Last week marked the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. I didn’t do anything to celebrate the date, but it did remind me of the the first car I ever owned, a 1979 Ford Mustang. Although it might look dated in the above picture, my 1979 Ford Mustang was only 10 years old when I got it in the summer of 1989. 1979 was the first year of the “third-gen” Mustang, commonly known as the Fox body. My Mustang had over 100,000 miles when I got it — either 120k or 160k, I forget. The car had a maroon interior… (read more)