The First Mustang Sold

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10 жыл бұрын

The Ford Mustang was arguably one of the most anticipated car launches of all time. So how exactly did 22-year-old school teacher Gail Wise snag the very first car on April 15, 1964, two days before the car was officially introduced at the New York World's Fair on April 17? Subscribe! | bit.ly/1sddOmD
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@ImTHATguy... 4 жыл бұрын

First Mustang sold AND it's a one owner car. That's just cool. Glad they kept it and restored it.

@00mondeoman 8 жыл бұрын

What a great-looking little mustang. It's fantastic that she still owns it after all these years. Cars are so disposable nowadays.

@chargermaster586 6 жыл бұрын

00mondeoman She wanted to get rid of it the husband wanted to keep it.

@classiccarfanatic 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@Angel7black 8 ай бұрын

Also tbf to cars now days, many would be fine if people actually wanted to keep them. But theres kind of a throw away culture in modern america, where people think a car is bad because its been 100K miles and lack of proper care and maintenance has the car running worse and theres obvious wear and tear. If you really love a car you can make it last forever usually

@14bqdonk 7 ай бұрын

@@Angel7blackpeople nowadays take many things for granted and don't really appreciate when there is something new and better come out

@lukeskywalker1840 7 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you see really cool stuff on KZfaq. This is one of those stories. Especially the fact that she still owns it

@jimg691 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lady and special car. I was 16 when the first Mustang hit the street. I loved them then and still do, I restored my 65 and still get a kick out of driving it.

@umangu 4 жыл бұрын

How awesome that she still has it, and to see it beautifully restored like this!

@Superbayman94 4 жыл бұрын

The first mustang ever sold was to a pilot in Newfoundland, Canada. Only recently the pilot who lost the car years ago and the man who sold it to him will be reunited with the car this year. Look it up amazing story

@saycat6758 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, It was the first one off the assembly line 00001.

@BeverleyC-sf2bq 9 ай бұрын

That was the first Mustang made but not the first one sold as they were introduced in the USA first. The 5F08F 000.01 was on display on April 17th for one week/eight days in St. John's and then Stanley Tucker bought it. The agreement was to display it for that length of time. @@saycat6758

@atlmuscleman 10 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing!

@281cobracar7 3 жыл бұрын

Love the story. I also kind of lived the story. My dad bought a new Mustang convertible 260 V8 automatic in May of 64. The salesman told my dad it was the fifth convertible built. I was the kid with the cool dad. The reaction we got back then was crazy. It seem like everybody back then love the Mustang. Fun times.

@birdmandave Жыл бұрын

The first mustang with the serial # 0001 was sold in St. John’s Newfoundland. It’s now in the Detroit museum

@andrewd7586 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve only just found this now but what a fantastic story! AND what wonderful custodians of such an iconic car in history! I’m in Australia & my first memory of any Mustang on our roads was late 60’s or very early 70’s! I fell in love there & then! Now in my mid 50’s I have a 1968 GT390 fastback in Acapulco blue. It’s still LHD & I love driving it in good weather of course. It’s never been restored & has a beautiful 50 year old patina. Again, a lovely video👍🏻😎

@jasoncarpp7742 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome story! I have always loved the 1964 Mustang. I'm glad they decided to restore the car rather than sell it. :)

@kevine8736 3 жыл бұрын

Really cool little car my dad had a 65 convertible.... and later in in life he bought a 66 coupe which I had the opportunity to drive for a few years it was pretty awesome...... I'm glad I got to share an awesome memory with my dad like that ... r.i.p. dad I'll see you later man thanks for everything you taught me ...

@pfromturri194 4 жыл бұрын

Wow What a joy to see how you have maintained and restored that beauty....beautiful story. My cousin had a navy blue 64 convertible white top and interior that her parents bought her for our senior year in high school..I think they bought it in may or June of 64 ..so no threat to your date

@inactivejonadenz-hamilton2117 6 жыл бұрын

So cool. In our Chicago suburb neighborhood, the Beatles had just been on Ed Sullivan...then around the same time, Dr. Vogel drove home in his Caspian Blue Mustang. Unforgettable!

@casst346 3 жыл бұрын

so wonderful they kept it all those years and have it in mint condition now!

