[Greg Reid]

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoram...123831938.html

I love the part where they saw a guy in the paper claiming that he'd bought the first Mustang....one day after she bought hers.

[Stuart]

Missed it by that much.

[David Jones]

Great story.

[PMD1969]

Originally Posted by Stuart

Missed it by that much.

bbwaahahaaaaaa

[MikeNoun]

There's a guy just a few houses down from me that claims he has the first V8 Mustang convertible produced, and documented as such. He bought it from a museum. I don't know if his story is true.

Now I'm starting to wonder if "the other owner in Chicago" is the guy a few houses down from me!

[Keith Seymore]

I'm not getting any of this.

I thought the first Mustang sold is now in Henry Ford Museum.

It's the one that was sold to a pilot from Newfoundland, and then Ford Motor Company bought it back.

What am I missing here?

K

[Stuart]

I looked up the Mustang the pilot in Newfoundland bought and found this press release: http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4202792323.PDF which says he bought it on April 17, 1964. The woman in the first post bought hers on April 15.

I wonder if the Henry Ford museum has heard about this yet. Maybe the pilot's car has a lower VIN than the one the woman bought.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by Stuart

I looked up the Mustang the pilot in Newfoundland bought and found this press release: http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4202792323.PDF which says he bought it on April 17, 1964. The woman in the first post bought hers on April 15.

I wonder if the Henry Ford museum has heard about this yet. Maybe the pilot's car has a lower VIN than the one the woman bought.

That was my first thought.

Besides. this was 50 years ago. How does anyone know that they have the first Mustang sold. The first one could have been in the scrap yard and the owner long since gone by now. This woman is the only one to come up with a bill of sale that early.

[zeebo]

i suppose that could be kinda interesting..is it the first mustang ever SOLD, or the first mustang ever BUILT? theres a difference. the VIN of one of those cars is lower than the other--just need to see which one---we know who supposedly has the first one SOLD, but do we know who owns the first one BUILT?

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

There's a guy just a few houses down from me that claims he has the first V8 Mustang convertible produced, and documented as such. He bought it from a museum. I don't know if his story is true.

Now I'm starting to wonder if "the other owner in Chicago" is the guy a few houses down from me!

Mike, do you know what town she lives in? Im just wondering of she lives in the same area I go to cruise nights.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by zeebo

i suppose that could be kinda interesting..is it the first mustang ever SOLD, or the first mustang ever BUILT? theres a difference. the VIN of one of those cars is lower than the other--just need to see which one---we know who supposedly has the first one SOLD, but do we know who owns the first one BUILT?

I would think Ford would know that based on VIN. But who knows.

[MikeNoun]

Paul, no, I don't know about this woman. I was referring to this guy that lives a few houses away from me. One day I saw him working on a 66 Mustang fastback in his garage, I stopped to chat, and he showed me his 64 Mustang convertible under his car cover. I'm not a Mustang guy, so I just thought it was another red ragtop Mustang. But he told me it was the first V8 ragtop built (not the first Mustang built, the first V8 ragtop), and he said it was used in one of the promo films (there's a few) for the 1964 Mustang introduction. He bought it from a museum, paid quite a bit of money. But from what I remember, under 6 figures.

Then again, he could be blowing smoke up my arse too. In the years he's been working on his Mustangs in his garage (one is going to be a restomod 66 Shelby clone), he's never even blinked twice when I've passed his house in my Firebird, and never cared to walk down to see my car.

He seemed very into Mustangs and Fords, and not much else.

[Old Blue 66]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Paul, no, I don't know about this woman. I was referring to this guy that lives a few houses away from me. One day I saw him working on a 66 Mustang fastback in his garage, I stopped to chat, and he showed me his 64 Mustang convertible under his car cover. I'm not a Mustang guy, so I just thought it was another red ragtop Mustang. But he told me it was the first V8 ragtop built (not the first Mustang built, the first V8 ragtop), and he said it was used in one of the promo films (there's a few) for the 1964 Mustang introduction. He bought it from a museum, paid quite a bit of money. But from what I remember, under 6 figures.

