The 1964½, as it was later called, was available in only two models: the coupe and convertible. The First Production Mustang off the Assembly Line The Mustang had made a name for itself, and it was here to stay!!! By the end of the Mustang's first anniversary, April 17, 1965, Ford had sold 418,812 Mustangs. By the end of the year, Ford had sold 263,434. Ford sold over 22,000 Mustangs the first day. Everyone was in a frenzy to be one of the first to own the Mustang. The following day, April 17, 1964, people "attacked" the Ford showrooms. On April 16, 1964, the day before it's release, Ford ran simultaneous commercials at 9:30pm on all three major television networks, ABC, NBC, and CBS. The Ford Mustang was heavily advertised during the latter part of it's development. In general, the Mustang was designed for everyone and was advertised as "the car to be designed by you". With a multitude of different interior, exterior, and drivetrain options, the Mustang would be able to be ordered as plain, or as fancy, as economical, or as fast, as the buyer wanted.
In order to keep production costs down, many of the Mustang's components were borrowed from the Falcon, including most of the drivetrain.
Only 18 months had elapsed since the Mustang had been approved for production. On Mathe first Mustang rolled off of the assembly line. After many months of meetings, discussions and market surveys, funding was finally approved for the Mustang in September of 1962. Out of this vision, the Ford Mustang was born. His vision was a car that would seat four people, have bucket seats, a floor mounted shifter, be no more than 180 inches long, weigh less than 2500 pounds, and sell for less than $2500.00. In 1961, Lee Iacocca, vice president and general manager of Ford Division, had a vision.
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