Mustang Forty Years

Leffingwell, Randy, and Newhardt, David (Photographer)

ISBN 10: 0760321833 / ISBN 13: 9780760321836

Published by Motorbooks International, 2005

About this Item

Gift Inscription by Previous Owner. Ford's Mustang, launched on April 17, 1964, became the Official Car of the Baby Boom. It was a fortuitous accident of timing and a brilliant result of product planning. This sleek, stylish automobile launched the "Pony Car" genre with a staggering 417,000 sales in its first year. Through 40 years of tough competition from Chrysler and General Motors, the Mustang has survived and outlasted them all. Dozens of interviews bring insight to the 40-year-old story, the on-going legend, and the Mustang's future.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mustang Forty Years
• Publisher: Motorbooks International
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760321833
• ISBN 13: 9780760321836
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 50 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Automobiles

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Synopsis

NOW IN PAPERBACK!!!Ford's Mustang, launched on April 17, 1964, became the Official Car of the Baby Boom. It was a fortuitous accident of timing and a brilliant result of product planning. This sleek, stylish automobile launched the "Pony Car" genre with a staggering 417,000 sales in its first year. Through 40 years of tough competition from Chrysler and General Motors, the Mustang has survived and outlasted them all. Dozens of interviews bring insight to the 40-year-old story, the on-going legend, and the Mustang's future.'

About the Author

Randy Leffingwell wrote his first book, American Muscle, in 1989 while still on staff at the Los Angeles Times. Since then, he has authored another 47 titles for Motorbooks and sister publisher Voyageur Press, including his most recent Complete Book of Porsche 911 and Corvette 60 Years.He has just finished Porsche 911: Fifty Years, a reexamination of the 911 story based on nearly two dozen new interviews. He lives in southern California, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.