My First Mustang Experience

In the mid 1960's when the first Mustangs were hitting the streets, they made quite an impression. They were so much different than everything else on the roads. I remember well how cool it was to catch sight of one in the small South Dakota town where I grew up. Then in the fall of 1966, my parents actually bought one for my mom. My brothers and I were shocked, they were the coolest parents ever. It was a new white 1966 coupe, with tan interior. It had the 289 V8 with the select-shift automatic transmission. The chances I would get to drive it would not come as often as I would have liked, but for a 16 year old boy, each time was heaven. I remember still the experience, the crisp feel of the new drivetrain, the look of the new dash instruments, and the brisk acceleration the V8 provided in the sporty little coupe. Those first memories are forever burned into my brain. Read my book; "Grab Some Gears - 40 Years of Street Racing" for the rest of the story. Available at amazon.com, and as a Kindle book, or you can read sample pages there. Here is a link; "Grab Some Gears"

Me at age 16, and my mom's 1966 Mustang.