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Published september 2003 with david newhardt images. From the first sixcylindered mustang of 196412 through firebreathing, worldbeating boss and shelby versions to todays allnew mustang, the complete book of mustang offers an indepth look at the prototypes and experimental models, the anniversary and pace cars, and the specialty packages for street and competition driving that have made. A bold, fastpaced history of americas mostbeloved fun car, from the prototypes that led to the original 1965 mustang to the behindthescenes story of the. Shelby mustangracer for the street this book is out of print, limited stock available.
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Feb 11, 2011 randy leffingwell has blended his fascination with all things mechanical and his gift for writing to create several bestselling, awardwinning books including corvette. Darwin holmstrom has written or cowritten many books. The first concept was in 1962 the mustang was a midengine twoseater powered by a v4 engine. Ford mustang 40th anniversary an easy read motor trend.
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About the authorrandy leffingwell is the author and photographer of mustang. Despite being among the bestselling mustangs of the past 49 years, mustang ii has been maligned by hardcore ponycar fans as the black sheep of the. Forty years by leffingwell, randy, newhardt, david isbn. Editions of mustang forty years by randy leffingwell. On paper, it sounded like a great idea, and the svo team set to work on creating an allnew mustang model.
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