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- Ford Mustang Clicker Toys, 1965 - Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. These noisemakers featuring the Mustang's running horse logo suggest the exhilarating freedom of a wild horse galloping across the plains. Ford dealers handed out the toys to entertain children and entice their parents to purchase one of the brand new Mustangs.
- 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Mustang Clicker Toys, 1965
Promotional giveaways can place advertising messages deeper into people's lives than billboards or magazine ads. These noisemakers featuring the Mustang's running horse logo suggest the exhilarating freedom of a wild horse galloping across the plains. Ford dealers handed out the toys to entertain children and entice their parents to purchase one of the brand new Mustangs.
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- 1977 Ford Mustang II - Modern fans might find the Mustang II undersized and underpowered. But its specifications were typical for the mid-1970s into the mid-1980s, when American automakers struggled with new safety, efficiency and emissions requirements, and against growing competition from high-quality foreign cars. Regardless, buyers embraced the smaller Mustang II and Ford sold more than 1.1 million of them from 1974-1978.
- 1977
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1977 Ford Mustang II
Modern fans might find the Mustang II undersized and underpowered. But its specifications were typical for the mid-1970s into the mid-1980s, when American automakers struggled with new safety, efficiency and emissions requirements, and against growing competition from high-quality foreign cars. Regardless, buyers embraced the smaller Mustang II and Ford sold more than 1.1 million of them from 1974-1978.
- 1962 Mustang I Roadster - This sharp looking little two-seater created a great "buzz" when racing driver Dan Gurney introduced it at the United States Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, New York, in 1962. Featuring a rear-mounted V-4 engine, it was unlike any Ford ever seen before. The Mustang name later appeared on a sporty four-seater that created its own buzz in 1964.
- 1962
- Collections - Artifact
1962 Mustang I Roadster
This sharp looking little two-seater created a great "buzz" when racing driver Dan Gurney introduced it at the United States Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, New York, in 1962. Featuring a rear-mounted V-4 engine, it was unlike any Ford ever seen before. The Mustang name later appeared on a sporty four-seater that created its own buzz in 1964.
- 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.
- Postcard Showing 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500KR - Ford's Mustang GT500KR debuted in the middle of the 1968 model year. Modified by Carroll Shelby's own Shelby American performance vehicles team, the car boasted a 428-cubic-inch Cobra Jet V-8 engine officially (but conservatively) rated at 335 horsepower. The initials "KR" stood for "King of the Road" -- a credible claim for this muscle car.
- 1968
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Postcard Showing 1968 Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500KR
Ford's Mustang GT500KR debuted in the middle of the 1968 model year. Modified by Carroll Shelby's own Shelby American performance vehicles team, the car boasted a 428-cubic-inch Cobra Jet V-8 engine officially (but conservatively) rated at 335 horsepower. The initials "KR" stood for "King of the Road" -- a credible claim for this muscle car.
- 1966 Ford Mustang Automobile - After the runaway sales enjoyed by the 1965 Mustang, Ford Motor Company saw no reason to mess with success in the following model year. The 1966 Mustang had few styling changes from its predecessor. The C-shaped simulated scoop on the rear fender received three chrome feature lines, and the Mustang badge on the grille was slightly modified.
- 1965-1966
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1966 Ford Mustang Automobile
After the runaway sales enjoyed by the 1965 Mustang, Ford Motor Company saw no reason to mess with success in the following model year. The 1966 Mustang had few styling changes from its predecessor. The C-shaped simulated scoop on the rear fender received three chrome feature lines, and the Mustang badge on the grille was slightly modified.
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- Postcard Showing a 1965 Ford Mustang Hardtop - When the Ford Mustang debuted in April 1964, there was nothing else like it on the market. It had the sporty look of a European performance car, but with a price tag closer to that of an American family sedan. Car buyers loved it. Ford sold more than 680,000 Mustangs in the model's first 18 months.
- 1965
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard Showing a 1965 Ford Mustang Hardtop
When the Ford Mustang debuted in April 1964, there was nothing else like it on the market. It had the sporty look of a European performance car, but with a price tag closer to that of an American family sedan. Car buyers loved it. Ford sold more than 680,000 Mustangs in the model's first 18 months.