Mustang 1964 1/2-1973

by Mueller, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780760307342
• ISBN10: 0760307342
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

Modern color photography and period sales literature recalls Mustangs most collectible model years. Examines Lee Iaccocas role, the phenomenal sales figures, model changes, and associations with race legends like Carroll Shelby.

Author Biography

Mike Mueller is a Georgia-based automotive writer and photographer who is a former staff editor for Automobile Quarterly and other magazines. He has also had articles and photos published in Autoweek, Collectible Automobile, Truck Trends, Truckin', and Car Craft, and his photos have appeared in Life magazine and countless muscle car calendars. He has written several MBI Publishing Company titles, including Corvette C5, Chevrolet Muscle Cars, Chrysler Muscle Cars, Corvette Milestones, and Motor City Muscle.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	6	(8)
Introduction Telling the Pony Tale	8	(9)
Horse Breeding, Ford Style
Development and Design	17	(10)
Setting the World Afire
April 1964: the Mustang Debuts	27	(20)
Happy Trails?
Mustang Ups and Downs, 1965--1973	47	(22)
Putting the Spurs to the Pony
GT Mustangs, 1965--1969	69	(16)
Variations on the Theme
Carroll Shelby's GT 350 and GT 500	85	(24)
Snake Bite
Big-block Cobra Jets, 1968--1971	109	(18)
At the Speed of Sound
Mach 1 Mustangs, 1969--1973	127	(12)
Large and In Charge
Boss Mustangs, 1969--1971	139	(18)
Epilogue
Celebrating the Rest of the Pony Car Story	157	(11)
Index	168