“..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.
i had a 69 mach 1 for a while, 'til i crashed it. About the only thing remaining was the little chrome "1" ... i drilled a little hole in it an carried it on my keychain for years afterwards.