We hardly ever see a good Ford Mustang let alone a splendid convertible! It has engraved leather seating and gleams from all points. Parked on the side of the road, for sale. I wonder what year it was….
Three good things:
1. I decided I didn’t want to buy it - there wouldn’t be room in the garage along with John’s three motorbikes!
2. Warm enough to open our French doors and sit outside in the sun for a bit of Vit D
3. Really great to see my Dutch inspired “Still Life’ on PP
I wonder if it was at Americarna in Taranaki - held last month. It is a festival for American cars and they are all displaying the flag. It is a pretty cool car.
My brother had one of the first production year's Mustangs, also bright red! What a great car. I got to drive it for several months when he was out of town on an assignment. Loved it.
Great car. I think California has the greatest concentration of 65 Mustangs. They last a long time here, and are quite the collector's car. Nice shot of this one!
@maggiemae Although they were made beginning in 64 they were considered to be model year 65 Mustangs - it was the first year any such American car was produced, i.e. an affordable sporty sexy car. It changed the whole state of auto manufacturing in the U.S. (and was championed by Lee Iacoca, who later went on to save Chrysler from going out of business). My next door neighbor as a child got one of the first ones and I was smitten from that point on. Oddly enough I never did get one. Several Corvettes and a Trans Am in the mix, but never did succeed in getting a Pony. :-(
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Great to hear the real history! I know it happens a lot with vehicles - made in one ear but released in the next. We like you, were taken with the Mustang when we travelled within California in 1966!
#3 Well deserved!
Great to hear the real history! I know it happens a lot with vehicles - made in one ear but released in the next. We like you, were taken with the Mustang when we travelled within California in 1966!