Mustang of the Month

Annette Niehus
2020 Velocity Blue Mustang EcoBoost

I have always loved Mustangs. When I was growing up, my dad bought me a Hot Wheels Mustang car. When I opened the package, I looked at my dad totally confused. All he said was “here you go, here’s your Mustang” so I would stop talking about that darn car.

Our neighbor growing up had a baby blue 1967 Mustang that was parked on the side of his red barn. I would grab a book and go sit on the ground leaning up against the tire and read. The neighbor caught me and told me it was ok to sit inside you. I ended up cleaning the inside of the car and it became my fort for the next 4 years (ha-ha). That was before they were called a” She Cave”.

Long story short, the neighbor and I had a few conversations over the next 4 years about this car. I always told him I was going to have a car JUST like his when I grew up. He laughed and said, “I have no doubt about that young lady”. Does anybody want to guess what my first car was? Yep, a 1967 baby blue Mustang. It had been parked in a yard up against a house with a very faded & dirty for sale sign. I babysat, pulled weeds, cleaned houses, mowed yards and babysat dogs. I paid cash for my first car $2200. The older man I bought it from said he couldn’t ask me for a lot of money knowing how badly I wanted this car. I was 16 years old.

When I was 22 years old, I was working as a hairdresser, I was cutting my Dad’s Doctor’s hair, somehow, we got on the conversation about our first cars. He told me his first car was passed down by his dad and older brothers. It was a baby blue 1967 Mustang. When I was done cutting his hair, he and I went to take a look at my car, it was in fact his old car when he went to college. So, I gave him my keys, and he and his son took a ride in MY car. He had good memories in that car as well as I had. It was great to see him enjoy driving it again. I am glad I was able to give him that.

I have had 3 Mustangs over the years. A 67 Mustang, a 74 1/2 Mustang II, and BLUFURY which is my 2020 EcoBoost and currently my 3rd Mustang. I will never be too old to drive my 'Stang with my stereo loud…. I still enjoy the ride.