Fordโ€™s Mustang is the stuff of automotive legend: selling more than 20,000 cars on the first day of release; delivering nearly half a million in the first year; fitting the bill for everyone from secretaries to CEOs; being at home on street, track or forest and still going strong todayโ€”half a century on.

This monthโ€™s feature story chronicling the very earliest competition efforts with Mustangs turned our attention in that direction, so we thought this site might allow you to dig a bit below the surface.

On the โ€œHistoryโ€ page are the details behind the story capsulized above, delineating the myriad options available to individualize your Mustang, including engine and transmission options and choices of colors both inside and out. It then traces the development of the car through 1973.

The links along the left edge of the page will divulge information in categories such as: โ€œThe Bosses,โ€ covering the carโ€™s Boss versions; โ€œShelbys,โ€ discussing the variations created by Carroll Shelby; and โ€œAC Cobrasโ€ where the site looks at the Mustangโ€™s semi-sibling, the Ford-powered Cobra.

Other buttons offer โ€œMerchandise,โ€ a โ€œPony Corral,โ€ where individual Mustangs are profiled, โ€œDecoders,โ€ where the various option packages are discussed; โ€œProductionโ€ which breaks down the numbers for each body style and option choice; the self-explanatory โ€œEngine Specs,โ€ and then โ€œLinks,โ€ โ€œPics,โ€ โ€œFeedbackโ€ and โ€œForum.โ€ Anyone interested in the Mustang will likely find something of value here.

http://classicponycars.com/history.html