1965 models[8] with production beginning in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9, 1964;[9] the new car was introduced to the public on April 17, 1964[10] at the New York World's Fair.[11]
Executive stylist John Najjar, who was a fan of the World War II P-51 Mustang fighter plane, is credited by Ford to have suggested the name.[12][13] Najjar co-designed the first prototype of the Ford Mustang known as Ford Mustang I in 1961, working jointly with fellow Ford stylist Philip T. Clark.[14] The Mustang I made…
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