'65 Mustang Hi-po vs '65 Formula S

Then there were the 390 Mustangs in 67. Bob Tasca of Tasca Ford told Hot Rod Magazine (November 1967) that 390 Mustangs sold really well "last fall and into the winter, but by March they dropped off to practically nothing. That's when the snow melted off the asphalt. . . . We found the car so non-competitive for the super-car field, in a sense we began to feel we were cheating the customer. He was paying for what he saw advertised in all the magazines as a fast car but that's not what he was getting."

Tasca told Henry Ford II, "I told him I believed our cars were competitive in price, more than competitive in style and interior appointments, but hopelessly inadequate under the hood. We haven't been the hottest since the flathead V8 and that was his father's idea so I couldn't congratulate him for that."

But then there was "Bullitt," which through movie magic portrayed a 390 Mustang as faster than a Charger R/T. Now it's an icon. :realcrazy: