Pascal has his pony, i.e. his pony car . The birth of the Mustang created a new category of cars called the pony car. And the Mustang wasn't even the first car in this category – the Plymouth Barracuda preceded it by two weeks when it arrived at th. But the Mustang has always had the best sales in the segment. Lee Lacocca and Donald Frey were able to take the Mustang from the drawing board to showrooms in just 18 months. And 22,000 Mustangs were sold on the very first day. The concept of a lightweight smaller car with a big engine became permanently ingrained in American automotive culture.
In 1968, the biggest star in Hollywood was Steve McQueen , who completed the film The Thomas Crown Affair . He had just signed a contract with Warner Bros. and started filming Bullitt . McQueen put his character behind the wheel of a Mustang fastback , which was probably the biggest product placement in film history up to that time, and success came immediately. And now, four decades later, can you imagine McQueen in a different car?
The cream 1968 Mustang Fastback GT is owned by Pascal , as we said at the beginning. Under the hood of his wild stallion beats a smaller eight-cylinder fork than the one Bullitt had available in San Francisco . And Pascal also has a three-speed automatic instead of a four-speed manual in the car. But even that didn't stop him from naming his Mustang Steve . If you too want a Mustang just for the awesome sound from the movie, don't buy it. The sound in the film was played by the Ford GT40 engine. The 1967 version already has several differences from the original model from 1964 to 1966. The main improvement is the increase in power by installing a Ford big-block. At the rear you will find new concave lights. A year later, a lot of chrome was added, and the rear-view mirrors of the cast wheels and the tank cap were also changed. And three-point seat belts have become a matter of course.
In 2014, the Mustang celebrated its fiftieth anniversary with the new sixth generation . During those years, every dimension or curve of the car changed at least once, larger and smaller engines were moved under the hood. Each of the models found their favorites and detractors. In 2001, Ford even launched a limited edition Bullitt , but Pascal will still have the only real Steve – his 1967 Mustang Fastback GT .
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