Krause Publications – Iola, Wis.
Release Date: 2001
(From the Introduction)
Because most of my adult life and career have revolved around Mustangs, I am often asked to explain the mystique of Ford’s sporty pony car. There are a lot of easy explanations, none of which adequately sum up the world’s fascination with a car that started life as nothing more than a spruced-up Falcon.
The Mustang created, defined, and dominated the pony car market. One need only look at its competition in 1964 (the now-defunct Corvair Monza) and in 2001 (the soon-to-be-defunct Camaro/Firebird) to realize that the Mustang occupies a unique niche in our culture. It’s more than a car, in the same way Route 66 is more than an old highway and Elvis is more than another popular singer. No, there’s no easy way to describe the phenomenon, but this book contains more than a sideways glance at the often triumphant, sometimes troubled legend of the Mustang.
This book is an expansion and updating of an earlier work written by John Gunnell for Krause Publications titledMustang: the AfFORDable Sportscar. Gunnell is the editor of Old Cars Weekly and has written 10 books on a variety of automotive subjects.
