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The Ford Mustang I is a small, mid-engined (4-cylinder), open two-seater concept car with aluminium body work that was built by Ford in 1962. Although it shared few design elements with the final production vehicle, it did lend its name to the line.
As Lee Iacocca's assistant general manager and chief engineer, Donald N. Frey was the head engineer for the Mustang project — supervising the development of the Mustang in a record 18 months from September 1962 to April 1964. [5] [6] — while Iacocca himself championed the project as Ford Division general manager.
The original Ford Mustang was a product of the Fairlane Group, a committee of Ford managers and executives led by vice-president and General Manager Lee Iacocca. [1] The Fairlane Group worked on new product needs and, in the summer of 1962, laid out the specifications of a new sports car, the genesis of the mid-engined Mustang I concept car.
The Ford Mustang is a series of American ... The original 1962 Ford Mustang I two-seater concept car had evolved into the 1963 Mustang II four-seater ...
Ford Mustang variants are the various versions of the Ford Mustang car, modified either by its manufacturer Ford Motor Company or by third-party companies. Ford and several third-party companies have offered many modified versions of the highly popular Mustang since its creation in 1964 in order to cater to specific portions of the marketplace outside of the mainstream.
4] After being released from GM in March 1962, Clark joined Ford in late-April 1962 to work on special projects. [5] Clark's important design role was in creating the mid-engine designs for the Mustang I concept car that later made it up to the executives and met their approval. [Note 1]
1962 Ford Galaxie. With the Fairlane and Fairlane 500 names shifted to a new intermediate-sized model range for 1962, the full-size Ford lineup consisted of the Galaxie, new Galaxie 500 and Galaxie 500XL models and the Station Wagon Series. [11] Also new was a 406 CID (6.7 L) version of Ford's FE mid-sized V8 rated at 405 hp (302 kW).
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