It didn’t start in a garage. It started with a wall.

Long before I picked up a single tool, I was a kid staring at posters of machines that felt like magic—Ferraris, Lamborghinis, American muscle legends. While the world outside was busy with cartoons and textbooks, I was already chasing something different. Not with tools or parts, but with imagination.

Cars weren’t just vehicles to me—they were stories on wheels. And every month, without fail, I'd head to the newsagent and grab the latest Street Machine magazine. That glossy cover wasn’t just print—it was fuel for the fire. A fire that burned quietly through years spent in a completely different world: IT. Twenty-five years behind screens, running my own IT business and overseeing complex projects. The dream? It stayed tucked away—waiting.

Then, in 2015, everything changed. We found her: a 1965 Ford Mustang Shelby replica. Right-hand drive. Clean lines. Brimming with promise. She wasn’t perfect, but she didn’t need to be. What she needed was vision. Bit by bit, we began slowly transforming the car —cleaning up the interior, converting it to manual transmission, upgrading the suspension and brakes, and, more importantly, meeting the right people. Legends like Ralph from Trutrack and Lou from Dandy Engines. People who didn’t just work on cars—they lived them.

By 2022, I knew it was time to stop dreaming and build a car like I always wanted to.  I assembled a team of the best automotive minds, ADI for the concept and design, Automotive Creations for metalwork, body and paint, Dandy Engines and Harrop engineering for the engine, Trutrack Suspension for the suspension, brakes and the mechanical assembly, The trim shop for the interior and MPW for the custom fabrication, this was a crew that understood what we saw in that car: not just potential, but identity. The JR-GT350 was born—not just a car, but a culmination. A story of grit, obsession, and belief.

Sessanta is more than restoration. It’s a journey. A return to a dream that never really left me.