COASTLINE
AUTOMOTIVE
Tauranga, New Zealand
ABOUT US
In mid 1995 Coastline Automotive imported a 1970 Boss 302 Mustang with the help of USA contacts. This was a two owner California car that required repainting and a light restoration. This car won many 'Peoples Choice' and Best American' trophies at local car show events.
The following year a '65 A code Mustang fastback, along with many parts, was imported and built into a Shelby clone for vintage racing. It's first event was a car show where it won first place as 'Best American', a win before it had even got onto the track. This car went onto a successful racing career and won the historic class and was placed very high overall (9th) in the 1998 New Zealand Targa Rally.
Due to the high quality workmanship and
award winning results of these vehicles, Coastline
Automotive was kept very busy restoring and fabricating
other vintage Mustangs. Customer demand required
Coastline Automotive to locate some of the more
specialised parts and vehicles required. This began a
trend of frequent buying trips to the USA locating
Shelby, Boss and other Mustang vehicles and parts for
importing into New Zealand.
From the late 1990's due to New Zealand's more buoyant economy, requests for particular rarer and more desirable Mustangs, has seen Coastline Automotive source and import a number of early Shelbys and recently a Boss 429.
Coastline
Automotive then noticed the increasing number of high
performance Japanese vehicles on the road and expanded to
specialise in Nissan Skylines, 300ZX's and GTR's and is
currently running its own 1990 Nissan 300ZX twinturbo
roadrace car.
As the 'baby boom' generation continues to age, the demand for classic and vintage Mustangs remains strong and continues to form the majority of Coastline Automotive's projects.
Phone +64 7 578 8852
Fax +64 7 578 4999
Mobile +64 27 4949 342