Fox Mustang Magazine Issue 2 | Page 37

and put their money down on this fresh slice of American pie. Though the Mustang II gets its share of thumbs down, Ford sold more than a million of them in five years. Someone certainly liked them. The reinvented, Jack Telnack–sculpted, ’79 Mustang again stumped marketing types with a whopping 369,936 units sold, according to www.foureyedpride.com. There has never been a Mustang generation to equal Fox because no other generation has been in production for as long — 25 years if you include the ’94-’04 SN-95s. As with the early classics, it’s hard to find anyone who hasn’t owned one or had a buddy with one. Lloyd DeLong bought his ’91 Mustang 5.0L LX hatchback right off the Ford lot as a yearend deal because ’92 models were already in the showrooms. Window sticker was $16,400 and change. Lloyd Issue 2 FOX Mustang Magazine 37