On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was officially unveiled at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York. Named after a World War II fighter plane, the car was intended as a “working man’s Thunderbird” and featured two-seats and a mid-range engine. Ford sold 22,000 Mustangs the day it was unveiled, and more than 400,000 within its first year. In films, the car is best known for the chase scene in the 1968 Steve McQueen’s movie Bullitt.
