Gale Halderman
Gianluca Cavuoti
Early life
Read Viemeister
Dayton, Ohio Farms Tucker Automobile, 1947 Read Viemeister
Dayton University Dayton, Ohio, 1950 Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.idsa.org/readviemeister; www.udayton.edu/archives
Join with FORD
Gale Halderman, Ford 57, 1957 Sketches
Gale Halderman, Ford Allegro, 1962 Concept Car
Gale Halderman, Ford Galaxy, 1965
Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.dailynews.com/pony-auto; www.fordperformance.com/auto-halderman
The terrible Flop: Ford Edsel (1957)
Ford Edsel, 1957
Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.sideshare.net/edsel-ford; www.medium.com/ford-edsel;
The Beginning: Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca,1924 (left) and Henry Ford II, 1917-1987 (right) Conference 1958 Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.coys.co.uk/ford-iacocca
Wind of Change Gale Halderman, 1962 Original sketch side view
“We got it” Lee Iacocca
Clay model from side view sketch Sources:
www.mustangfirst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.jameshalderman.com/newsletter; www.motortrend.com/ford-1965
“Designing a good looking car is absolutely the easiest pie. Designing a car that a company can afford, the manufacturing guys can assamble, the engineers can engineer; that’s damn difficult” Gale Halderman
Sources:
www.ford.com/logo-1960; “A faster horse” (2015) Devid Gelb, Netflix
American Icon
Ford Mustang, first prototype Cat detail
Ford Mustang, first prototype
Ford Mustang, second prototype Horse Head detail Sources:
Gale Halderman, Mustang, 1964
www.mustangfirst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.jameshalderman.com/newsletter; www.motortrend.com/ford-1965
The New Ford Mustang: 1st generation
Ford Mustang 1st generation, 1965 Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.jameshalderman.com/newsletter; www.fordperformance.com/mustang1965
Flushing Meadows, New York April 1964
Flushing Meadows, New York, Main Plaza, 1964 Henry Ford II, Ford Pavillion, 1964
Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.jameshalderman.com/newsletter; www.motortrend.com/ford-1965
Public reaction
Time Magizine, May 1965 Lee iacocca
Flushing Meadows, New York
Ford Magazine Advertaisment Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.times.com/history-ford; www.mustangfords.com/advertaisment
“Wolfgang used to give harpsichord recitals for a few close friends. Then he bought a Mustang. Things looked livelier for Wolfgang, sorrounded by bucket seats, vynil interior, padded dash, wallto-wall carpeting (all standard Mustang)... and a big V-8 option that produces some of the most powerfull notes this side of Beethoven. What happened? Sudden fame! Fortune! The adulation of milions! Being a Mustanger brought out the wolf in Wolfgang. What could it do for you?”
Sources:
www.mustangfirst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.oldcarsadvertaisment.com/fordmustang
Ford Mustang: 2nd generation
Ford Mustang 2nd generation, 1974
Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.fordperformance.com/ford2mustang
50 years of history
Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.fordperformance.com/ford2mustang
Nowadays
Sources:
www.mustangďŹ rst50years.com/galehalderman; www.ford.com/logo-1960; www.fordperformance.com/musemhalderman
“I used to use it as a gage on cars that I worked on; that I would say to myself <<Would I like wash this car?>>, <<Would I feel happy after washing it and cleaning it?>> This desire, that was a goal that I personally had. How many people like to go out and wash their car? Only if it’s a favourite car that they like to drive or something. If it was a car they don’t really like that much, they wouldn’t wash it at all, right? Gale Halderman
Sources:
www.ford.com/logo-1960; “A faster horse” (2015) Devid Gelb, Netflix