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In 1960 Ford Motor Company wanted to develop a fun-to-drive "personal car" that would appeal to the post-World War II "baby boom" generation. Ford’s still-unnamed personal car was to be derived from the Ford Falcon. The winner of an in-house design competition established the classic "pony car" proportion: a long, sweeping hood, short rear deck and sharply sculpted flanks. The first Mustang concept – a White 1962 Mustang I concept with blue racing stripes – was a two-seat, mid-engine sports car named after the legendary P51 Mustang fighter plane from World War II. It made its debut in October at the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, New York where race driver Dan Gurney drove it around the circuit. 
With sporty looks, stunning Wimbledon White paint, and much anticipation the world debut of the Mustang occurred at the World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows, New York on April 17, 1964. 4 and a half years after design began. Standard equipment included a 170-cubic-inch (cid) six-cylinder engine, three-speed floor-shift transmission, full wheel covers, padded dash, bucket seats and carpeting. It weighed just 2,572 pounds. The price at launch: $2,368. At the car’s launch, the company expected annual sales of about 100,000 units. But 22,000 Mustang orders were taken on the first day, and sales reached an astounding 417,000 in the first 12 months. 
The first regular production Mustang was also Wimbledon White, however was a convertible with a 260-cid V-8 that rolled off the assembly line on March 9, 1964. While on a promotional tour of Canada, a Ford dealer in St. John’s, Newfoundland "mistakenly" sold the car to Capt. Stanley Tucker, a pilot with Eastern Provincial Airlines. Ford reacquired the car from Capt. Tucker in 1966 in exchange for Mustang number 1,000,001, and the original car is now on display at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Mich.Not even Lee Iacocca expected the revolution that had begun, nor did anyone know where it would take them. Yet 4+ Decades of obsession for the Mustang have resulted in dozens of different models including various 300, 400, even 500 (competition destroying) horsepower versions. The future of this legend remains to be seen, but the revolution, which would lead to over 8 million mustangs on the streets in the next 40 years, was underway. The White Mustang Registry was started in the summer of 2005, as an inside joke so to speak, between friends in Las Vegas, NV. A majority of the local Mustang club members owned white Mustangs; discussion about a white mustang registry came up, and shortly after the registry was formed. Originally WMR was never intended to expand larger then Las Vegas but news about the site leaked out and the WMR website grew at an exponential rate in just hours. It has taken just over a year to redesign and get the website and registry to full 100% operations and just like the Mustang we all love, there is no end in sight. We at the WMR invite you to register on our forum, join the registry if you would like to receive a WMR Member number (membership is free), view our special WMR member incentives in the performance shop, and enjoy your stay here at the WMR. We always welcome new members, so please tell your friends about us, and enjoy your stay. We hope to see you around for a while. Mustang history above is based on information from: Ford Motor Co, classic photos courtesy The Mustang Source.
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