Classic pony car
For many, Ford’s early Mustang has become a default setting for getting a classic car that looks good, is reliable and easy to live with. Plus there is a wealth of back-up resources for them.
In one of our Mustang features: “Like a lot of production cars, the first Mustang started out as a concept car. With a mid-engined layout and a V4 engine, that first concept was a pretty wild gadget, but Ford knew it was too radical and needed to have at least four seats if it was to be a volume success.
“A second concept was much closer to the final product, but not even those working on the project could have predicted the buying frenzy that ensued when the thing actually hit the market on 17 April, 1964. But frenzy is the only word for it, with Ford moving 126,538 Mustangs (97,705 coupes and 28,833 convertibles) in that first half-year of sales. The V8 outsold the six-cylinder variant by about three to one.”
This 1966 example in Springtime Yellow is running the 289ci V8 with auto, which is a popular package. Located south of Melbourne, it comes with a roadworthy certificate and is on the market at $65,000.