as well as an XW Falcon ‘Surferoo’ ute. Predating Holden’s Sandman by almost four years, only a handful – allegedly less than five – of these were built by Ford back in 1970. The Surferoo at JUST CARS & COFFEE was the same unit that featured with JUST CARS back in 2011. Being a Queensland show, it was no…

The Mustang II cops a lot of flak, but when new, it was extremely successful, with more than 385,000 produced in 1974 alone. That said, the Mustang II did have an image problem, which Ford addressed in 1975 by offering a 4.9lt (302ci) V8 option, then introducing the ‘Cobra II’ in 1976. Inspired by the Shelby GT 350, the Cobra II was a cosmetic package that included front and rear spoilers, a non-functional bonnet scoop, rear window louvres, dual sports mirrors, body-length GT stripes, lower sill stripes and snake decals on the front guards. Inside, a faux metallic finish was added to the instrument panel, centre console and door trims. Although it was limited to the fastback body style, the Cobra II package wasn’t tied to a drivetrain, so Mustang IIs…

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The annual Goodwood Festival of Speed should be on the bucket list of every bona fide motoring enthusiast. If you would love to go, but cost of living is putting it out of reach, Shannons can get you there with their latest competition. Thanks to Shannons, you and a friend could attend the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed as part of an 11-day trip to the UK that includes premium economy airfares and luxury accommodation for two, luxury car hire, $5,000 spending money (increasing to $10,000 for eligible Shannons members) and entry to all three days of the Festival of Speed. At the 2026 Festival of Speed, you can experience the world-famous hillclimb course with roving grandstand seating, meet star drivers and see incredible, high-performance machinery up close. You’ll also…

For Mustang owners and enthusiasts in Victoria, the annual Mustang Round Up presented by the Mustang Owner’s Club of Australia’s Victorian chapter (MOCA Vic) is always a special day. In 2024, it was extra special, celebrating 60 years since the Mustang’s launch, as well as the 50th birthday for MOCA Vic. Held at the Dandenong Showgrounds on Sunday, 27 October, the dual themes for the 2024 Round Up saw a healthy number of Mustangs attend, with cars rolling in from 7:00AM. Ultimately, more than 370 examples of Ford’s famous pony car – from the oldest to the newest - would fill the outdoor netball courts at the Showgrounds and extend into the grassed area beyond. A handful of cars from the AC Cobra club joined the Mustangs, which may seem…

After an absence of more than a decade, Ford brought a GT back to the Mustang range for the 1982 model year. This replaced the Cobra package and initially came as a fastback only, with a ‘High Output’ version of the already available 5.0-litre (actually 4.9-litre) V8 as standard. Changes to the internals and a larger carburettor resulted in 117kW from the 5.0 HO, compared to 104kW in untuned form. A year later, the GT could be had as a convertible, as well as a ‘Turbo GT’ that used a turbocharged version of the 2.3-litre four-cylinder engine offered in base Mustangs. The Turbo GT was dopped after 1985, but the V8 GT soldiered on, gradually increasing in power until, by 1987, it was producing 168kW. In the same year, the GT adopted…