FORD MUSTANG SITE

The Ford Mustang was introduced to the public on April 17, 1964 in a large park near New York City in front of thousands of onlookers. While this was the official unveiling of the Mustang, there were many twists and turns within the Ford Motor Company that led up to it's design and production... Ford effectively stopped making automobiles in 1941 to support the U.S. war efforts in World War II. Rather than making automobiles, Ford began making bomb sights, tank track rollers, destroyer hatches, and even aircraft engines. When the war came to an end in 1945, soldiers came home with war-time pay and a desire to live life a little bolder. The major automobile manufacturers began to experience demand for cars which were more luxurious or had a higher level of performance. They did not have the tooling available to meet demand so they took existing tooling and dies and added wood trim to give the public a limited-production luxury car... To attract more customers, Ford began to enlarge..

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