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- 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible, Serial Number One - It's an old auto industry cliche -- "you can't sell a young man an old man's car, but you can sell an old man a young man's car." It's also true. The sporty Mustang was a young man's -- and woman's -- car. The under-30 crowd loved it. But older people also bought them, often as a second car. The Mustang hit a sweet spot in the market, appealing to a wide range of buyers.
- 1964
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1965 Ford Mustang Convertible, Serial Number One
It's an old auto industry cliche -- "you can't sell a young man an old man's car, but you can sell an old man a young man's car." It's also true. The sporty Mustang was a young man's -- and woman's -- car. The under-30 crowd loved it. But older people also bought them, often as a second car. The Mustang hit a sweet spot in the market, appealing to a wide range of buyers.
- 1965 Ford Mustang Serial Number One on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan, 1984 - This is Mustang Serial Number One as displayed at Henry Ford Museum in 1984. Although it rolled off the assembly line 16 days <em>after</em> the first Plymouth Barracuda, the Mustang was so popular that the class became known as pony cars.
- April 19, 1984
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1965 Ford Mustang Serial Number One on Exhibit in Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan, 1984
This is Mustang Serial Number One as displayed at Henry Ford Museum in 1984. Although it rolled off the assembly line 16 days after the first Plymouth Barracuda, the Mustang was so popular that the class became known as pony cars.
- Sales Brochure, "1966 Mustang! Mustang! Mustang!" - Ford's Mustang caused a sensation when it debuted for 1965. Based on the compact Ford Falcon platform, the Mustang offered sporty looks and a variety of options. Changes were subtle for 1966, but in 1967 the Mustang began evolving into a larger muscle car. By 1973 overall length was 194 inches -- over a foot longer than the original 1965 model.
- August 01, 1965
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Sales Brochure, "1966 Mustang! Mustang! Mustang!"
Ford's Mustang caused a sensation when it debuted for 1965. Based on the compact Ford Falcon platform, the Mustang offered sporty looks and a variety of options. Changes were subtle for 1966, but in 1967 the Mustang began evolving into a larger muscle car. By 1973 overall length was 194 inches -- over a foot longer than the original 1965 model.
- 1912 Ford Model T Advertisement, "One--Won! One Product and One Purpose" - Ford Motor Company built nearly 69,000 Model Ts for 1912. More than 50,000 featured the open touring body -- Ford's bestselling body style throughout the Model T's 19-year production run. Prices for a 1912 touring car started at $690. It was the final year for the Model T's expensive brass windshield frame and all-leather upholstery.
- June 12, 1912
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1912 Ford Model T Advertisement, "One--Won! One Product and One Purpose"
Ford Motor Company built nearly 69,000 Model Ts for 1912. More than 50,000 featured the open touring body -- Ford's bestselling body style throughout the Model T's 19-year production run. Prices for a 1912 touring car started at $690. It was the final year for the Model T's expensive brass windshield frame and all-leather upholstery.
- 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible - The 1965 Ford Mustang is one of the most significant vehicles built at Ford Motor Company's Rouge complex. With its sporty look, reasonable price and endless number of options, the car appealed to a wide cross-section of buyers. More than a million Mustangs were sold within two years of the car's April 1964 introduction.
- 1965
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1965 Ford Mustang Convertible
The 1965 Ford Mustang is one of the most significant vehicles built at Ford Motor Company's Rouge complex. With its sporty look, reasonable price and endless number of options, the car appealed to a wide cross-section of buyers. More than a million Mustangs were sold within two years of the car's April 1964 introduction.
- Sales Brochure for 1974 Ford Mustang, "'74 Mustang II" - Measuring 19 inches shorter than its 1973 predecessor, the 1974 Mustang II returned the pony car to its compact roots. Ford advertised it as "the right car at the right time," and Mustang II's fuel-friendly inline-4 and V-6 engines were well suited to rising gas prices. The design remained in production through 1978, with an optional V-8 added for 1975.
- July 01, 1973
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Sales Brochure for 1974 Ford Mustang, "'74 Mustang II"
Measuring 19 inches shorter than its 1973 predecessor, the 1974 Mustang II returned the pony car to its compact roots. Ford advertised it as "the right car at the right time," and Mustang II's fuel-friendly inline-4 and V-6 engines were well suited to rising gas prices. The design remained in production through 1978, with an optional V-8 added for 1975.
- Buckminster Fuller, "Inventions: Twelve Around One," 1981 -
- 1981
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Buckminster Fuller, "Inventions: Twelve Around One," 1981
- School Bell, circa 1900 - A teacher in a one-room school in the nineteenth and early twentieth century would have stood at the door and rung this bell to call students in. Bells were one of many suggestions given by educator reformer Horace Mann during the 1830s and 40s which we still use in schools today.
- circa 1900
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School Bell, circa 1900
A teacher in a one-room school in the nineteenth and early twentieth century would have stood at the door and rung this bell to call students in. Bells were one of many suggestions given by educator reformer Horace Mann during the 1830s and 40s which we still use in schools today.
- Diamond One Patch Quilt, circa 1800 -
- circa 1800
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Diamond One Patch Quilt, circa 1800
- Press Conference Introducing the Ford Mustang II Before the Grand Prix of the United States, Watkins Glen, New York, October 5, 1963 - Lee Iacocca, general manager of Ford Motor Company's Ford Division, unveiled the Mustang II concept car at a press conference at the Watkins Glen race course in October 1963. Unlike the two-seat Mustang I, debuted at Watkins Glen a year earlier, the four-seat Mustang II reflected the basic size and styling of the production Mustang released in April 1964.
- October 05, 1963
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Press Conference Introducing the Ford Mustang II Before the Grand Prix of the United States, Watkins Glen, New York, October 5, 1963
Lee Iacocca, general manager of Ford Motor Company's Ford Division, unveiled the Mustang II concept car at a press conference at the Watkins Glen race course in October 1963. Unlike the two-seat Mustang I, debuted at Watkins Glen a year earlier, the four-seat Mustang II reflected the basic size and styling of the production Mustang released in April 1964.