Some interesting tidbits I spotted and never knew before:
* "minor design updates in August 1964 at the "formal" start of the 1965 production year contribute to tracking 1964½ production data separately from 1965 data." I always thought the '65 was the same as the 64½.
* "The Mustang I made its formal debut at the United States Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, New York, on October 7, 1962, where test driver and contemporary Formula One race driver Dan Gurney lapped the track in a demonstration using the second "race" prototype. His lap times were only slightly off the pace of the F1 race cars. That is hard to believe especially because F1 cars had just made the change to mid-engine layouts for better front/rear weight distribution and Lotus introduced the aluminum sheet monocoque chassis in 1962. But F1 rubber in those days was rather hard and engines were limited to 1.5 liter displacement (in 1961, in an attempt to curb speeds, F1 was downgraded to 1.5-litre, non-supercharged engines).
There are stories of Dan Gurney, after his “retirement” getting into race cars he had never driven and turning better times than the ranked drivers who competed in them.
He had a natural ability few others share.