in 1964 i was a junior on high school and my dad purchased a 1964 falcon convertible (bumble-bee yellow with black interior) obstensibly for my mom and I to share but she rarely got a chance to drive it. with a little 260 v-8 and 2-speed automatic it was quick enough to get in trouble and it parked extremely well.
“..the Mustang was essentially Ford’s Falcon, ..”
I have a book somewhere in my collection, where it talks about the development of the ‘Stang; they showed a shadow silhouette of the Falcon superimposed on the Mustang, and vice-versa. They were pretty damn close.
It was the right car at the right moment for Iacocca. He had a winner.
My favorite body style is the 1967-1968 fastback. Glad that when Ford decided to retro the new ones, they used that as the basis.
69-70 were pretty badass looking too.