Designer of the Mustang.

Ah, that would be a 64 and a half. I tried out my friend's Mustang. It had a huge steering wheel right up to my chest which felt like it was connected to the wheels with a big ole piece of rubber. Nothing much happened when I stepped on the brakes so I pressed harder and that worked a little better. To really stop that thing you needed to stand on the pedal. That was a blast from the past! I think I rather have my 65 Nova. Unfortunately, that car sucked!

The only thing wrong with the 1964 (1964 1/2) Mustang I owned was a gash in the side of the left rear fender and the car had high rise shock absorbers on the rear.I got rid of those and I replaced them with standard shock absorbers.I was in my back yard repairing the gash in the rear fender when I heard news on my radio that Elvis Presley had died.The car was canary yellow color.Small V8 engine and manual shift transmission.The grill on the car was crumpled, I bought a good grill a guy had advertized for sale in the local newspaper.Everything else about the car was in good condition, including the steering and the brakes. cuhulin

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I can never understand these people that get these monster engine in a hot rod and then put an automatic transmission it it. Sacrilege.

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I've heard it said that any real car guy never gets rid of a car. They would be worth serious coin now. Even unrestored.

Original Mustang was a Falcon in drag- that is what made it cheap. Ford did lots of parts-bin engineering back then. For awhile, there was a fad of using Lincoln Versailles axle, suspension and brake bits on Gen I Mustangs, because they all bolted right up, and it improved the heck out of the braking and handling.

It sure could use some improving! My friend used to have a Falcon. Somehow the back seat caught fire but left the rest of the car intact except for a strong barbecue-smokehouse odor. We used to ride in that thing on the floor which was kinda harsh. That's kids for you - it was a horrible, acrid, sheet metal scraping ride but at least it was a ride.

Driving that old Mustang brought back memories of the numb-nuts steering and scary braking of these old cars. The 67 Barracuda I used to have was a lot better car. OTOH, it looked kinda boss - powder blue with racing style wheels.

For awhile, there was a fad

I just un-did one of those. The Versailles spindles and steering arms resulted in 4+ inches of bump steer. Hitting a bump in a turn was a exciting. The rear end was cool though.. Ben