Mustang Love

I was fourteen when I bought the book Mustang Does It, the comprehensive guide to all things Mustang. Within weeks I knew every detail of every model ever made up to that year. So, when I was given the opportunity to attend the recent Grand National Mustang Show organized by the National Capital Region Mustang Club at Regency Stadium, the question was not whether I would go, but how I would ever bring myself to leave.

Well, one sunburn, two sore legs, and three hundred photos later I did leave. But in the time I was there I had the opportunity to walk among some of the finest examples of every model and generation of Mustang ever made. I’ve seen such rare cars as the Boss 429 in magazines, but I’ve never had the chance to stand next to one and peer into its engine compartment. I’ve seen road test videos of the Shelby GT500 Super Snake, but standing next to one allowed me to feel the raw power better than any video ever could. And all the others were there, too: the Cobra Jet, the California Special, the Mach 1, the GT500KR. Was I like a kid in a candy store? Yes, I was.