 Car love affair: rare Mustangs Article
Car love affair: rare Mustangs
25aug03 - The Daily Telegraph
WHILE many car enthusiasts put their vehicles before themselves, this one's the boss – literally.
The reasons why people spend tens of thousands of dollars and nearly as many hours buying and restoring their favorite cars are many and varied. David Livian, the proud owner of four classic Ford Mustangs, including a rare 1969 Boss 302, blames his childhood chemist.
"When I was a kid I grew up in a smaller country town just outside Sydney," he says.
"The local chemist bought a 1965-66 Ford Mustang. Me, as a five- or six-year-old, was very impressed. It was just a plain white coupe but it was very different to anything else on the road."
And young David Livian began dreaming of his own classic Mustang. When Ford racing legend Allan Moffat imported a Boss 302 Mustang to Australia to race from 1969 Livian became a fan of the car.
That red machine won countless races and has now been restored in Queensland.
Since buying his own Boss 302 in 1984 Livian says he has restored it to original condition, driven the car up and down the east coast of Australia and even raced it.
It has done more than 152,000km, and is the leading example of the model in Australia, achieving the highest levels in car club competitions.
The 302 stands for 302 cubic inches (5-litres) engine capacity.
The American V8 beauty is one of only six on the road in Australia and only 1628 were made in the original build. Now there are only 540 left in the world.
The car was not sold new in Australia and all examples here have been imported by enthusiasts. Livian says he imported his Boss from the US in 1984 after it was located in California.
"The Boss 302 was the GT-HO Phase 3 of Mustangs," he says.
It was conceived in the US in the late 60s to enable Ford to go saloon racing. To homologate a racing car Ford was required to build 2000 examples for public sale.
"All the best bits they could pick out of a Ford parts bin went into a Boss 302."
In the end Ford ran out of time to complete the full build but it was achieved with the production of 7000 upgraded 1970 models.
All of which makes this 1969 model extremely rare.
So rare, in fact, Livian believes his car is now worth more than $80,000.
Livian has three other model Mustangs and competes in motorsport events with one of them.
He is also the NSW president of the Mustang Owners Club of Australia.
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