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Boy, do I remember the Mustang.
I was in third grade, and my science teacher was using the Mustang's base price to illustrate a point about smoking.
He drew a comparision between the price of the Mustang, and the cost of a pack of cigarettes, followed up by how many packs/time period it would take to equal the cost of the Mustang.
That was the moment I decided not to ever take up tobacco. I really wanted the Mustang!
Ended up having a series of Mustangs in the seventies and eighties, including the only new car my wife and I ever bought (so far), an 82 5.0 GLX with every option on it, so many it had two Maroney stickers.
Honeymooned in my 67 convertible in 1979. We lived in Arizona, so of course it had factory air, and the people we met on the North Atlantic Coast were amazed that we had a convertible with air. Also had a tilt wheel, 4 bbl, 4 speed and AM/FM. I'd added chrome magnum 500s.
But, what an impression that original Mustang had on me and my classmates. Suddenly, the coolest parents were the ones with a new Mustang. I don't recall another car that had that effect. Yeah, Jags were also cool, but the closest most of us could get to that was that Revell model, the one with the red OTS on the box art.
In 1964, Dad had a ponton 220S sedan, Mom had a 61 Ford wagon, and the family old car was a 1940 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet, which is still in the family. A new Mustang would have trumped any of those cars at the time......
Jim
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14 E250 BlueTEC black. 45k miles
95 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 66k miles
94 E320 Cabriolet Emerald green 152k miles
85 300TD 4 spd man, euro bumpers and lights, 15" Pentas dark blue 274k miles
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