FORTY YEARS ON THE TROT.(News; Mustang car turns 40 )

The original pony car turns 40 this week, with no black balloons in evidence Competitors have risen and faded away, but Mustang just keeps galloping along. A comprehensive history of a car that has done and been and meant so much to Americans over four decades would take a book, and dozens of them have been written, so "comprehensive'' will not be our mission here. We are, however, going to take a run at celebrating Ford's iconic sporty car over the next few pages of this magazine. First up, reminders of a few key cars from the production series. Then we'll tell you about the ...