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mahatmakanejeeves

(70,317 posts) Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:32 AM Tuesday

On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair.

Ford Mustang was introduced to public [sixty-two] years ago today, at New York World's Fair:

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Fri Apr 18, 2025: On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair.

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On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday OP

;-{).... Goonch Tuesday #1

My chemistry teacher was a nerd, he suddenly became cool in 1965 when he bought a Mustang Walleye Tuesday #2

My mother was good friends with the top Ford dealer in the area. She got an orginal one. Biophilic Tuesday #3

The Ford Falcons from that era were equal but not as pretty. twodogsbarking Tuesday #4

I don't recall seeing the Mustang at the Fair but DURHAM D Tuesday #5

I remember middle school year 64-65, in Oklahoma, all the kid's run to txwhitedove Tuesday #6

Goonch

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1. ;-{)....

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 08:47 AM

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Walleye

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2. My chemistry teacher was a nerd, he suddenly became cool in 1965 when he bought a Mustang

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:20 AM

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They were under $3000 and got decent mileage pretty cool looking cars too

Biophilic

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3. My mother was good friends with the top Ford dealer in the area. She got an orginal one.

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Tue Apr 21, 2026, 09:24 AM

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It had a special engraved name plate on the dash board. It way cool car. She drove it for years, as she tended to do. Eventually it came to me. And finally I gave it to a youngster, who was probably the same age as the car at that point. He wanted to refurbish it. I hope he did. It was a wonderful car. Only one better that I ever drove was my original car, a VW bug. Now that was a great car.