Hi matt,
Yes it might be the same car. It was red and had awful bodykit, seats and wheels fitted. Dave brought it off a customer in taupo.we had been doing the engine and gearbox for its restoration but it had gone down the common path of us doing a small amount of work, requesting some payment for parts etc and not hearing anything for a couple of years. The previous owner talked about selling it on and off(I offered him money years ago before I brought my Lhd one) for years and save finally waved some money under his nose at the right moment.
It had been registered in NZ and australia as a 1970 car which is what it had been changed to look like. Not sure when or why that happened.
Thanks