Then again, he could be blowing smoke up my arse too. In the years he's been working on his Mustangs in his garage (one is going to be a restomod 66 Shelby clone), he's never even blinked twice when I've passed his house in my Firebird, and never cared to walk down to see my car.

He seemed very into Mustangs and Fords, and not much else.

Not to derail this thread, but you should get the Firebird and join us on the caravan to Pontiac next Sunday the 22nd. The meeting spot is in Bollingbrook and I think we have about 40 - 50 Pontiacs in the cruise. If your interested, let me know and Ill share the details.

[tigergto]

, I stopped to chat, and he showed me his 64 Mustang convertible under his car cover.


Aren't all first year Mustangs 65s?

[PonchoV8]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

Paul, no, I don't know about this woman. I was referring to this guy that lives a few houses away from me. One day I saw him working on a 66 Mustang fastback in his garage, I stopped to chat, and he showed me his 64 Mustang convertible under his car cover. I'm not a Mustang guy, so I just thought it was another red ragtop Mustang. But he told me it was the first V8 ragtop built (not the first Mustang built, the first V8 ragtop), and he said it was used in one of the promo films (there's a few) for the 1964 Mustang introduction. He bought it from a museum, paid quite a bit of money. But from what I remember, under 6 figures.

Then again, he could be blowing smoke up my arse too. In the years he's been working on his Mustangs in his garage (one is going to be a restomod 66 Shelby clone), he's never even blinked twice when I've passed his house in my Firebird, and never cared to walk down to see my car.

He seemed very into Mustangs and Fords, and not much else.

It'd be funny to bust him on it if it's the same guy.

[2002Z4CSS]

Nice they drive it.

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by tigergto

, I stopped to chat, and he showed me his 64 Mustang convertible under his car cover.


Aren't all first year Mustangs 65s?

I asked Ford Motor Company about this (because of the aforementioned car in the HF/GFV museum).

They said among enthusiasts the first Mustangs are known as 64 & 1/2 but Ford never called them that; Ford only recognizes the '65 model year designation.

I believe the car in the museum is VIN #0001.

K

[Judge273]

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore

I asked Ford Motor Company about this (because of the aforementioned car in the HF/GFV museum).

They said among enthusiasts the first Mustangs are known as 64 & 1/2 but Ford never called them that; Ford only recognizes the '65 model year designation.

I believe the car in the museum is VIN #0001.

K

Its a cool story with legs and probably better than one Ford could do on a museum piece. But, still good PR either way....

"After further consulting with Ford and Mustang owner groups, the Wises' convertible has been deemed the first Mustang sold to the public." is the claim and at the end of the day. Its a pretty cool story!

Yes, Paul having that BIll of Sale document today is what matters. Not stories of ones that could have been...

[MikeNoun]

I've always called the 64-1/2 Mustangs 64's, the same way we call the 70-1/2 Firebirds 70's. At least the enthusiasts call them that way. I believe there were some developmental changes made to the 64-1/2 Mustangs around the time the new 1965 models were debuting, enough minor changes that Mustang fans know the 64-1/2 verses the 65 model. But true, Ford called them 1965 Mustangs during their long first year of production.

I love the fastback Mustang body, and I really like all the early Mustangs. Favorites are the 69-70 Boss 429, Mach 1's, 67 Shelby.

Note to Paul: At this time, we're going to the Pontiac Museum show on Saturday. Taking the 69 Bird, unless weather changes, then we'll be taking my GXP. I think we have a few Pontiacs caravaning too. If things change and we go on Sunday, I'll be sure to contact you about meeting at Denny's!

[Judge273]

BTW: If not for the Mustang there would be no....a lot of cool things. Including Firebirds