{"id":6301,"date":"2014-10-01T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T04:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.sportscardigest.com\/?p=6301"},"modified":"2024-11-02T22:32:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T22:32:26","slug":"mustang-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mustang-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"Mustang Mania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HD-201410-p1-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-664147\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HD-201410-p1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HD-201410-p1-1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HD-201410-p1-1-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HD-201410-p1-1-100x83.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/HD-201410-p1-1-293x243.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Ford\u2019s 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 today\u2014half a century on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This month\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the \u201cHistory\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The links along the left edge of the page will divulge information in categories such as: \u201cThe Bosses,\u201d covering the car\u2019s Boss versions; \u201cShelbys,\u201d discussing the variations created by Carroll Shelby; and \u201cAC Cobras\u201d where the site looks at the Mustang\u2019s semi-sibling, the Ford-powered Cobra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other buttons offer \u201cMerchandise,\u201d a \u201cPony Corral,\u201d where individual Mustangs are profiled, \u201cDecoders,\u201d where the various option packages are discussed; \u201cProduction\u201d which breaks down the numbers for each body style and option choice; the self-explanatory \u201cEngine Specs,\u201d and then \u201cLinks,\u201d \u201cPics,\u201d \u201cFeedback\u201d and \u201cForum.\u201d Anyone interested in the Mustang will likely find something of value here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/classicponycars.com\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/classicponycars.com\/history.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ford\u2019s 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 today\u2014half a century on. 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