@samiraziz7840 4 жыл бұрын

According to the official Ford Mustang website, “The Very First Ford Mustang Produced, VIN 0000001, Was Sold to Canadian Airline Pilot Stanley Tucker In St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on April 14, 1964 for $2,368. The Official Launch Date for the Mustang Was April 17, 1964, But Tucker Was Able to Buy His on the 14th; Which Makes This the Official Purchase Date and the Very First Mustang Ever Sold”. So, someone else DID buy their Mustang on the 14th!!

@mattf49006 4 жыл бұрын

its odd a guy in a different country could pay over a grand less than she did in chicago a day earlier....hmm

@MoGreazy 4 жыл бұрын

I met Mr. Tucker and his family. What a nice guy! He came to the Ford Rouge Factory Tour (Dearborn Assembly), during a trip to Detroit last year during which a dinner took place honoring him. I was a presenter there and met hime on the walkway. He ran the Ford store in St. John’s in 1964. The car is in the Henry Ford Museum, and has a Newfoundland tag. However, that car was not the first one produced. I don’t know if it really has VIN 0000001, but the first one produced is on display in the Legacy Gallery at the Rouge Plant (where it was built, as were all the Mustangs through the early 2000s. It is a white convertible with white interior. It, too, was sold to a customer, and later acquired by the museum and restored. I have this on good authority from the curators at the museum.

@samiraziz7840 4 жыл бұрын

Theotis Gomulka -> Thank you for the interesting information. We will probably never know which is actually the first Mustang ever. There was also a prototype built before all other Mustangs were mass produced. Not sure what happened to that one.

@bentdrum 10 жыл бұрын

lol - at 2:45 they drove right through a stop sign.

@Vara91391 7 жыл бұрын

No sign tells such a car what it has to do, the car is the boss.

@somejackball 10 жыл бұрын

i'm Camaro guy since i was 18, but that's a gem, really nice classic Mustang!!

@jeremymenchaca 9 жыл бұрын

Kinda like me. But that Mustang is awesome.

@chargermaster586 5 жыл бұрын

It was just A Ford Falcon with another body on top of it pretty car other wise.

@MIKEK3NT 4 жыл бұрын

NEVER LET IT GO

@desotocan 5 жыл бұрын

My first Mustang and also, the first Ford i buy in my life, is a 2005 GT. very solid car, no problem, only maintenance. now, 110,000 miles on it, with more then 400 drag races (1/4) on drag track in 9 years. Very impressive.

@KimCJorgensen 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet story, glad they kept it. When I was a teenager in Denmark, a friend of mine had a dark blue 64 convertible, 289 with a four speed manual. Cars weighed a lot less back then and with the stick shift the torque was really impressive. Roof down until we all caught a cold, as you do. Good times.

@thyslop1737 6 жыл бұрын

That mustang is SWEET beyond belief.

@nononsenseBennett 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice restoration

@nw8000 4 жыл бұрын

WOOOW! Thats like finding a genuine Bullitt mustang or the holy grail

@viben-moto-63 4 жыл бұрын

That is the most beautiful mustang to ever exists my mom had a 1966 Shelby GT 350 when she was 16

@randallbates9020 3 жыл бұрын

There is just something magical about the mustang. I was born in June 1964 and tried to buy a 1964 with a 260 V8 3 speed standard shift but my stepdad said he wasn't loaning me $920.00 for a car that needed floor pans replaced. This was in 1980, instead he bought me a 1968 Mercury Cougar XR 7. I consider myself blessed to have owned that beautiful Cougar. Even now at 56 years old I still keep a mustang, A 1983 GT sold new in Texas car with a 5 speed and a 4bbl. Thanks for the memories of my youth.

@SurviventheOnslaught 8 жыл бұрын

my mom bought one in 67, she was 17.........I learned how to drive on it in 92.......then drove it to the police academy in 97. I got paralyzed in 98 and my dad picked me up from the hospital in it to bring me and my wheelchair home. All our other vehicles were trucks and to high to get in.

@charliejones5649 5 жыл бұрын

You bought that mustang a day after my birthday mustang is close to me my mom got a 2014 mustang in 13 and got a focus a year later becuase me and my sis were getting bigger my mom passed away in December 8th 2018 so i will always love mustang it reminds me of her

@user-gt96 3 жыл бұрын

My dad bought a 99 v6 convertible when it first came out and now its my car with over half a million miles on and only 2 wrecks

@SurviventheOnslaught 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-gt96 thats cool my brother keep driving the wheels off

@wileecoyote5749 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap that means she's 98 now

@RetardedGoat16 10 жыл бұрын

So glad they decided to restore it.

