My first Mustang

Like a lot of people who liked the old school Mustangs, I was thrilled a few years ago when Ford suddenly realized “hey, maybe they shouldn’t look like Ford Escorts with spoilers and airdams” and restyled the cars to look more like the classic models.

Now, I’ve never owned a Mustang (I’ve owned a succession of Honda Civics and one ill-fated Hyundai Accent), but these new cars got my attention, as classic Mustangs have for years.

In my case, it all goes back to a Matchbox car I got when I was in elementary school in Virginia.

And, indeed, it’s because of this Matchbox car that, if I got a 2008 or 2009 Mustang (there will be lots of expenses and other complications between now and then to account for first), I might actually break my no-yellow-cars rule and get one that evoked this old toy, even if it didn’t have a supercharger and so on.

Wildly impractical, I know. It’s just a gas-guzzling pipe dream at the moment.

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