HOT CARS Ford Mustang TABLE OF CONTENTS Planes Horses and Automobiles 4 New Look 9 American Muscle Car 10 Lee Iacocca’s Baby 14 A Mustang Timeline 18 Lights Camera Mustang 28
HOT CARS Ford Mustang Getting Greener 29 Glossary 30 Index 31 Show What You Know 31 Websites to Visit 31 About The Author 32
HOT CARS Ford Mustang Planes Horses and Automobiles It was the terror of the skies during World War II 1939 1945 The Mustang P-51 fighter bomber looked sleek and mean like a giant wasp It could sweep down from 15,000 feet 4,572 meters and knock out anything on the ground or kill any enemy plane in the air It became a legendary war machine The P-51 took its name from the mustang the wild horse of the U S West The English word mustang comes from the 16th century Mexican-Spanish word mestengo which means an animal that strays 4
HOT CARS Ford Mustang P-51 Mustangs fly in formation above the clouds 5
