Why celebrate the Mustang, the first actual “Pony car” was the 1962 Studebaker Avanti, long hood, short deck, bucket seats, 289 V-8 like the Mustang, but could be ordered with a supercharger. Studebaker was far ahead of its time! A far more beautiful design IMHO.
I agree. But I can’t afford an Avanti. I knew a guy with a supercharged R3 Avanti that consistently beat Vettes on the street. He never put it on the drag strip so I don’t know how it would have matched up in legal races.