Description
Black and white 9 1/2″ x 12″ ad for the toy designed to make the little boys get used to playing with their Ford Mustangs. This ad has a photo of a young boy lying face-down on his family’s carpeted floor staring intently at the detail built into this toy. The ad headline says that it is “Just in time for Christmas, and only at your Ford Dealer’s” and the text builds the relationship to their popular new sports car. It claims that “…now there’s Mustang fun for fans too young to drive” and describes it as being a brilliant Poppy Red Motorized Mustang GT and a “perfectly-detailed operating model of a 1966 Mustang GT Hardtop“. It is 16 inches long and is battery operated with a motor capable of propelling it forwards and backwards and even has working headlights and taillights. It was only available from a Ford dealer at a price of $4.95.
Source: November 19, 1965 Life magazine.
