Mustangs In Parades

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The first ford mustang was released in 1964. They went on market the same time the beatles went to New York. the inside had bucket seats,and a stick shift. It was 180 inches long and weighed 2500 pounds.they sold for less than $25000. The Ford mustang had 101 horsepower with a v8 engine,4 speed automatic transmission. There were 121,538 out on market in the middle of 1964. In june 1965 a 4 barrel,soft cylinder 271 horsepower v8 engine was released with the new model. During the time mustangs were one of the most bought cars. Nowadays fiat,chrysler,and maseratis are the popular now. You see mustangs in parades,celebrations ex:. This is my research project on the Ford Mustang.

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