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Capt. Tucker and his mechanical machines
Captain Stanley Tucker, a pilot for Eastern Provincial Airways, talked his way into buying a new Mustang from George Parsons Ford in St. John’s, Newfoundland on April 16, 1964 - in advance of the official launch. He drove it for two years before Ford offered him a trip to Dearborn, and the millionth Mustang optioned exactly how he wanted it. The first Mustang now sits in the Henry Ford Museum proudly wearing its Newfoundland and Labrador license plates. The millionth Mustang was driven as a daily well into the 1970s, and eventually sold to Captain Tucker’s mechanic. Given Newfoundland’s harsh weather, salt air, and salted roads, it is assumed the millionth car was junked.
Capt. Tucker and the first Mustang at Signal Hill, site of the first transatlantic radio transmission by Marconi in 1901
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lone_liberal
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04/11/2019 at 15:07 |
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I know the numbers but it always makes my head spin that Ford built a million Mustangs in two years.
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someassemblyrequired
> lone_liberal
04/11/2019 at 15:49 |
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Yeah it’s mind blowing, considering they maybe sold 10M/yr total in the mid 60s
? So that’s 5% of all U.S. car sales for two years...
ttyymmnn
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04/11/2019 at 16:24 |
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I have been to Signal Hill, but I saw no Mustangs.
Neat story.