Autos: Unmasking the Mustang

The most talked about — and least seen — auto of the year is the Ford Mustang, a new sports car that the company has been guarding for public introduction on April 13. Thus it was little wonder that Fred Olmsted, the automotive editor of Detroit's Free Press, stopped in astonishment last week when, in a Detroit parking lot, he spotted a red convertible emblazoned with the insignia of a galloping stallion.

Olmsted recognized the car as the top-secret Mustang, rushed to a telephone to summon a photographer. Within less than ten minutes, the Free Press had the first public...

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