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The hand of the king’s Mustang

24 October, 2015

Classic Car Auctions (CCA) will be offering a very special 1967 Ford Mustang convertible — owned by British actor and Game of Thrones star Charles Dance — in its auction on December 5 at The Warwickshire Exhibition Centre.  

This Mustang has been owned by Dance since 2002, and was a daily driver right up until 2013, when he was made to treat the car to a full restoration. This included fitting all-new floor pans, new rear wings, a fully rebuilt 289 V8 engine, and a complete new brake system. The car then received a full bare-metal respray.

The Mustang is now going under the hammer in CCA’s final sale of the year, with an estimate of between £25,000–£30,000 (NZ$56,350–67,610).

Commenting on the car, CCA general manager Guy Lees-Milne said, “This is the ideal car not just for Mustang fans but for Game of Thrones obsessives around the world. Just imagine driving the car once owned by Tywin Lannister!”

The Mustang will join around 100 other classic cars in CCA’s December sale.

 

Motorman – The saga of the Temple Buell Maseratis

30 January, 2026

Swiss-born Hans Tanner and American Temple Buell were apparently among the many overseas visitors who arrived in New Zealand for the Ardmore Grand Prix and Lady Wigram trophy in January 1959. Unlike Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, Ron Flockhart, Harry Schell and Carroll Shelby who lined up for the sixth New Zealand Grand Prix that year, Tanner and Buell were not racing drivers but they were key players in international motor sport.
Neither the rotund and cheery Buell nor the multi-faceted Tanner were keen on being photographed and the word ‘apparently’ is used in the absence of hard evidence that Buell actually arrived in this country 64 years ago.

Luxury by design

15 January, 2026

How do you define luxury? To some it is being blinded with all manner of technological wizardry, from massaging heated seats to being able to activate everything with your voice, be it the driver’s side window or the next track on Spotify. To others, the most exorbitant price tag will dictate how luxurious a car is.
For me, true automotive luxury comes from being transported in unparalleled comfort, refinement, and smoothness of power under complete control. Forget millions of technological toys; if one can be transported here and there without the sensation of moving at all, that is luxury — something that is perfectly encapsulated by the original Lexus LS400. It was the first truly global luxury car from Toyota, and one that made the big luxury brands take notice.