The 1965 Ford Mustang fastback on display outside the Ford Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair during its debut on April 17, 1964
Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday kicked off its 50th year of Mustang production with a special ceremony commemorating the 1 millionth pony car produced at the Flat Rock Assembly Plant.
Ford’s iconic pony car debuted on this day in 1964 in New York; since then, the Dearborn automaker has sold more than 8.5 million Mustangs and now has plans to sell the car in Europe.
For the full article, see Karl Henkel, “Ford kicks off 50th year of Mustang production”, Detroit News, April 17, 2013.