The first Mustang was rolled out in 1964, and the company was ambitious about this car.
They expected to sell 100,000 of these in the next 12 months – they achieved that milestone in three months.
The first generation 1964 Mustang was a huge success. It offered technologies like power steering, power brakes, bucket seats and looks that still make car lovers drool.
Almost synonymous with the term ‘muscle car’, it laid the foundation for numerous cars that would lay claim to the title over the next few decades.
The Mustang had a long bonnet, low roofline and a short boot on the back. To top it all off was a huge, loud engine that pulled this car away like a rocket. And like a proper muscle car, throw a curve in its way and the car won’t know what to do. If you were driving one of the earlier versions of the car, you’d have to start braking 10 km before the bend in the road showed up.
The complete package looked absolutely gorgeous. These cars sell for millions and millions of dollars even today.
The car was so cool that even Mr Bond liked girls who drove around in it.
1965 Convertible Ford Mustang in James Bond Goldfinger with Liz Turner and Sean Connery.
Steve McQueen, one of the top heroes of the 60s and 70s, who was also called the ‘king of cool’, gave one of his most fantastic performances in Bullitt
The only real competition to him in terms of gaining fame from that movie was from the Ford Mustang that his character drove. The car chase scene from Bullitt is one of the best car chases in the history of cinema
The Mustang fever was gripping everyone, even rock n roll legend Chuck Berry. He dedicated an entire song to his ‘cherry red Mustang Ford’.
Nicolas Cage chose the Mustang as his ultimate goal in the movie Gone in 60 Seconds – to steal one of these that is.
Shelby GT500 was never be Eleanor before “Gone in 60 Seconds” (2000) staring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie
– 12 cars Ford Mustang was directly involved in the filming, and only one of them was actually a Shelby GT500-personal vehicle Jerry Bruckheimer.
– The most powerful of all Eleanor involved in the film, was one of the very last scene
– it was powered by the Ford Motorsport 351 (volume of 351 cubic inches, or 5.8 liters)
– all the other cars were equipped with Ford’s weaker engines in volume 289 cubic inches (4.8 liters), as in a conventional Mustang V8.
– When was Jerry Bruckheimer’s car engine first start, containers of spices fell to the floor in the studo kitchen so was his powerful low sound.
– Eleanor Grill – Shelby GT500 from the movie “Gone in 60 Seconds” was made from parts intended for vans Chevy Astro.
All the cars that were used in the film the wheels are the same as in the Ford GT40 – 17×8-inch wheels Schmidt, c tires P245/40ZR17 Goodyear Eagle F1.
– In the scene where the hero shifts gears attentive viewer will notice two types of scenes
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