Ford Mustang
For those new on this planet, an announcement: In late '64 Ford introduced a new car, the Mustang. The Mustang spawned a whole generation of pony cars. This term applied to Camaros, Firebirds, AMX's, and Barracudas. But the Mustang was the first of its kind. Many people do not realize how old the Mustang is, because you still see them around, and there are still new ones coming out. the first generation (1964-1966) sold 1,293,650 units. You could order it any way you wanted...from a fuel saving strait six to a high-preformance 289 V-8. There was even a song named for the car--"Mustang Sally", sung by Willson Pickett. As the Thunderbird was growing beefier ever year and drivers were mourning the loss of the T-bird spirit, the Mustang was introduced. If you look at the dimensions of the last two-seat birds and compare them to the Mustang, you'll see that the cars are very alike. By taking a little off the Thunderbirds long hood and making the Mustangs longer, two seats could be fitted into the rear of the Mustang. Not spacious, but adequate. It gave the car a little extra that the two-seat T-birds didn't have...not only sportyness, but room for four and small size as well. It was fun. The Mustang was pretty well priced, starting at $2,400, and easily serviced (look at how many are still on the road today), and great looking!
In 1967 the Mustang got a slight style change and grew a little beefier. Sales droped a little too. In 1970 the third generation of Mustangs appered...bigger and beefier without too much more interior room or trunk space. In 1973, the final year for the original Mustang "look", sales totaled 134,000. In 1966 the Mustang had sold 607,300 units. The pony was gone from the Mustang.
