red white and blue stripes behind pony?
04-09-2007, 11:49 PM
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RE: red white and blue stripes behind pony?
ORIGINAL: cliffyk
Note: This is a broadly generalised history of the "pony & bars", there have been exceptions to what is listed below...[/align] [/align]The pony and red, white, and blue bars have been around since first used as cowl badges on the first Mustang, the 1964-1/2 hardtop, introduced on April 17, 1964 (BTW-we're coming up on birthday #43!!!). The original "spinner" hubcaps also featured a tri-color (RWB or course) band.[/align] [/align]By '65 it was gone, but it then re-appeared on the '69 Boss 302/429 and Mach 1 grills. It stayed pretty much the same 'til 1976 when those god-awful Mustang IIs came along. It wasn't until 1994 (18 years!) that the pony and bars resurfaced on Steve Saleen's S-351 and the Sport V-6. [/align] [/align]Saleen continued to use it, but it wasn't until 1999 that it appeared on Ford factory models; it's been used here and there since then on many OEM models as cowl, wheel center, and I think on the grill of some models. [/align]
Note: This is a broadly generalised history of the "pony & bars", there have been exceptions to what is listed below...[/align] [/align]The pony and red, white, and blue bars have been around since first used as cowl badges on the first Mustang, the 1964-1/2 hardtop, introduced on April 17, 1964 (BTW-we're coming up on birthday #43!!!). The original "spinner" hubcaps also featured a tri-color (RWB or course) band.[/align] [/align]By '65 it was gone, but it then re-appeared on the '69 Boss 302/429 and Mach 1 grills. It stayed pretty much the same 'til 1976 when those god-awful Mustang IIs came along. It wasn't until 1994 (18 years!) that the pony and bars resurfaced on Steve Saleen's S-351 and the Sport V-6. [/align] [/align]Saleen continued to use it, but it wasn't until 1999 that it appeared on Ford factory models; it's been used here and there since then on many OEM models as cowl, wheel center, and I think on the grill of some models. [/align]
04-10-2007, 07:46 PM
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RE: red white and blue stripes behind pony?
I'm going to have to say that any other pony color other than the chrome makes your mustang look like a joke. Seriously how can you take a car seriously with a mustang thats half black half flame, that completely goes against the colors of the car.
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