@eland65 4 жыл бұрын

Drove a 67 gt for most of the 90's...great memories

@senorkaboom 9 жыл бұрын

In 1968, my folks bought a Pontiac LeMans 2-door coupe. 350 ci engine, power steering, tilt, A/C, am radio, vinyl top, gauges and headrests. Really nice car. We drove it for over 200,000 miles.

@geforce5700fx 10 жыл бұрын

Timeless design ! Some people would pay a lot to have a good 65' Mustang :)

@chargermaster586 5 жыл бұрын

Just buy a Ford Falcon that's all the very 1st Mustangs were.

@stevebengel1346 Жыл бұрын

Nobody gonna talk about Pop Pop running the stop sign @2:46 ? 🤣

@gustavoreyes7366 7 жыл бұрын

I really love the early Ford Mustang I bought one in October 1984 and it was built in Dearborn Michigan in May 1964 as the Vin plate code indicated...Anyway mine was totally original including a Generator instead of an Alternator. My parents Bought a 1965 Ford Mustang New back in February 1965 at Bay Shore motors in San Diego, and theirs had Disc Brakes and alternator . I sold my car back in 1992 because I needed the funds to get married. I later purchased a 1967 Mercury Cougar but I have found it is not the same as the Mustang because it is so much harder to get parts for it!!!

@cpufreak101 7 жыл бұрын

mercury cougar? idk what year it is but every day i see this one just sitting in this dude's front yard with a "for sale" sign on it, was never able to stop and talk, though it's been there a while, currently it's under some snow and slowly sinking into the ground :(

@Xhrro 7 жыл бұрын

My dads grandpa bought a 68 mustang in 68 and my dad has it all restored. Been in the family since it was brand new

@MustangsTrainsMowers 8 жыл бұрын

April 17 1964 I was no more than an egg waiting for the dance sometime in the middle of March 1964. I would have loved to have seen the debut of the Mustang. I've owned two 79 302 Pace Cars.

@Tech-ez1qj Жыл бұрын

What a nice story. Amazing, this woman kept this car.

@phantomstratocaster 6 жыл бұрын

shes a beauty mate

@martybowen1 3 жыл бұрын

I remember my babysitter putting me on her lap and letting me steer her bright orange 65 orv 66 Mustang as she drove real slow down an empty street in about 1967!! : ) This is an ICONIC PART OF HISTORY FOR MANY OF US!! : )

@iEldilo 10 жыл бұрын

What a beauty

@paulp7692 7 жыл бұрын

Such a nice couple and great story! Thank you for sharing!

@lrg3834 4 жыл бұрын

That design still looks great after all these years. If they produced them with more fuel efficient engines today, they probably would still sell well.

@Sangeychhonjin 3 жыл бұрын

It's been almost 60 years for Mustang 🥺💜😍. I would purchase it one day 🙂🙏💜

@thyslop1737 7 жыл бұрын

the color is gorgeous. remember Dad had one when it first came out. we lived in Chicago. Dad was rolling in the money. Had Had the 1963 Lincoln Continental rag top, 1962 Cadillac, 1960 Thunderbird and a bunch of other cars. Boy, would I love to have those today.

@perov_77_26 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful people, beautiful car, good restoration work. I wish I had such a grandmother and grandfather. [Красивые люди, красивая машина, хорошая работа по реставрации. Вот бы мне таких бабушку и дедушку.]

@ronaldflint4569 4 жыл бұрын

What a Wonderful story . I owned a few and love My last one... Just a lot of fun... Always get the waves and the thumbs up.. Living in Az I utilize the dealer installed ac...

@thyslop1737 7 жыл бұрын

what a beauty

@jimervin387 8 жыл бұрын

1964, that was the year I turned 16 and was able to buy my first car, a '30 Model A Coupe. Now it's fully restored and I still own it as well. But I sort of wish I could have bought a new Mustang as well,, anywhere from '64 to '68. A ragtop or fastback version would now likely be worth more than my Model A. But I still couldn't have more fun with another car.

