"How a Ford Mustang is Assembled" Graphic, circa 1978

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company illustrated the steps in building a Mustang in this poster from 1978. It was the company's 75th anniversary, and the poster perhaps reminded viewers that Ford had perfected the moving assembly line some 60 years earlier. The time required to assemble a Mustang -- from chassis, to body, to paint, to pre-delivery -- was about 27 hours.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Poster

Date Made

circa 1978

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

78.300.1389.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 10 in
Width: 16 in