Top 10 American Cars Of The 1960s

March 24, 2019

7. The First-Gen Ford Mustang

The second Ford on this list, this entry should come as no surprise. The main rival to the Corvette, the Mustang is so celebrated for good reason. As the car that kickstarted the pony car trend, and broke sales record after sales record, it’s a huge mainstay of American motoring. The car’s design, by Lee Iacocca, needed to serve as a shot across the bow of the Corvette, offering a cheap, small, powerful car. It achieved all of these goals with aplomb.

The first generation used a hodgepodge of parts from across the Ford catalog to keep prices down. For example, the Falcon and the Fairlane provided its chassis, suspension, and drivetrain. Despite being something of a Frankenstein’s car, the result was fantastic. While we could talk about the styling cues or the engines, it’s also important to note the engineering advances that Ford achieved with this car. For example, it used floating bumpers and a torque box, which served to keep the inner frame rails and inner rocker panels together. The engineers weren’t sure if these were the right steps to take, but they loved the result, and so did the public. And we still do.

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