Virginia-Owned & Restored Classic Mustang Featured Among Pop Icons as Ford Mustang Celebrates 40th Anniversary in Nation's Capital

WHAT: A 1964 1/2 Rangoon Red Mustang convertible, owned and restored by David Williams of Clifton, Virginia, will be featured alongside Ford Motor Company's all-new 2005 Ford Mustang GT, at a 40th anniversary celebration of the Mustang at the National Postal Museum.

William's classic Mustang was featured on a 1999 commemorative postage stamp honoring cultural icons of the 1960s.

Also, the National Capital Region Mustang Club will host a car show at Battlefield Ford of Manassas, honoring The Great American Pony Drive II, a cross-country 40-city tour celebrating the anniversary and welcoming the new model. Mustang enthusiasts from the Washington Metro region and a troupe of Mustang owners participating in the Pony Drive II will be displaying their vintage vehicles. Accompanying the tour is Ford's 300 millionth car, a 2004 Mustang convertible. Williams participated in the first Pony Drive in 1989 to mark the Mustang's 25th Anniversary.

  WHEN &    June 2, 2004 (both events)
  WHERE:    Media reception:  National Postal Museum, Discovery Center
            2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, DC (adjacent to Union
            Station)
            12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

            National Capital Region Mustang Club Car Show
            Battlefield Ford of Manassas
            8980 Mathis Avenue
            Manassas, Virginia
            5 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WHO: Jim O'Connor, Ford Motor Company Group Vice President of North America Marketing, Sales and Service will address the Mustang's impact on Ford Motor Company and American culture.

BACKGROUND: Mustang has been the top selling sports car for 18 consecutive years, spawning more than 250 car clubs. More than eight million Mustangs have been produced and sold since its 1964 introduction.

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PRNewswire -- May 26