@ronotardo 9 жыл бұрын

Great video, awesome couple, beautiful car, great job on the restoration.

@terrytt5067 4 жыл бұрын

I was an English 8 yr old kid in Minnesota in 1964. This was the best car I'd ever seen and remains my favourite American car of all time! I love this car. I'm 64 now, but one hellofa quirk of fate one of my in laws own a 65 Mustang, fully restored from the bones up. It's now better than show room condition but it's built in "Rally" mode! I'm gonna try and persuade him to get a 68 "Bullitt" Mustang to restore! Then they can share part of his garage, along with an E-Type Jaguar!

@wingitprod 10 жыл бұрын

It is so neat they let people touch it at car shows=) One day my pink 67 Mustang will be completely restored. I only hope I'm as generous.

@johnkeating362 Жыл бұрын

The car might end up in a museum for everyone to enjoy. My dad bought a beautiful black 67, with red interior. He wanted it to drive back and forth to work. He bought it from the daughter who owned our local corner market. He promised when I graduated from high school, he’d give it to me. Unfortunately, I never got the Mustang. The first week of June there was a family wedding. My parents had left early, and I was waiting for a limousine to pick me up at our house. I was occasionally looking out our front door. I noticed 2 younger guys who appeared to be in need of a shower approach the Mustang. Since the car looked almost new, they were standing beside it ogling it and after a minute walked away. As they walked down the street, I saw the limousine inching its way looking at addresses. When it came to a stop in front of the house, the two began a new rant. Pointing and carrying on. I was more than uncomfortable. But I went across the street to check, and sure enough my dad hadn’t locked it. I punched both locks down, asked the chauffeur to wait a minute as I went around the house locking all the doors. I hesitated, but the chauffeur opened the door of the limousine for me, I got in, gave him my dates address, and we left. I looked out the back window and that’s the last time I saw the Mustang. The next morning my folks woke me asking where I had parked the Mustang. My dad had only himself to blame, I was pissed my graduation present had been stolen. Instead, my dad bought me the ugliest 1976 blue, LTD coupe. I really hated that car.

@TheNutzandBoltz 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome story.

@19553129 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful pony , thanks for the share!

@jeepguy220 4 жыл бұрын

back when new car models were a big thing!! the mustang was the biggest.! those cars still look great and still turn heads almost 56 years latter! park her mustang next to a 2020 convertible, hers will draw the people.

@GpLuigi16 8 жыл бұрын

Love that car. Awsome she still has that beautiful car. She should be proud.

@abusalam671 8 жыл бұрын

So beautiful car , I had exactly same color and ruff

@eddiet204 4 жыл бұрын

So awesome to see this special car in this condition still with its original owner and not rotted out in a field.

@ZEZERBING 8 жыл бұрын

first sold by date, not serial number.

@stude1953 7 жыл бұрын

Correct Gail's Mustang has serial number 100212. She only got it because the dealer didn't follow instructions from Ford not to sell the car until the 17th. He wanted to make a sale and I don't blame him!

@Dragonballguy270 7 жыл бұрын

Exactly, a sales a sale

@samuelpyke5933 6 жыл бұрын

ZEZERBING i can build 20 cars and the first one won't be the first made

@roshanmanilal5315 4 жыл бұрын

The first sale counts and not the first one made, the first mustang to begin exploring the world was Gail's . To all the fella's out there , a lady was THE first owner of a mustang.

@samiraziz7840 4 жыл бұрын

Roshan Manilal -> Incorrect Roshan. According to the Ford Mustang website, “The Very First Ford Mustang Produced, VIN 0000001, Was Sold to Canadian Airline Pilot Stanley Tucker In St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on April 14, 1964 for $2,368. The Official Launch Date for the Mustang Was April 17, 1964, But Tucker Was Able to Buy His on the 14th; Which Makes This the Official Purchase Date and His Being the First Mustang Ever Sold”.

@eddy71454 4 жыл бұрын

My Aunt bought one of the first Mustangs sold in Atlanta and then had the body painted pink !!

@iansimpkins2570 Жыл бұрын

Nice story. My mom bought a 66 convertible brand new and she kept it for years and had it restored in the late 1980's. I've had it for awhile now and have just completed its second restoration. It's insured by Hagerty actually!

