The Ford Mustang
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
The Mustang was always a favorite of mine. I was born one year before the idea from Ford was about to hit the world in the face. The Mustang began in 1961 as a project car. They called it a T-5, and from there, many clay models were built and scraped. Another name you may recognize is Lee Iacocca. There were several models made of the Mustang, some in my eyes were just hideous, well, compared to what was released to the public. From an experimental 2 seater in 1962, to the unveiling of the Mustang in the autumn of 1964. The Mustang captivated the public and sold nearly one million, yes, one million Mustangs that first year alone! The hard top listed for about $2400.00. That’s hard to take thinking you cant touch an original numbers matched Mustang these days for that.(Well, unless you have that story about a little ol’lady owned it and didn’t know what she had! That doesnt happen these days.) From that point on the Mustang grew into people’s lives as it did into mine. And to think the best was yet to come.
Carroll Shelby, do I need say any more, sure I do. Carroll Shelby was born in 1923, in Leesburg, Texas. Carroll created the GT-350 2+2 in 1965.A special high performance Cobra, specially tuned 306-BHP Mustang. Lee Iacocca wanted a corvette beater and knew Carroll was the one guy that could do it! They had a great relationship for a long time but unfortunately Carroll didn’t like the way things were going so he departed Dearborn Plant in 1970. Would it be surprising if I told you he worked with Lee Iacocca at Chrysler to work with him on the Dodge Viper? Well he did in the 80’s. But after a lot of controversy over "counterfeit" Cobras, Carroll Shelby once again returned in 1999 to make the new Series 1, Cobra! And history goes on to the new retro look in the new 2005 GT-500 Mustang. I wont bore you with other names like, Jack Roush, and Saleen!
Mustangs, from a Notch back, Fast back, convertible, Ghia styles in the late ‘70’s to the Mustang II, not my favorite, well, except for the Cobra II my mother owned! To the 5.0 Fox body, the SN95, to the retro 2005 Mustang. Wow, it has been fun and it is only going to get better.
I hope you enjoyed a little history and now get out there and get your Mustang Aftermarket Autoparts today!

