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By Casey Leger father was able to locate the rolling
chassis of a 1969 Ford Mustang
ports Energy is happy to kick off Sports Roof. “It was completely bare
S2025’s An Eye for the Classics and was missing everything,” Devin
column with Devin Samson and his recalls. “It had four wheels, a steering
1969 Mustang Sports Roof. “I’ve column, and a milkcrate for a seat. For
been into classic cars all my life,” anyone who knows Mustangs, ‘69 is
Devin explains. “I grew up around one of the most desirable and iconic
them. My father was a hobbyist years. We drove all over Ontario and
and had a huge passion and love for Quebec hunting down parts, and
classic vehicles of all types, and so meeting with all kinds of likeminded
I naturally caught the same bug at a car enthusiasts, acquiring them piece Photo Submitted
very young age, not just for cars but by piece, and we started assembly in Ottawa as a tower crane operator, car at its best and tend to it to keep his
for anything with an engine. I learned after the body work and paint were
commuting from his home in South legacy alive and well. I wish he could
how to tinker and fix and repair, or completed. I was able to take it to my
Glengarry. “I take great pride and see it now; I’ve rebuilt basically every
simply just improve things, to make prom at graduation at Holy Trinity ownership of the car,” he says. mechanical component and done
them faster.” High School here in Cornwall.”
“Unfortunately, dad passed in 2018, some extensive engine work. She
In 2006, when Devin was 14, his Devin, now in his thirties, works so I feel it’s my duty to keep the old runs, and sounds, great! Sometimes
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