@GMoneyVA 3 ай бұрын

Wow. They have a piece of history in their hands.

@sacooper802 8 жыл бұрын

he ran a stop sign at 2:45, just think if it got totaled making this video

@rogelio451 8 жыл бұрын

Man I had to look 3 times before I noticed you are right, he did run a stop sign

@lilsuzq32 8 жыл бұрын

The police probably cleared traffic to help them make this video.

@josephcampa3528 6 жыл бұрын

soupercooper any car that runs into that is gonna get wrecked

@marzadzn4098 6 жыл бұрын

soupercooper hahah

@karlkepper7945 6 жыл бұрын

He sure did!!!

@peacefulsocialjustice9270 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my...would love to have this car! Year I was born...

@CoyoteFTW 10 жыл бұрын

Love that beautiful mustang

@interweeter 10 жыл бұрын

great story,

@MichaelRGibson 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! that is incredible

@Rarerat 10 жыл бұрын

Great video!!

@bm239 9 жыл бұрын

2:47 Cuz who needs stop signs right? lol

@tuffguy428 10 жыл бұрын

2:48 BLOWS the stop sign.

@kdpjsp 8 жыл бұрын

I thought Brian Williams bought the 1st one.

@fposmith 6 жыл бұрын

It was out of the first run for sure. The first run of Mustangs off the production line were all convertibles.

@mediamattersismycockholste562 6 жыл бұрын

He helped build it.

@williamjordan5554 4 жыл бұрын

@@fposmith That was a joke. William's got caught with big lies.

@arnoldberk7686 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been to Johnson Ford on Cicero Ave. near Diversey. I believe they were on the west side of the street. I had a 65 Ford too but I bought it used at Gateway Chevrolet on Milwaukee Ave.

@Johnnycdrums 4 жыл бұрын

That little 260 sounds pretty stout.

@stephensmith1034 4 жыл бұрын

I also was a kid living in Chicago when these came out in 64. I wasn't sure if I liked them. My dad then bought a 65 stang and later handed it down to me. We put over a 100k miles on that little Mustang.

@Johnclark300 25 күн бұрын

That is the most amazing story I have heard, the old mustangs are better than what's out now, back in those days quality control was a thing and the Ford motor company took pride in what they built, today its embarrassing what Ford has done, they have a new mustang that's all electric and it it's not a mustang it's an electric SUV.

@randalldias7327 10 жыл бұрын

Another great Hagerty Classic Car story. Gail made history and didn't even know it. I read on another website that Gail's parents were FORD people and had a '49 and then a '57 Ford while Gail was a child. Great great story. Thanks.

@evelasq1 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful car and it makes me want one.

@Captain-Nostromo 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best looking cars ever, and the Thunderbird 1955-57 😀

@Chris_Troxler 3 ай бұрын

I just ran across an article about this car. I love it soo much, and I hope they are doing well.🥰🥰

@NDMikefromVelva Жыл бұрын

What a great story and history. Glad to see a true one owner 65!

@rambo6699 2 жыл бұрын

Totally ran that stop sign at 2:46

@MustangMedic 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@Kgio-2112 6 жыл бұрын

Great story.

@tjstevens001 5 жыл бұрын

Nice car!

@lbanezjs1000 10 жыл бұрын

amazing... its so well maintained as well!!

@dragantoe 10 жыл бұрын

well after he restored it I guess...

@rickin10 6 жыл бұрын

damn, I'm in gas tears...

@bigdogone916 7 жыл бұрын

Very nice couple!

@stephenspilker9334 4 жыл бұрын

damn love mustangs. i have had 4 over the years. my favorite was my 2001 gt.

@josezamora1639 8 жыл бұрын

That whip is on fire!

@cruzgarcia8060 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome year 1964and a half. My mother's birthday tooo#!!!!

@dflf 3 жыл бұрын

Driving a convertible everyday to work through Illinois winters couldn’t be the most practical thing to do. No wonder it got beat to hell

@mikegood228 4 жыл бұрын

Mom and dad had the first Ford mustang car when I was a little boy. DETROIT!!!!!

@andysask1322 Жыл бұрын

This is most definitely not the first mustang sold, but this is a cute story and I’m so glad the owners got it restored. Surprised Hagerty doesn’t know this.