Father/Son Down Under 1968 Ford Mustang

Aussie father-and-son duo bolt together one of the sweetest — and most potent — 1968 Mustang hardtops Down Under.

Team builds have always seemed like a particularly perilous proposition. Who owns the finished car? Does one party get miffed if they find themselves investing more time or money into the project? Is some kind of time-share calendar put in place to mark out who gets to drive the car and when? Are tempers frayed when one party rips a big scratch in it?

Apparently there were no such issues at play during (or after) the decade-long father-and-son rebuild of this 1968 Mustang hardtop in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia. For Terry and Adrian Morton looking back on the build, the Mercedes Ruby Mica Mustang represents a lot of good times in the shed and a few beers along the way … read more