Photo: A-Team Restoration via Facebook Though drastically improved and unquestionably cool, the born-again Malaise-era pony car, initially dubbed "Mustang Evolution," retained its Mustang II identity.

Perhaps even more concerning is the incomplete Mustang logo seen just seconds later. You might also notice that the images are almost impossibly glossy and crisp throughout, and that the fictional ...

So, how did the first Mustang go from this to that? To understand that evolution, we have to go back to the beginning. In the '60s, Ford was looking to create a car for baby boomers that was ...