All savvy Mustangers know that on April 14, 1964, the first Mustang built was bought by Canadian Eastern Provincial Airlines Captain Stanley Tucker in St. Johns, Newfoundland.  The car was an instant hit as it was driven around St. Johns three full days before the official Mustang public introduction.

  This was a Wimbledon White convertible that had been shipped to George Parsons Ford dealership in St. Johns for display to the public on introduction day, April 17^th.  The Ford dealership was instructed to not immediately sell the vehicle, but to keep it for display for a (undetermined) period of time.  When Captain Tucker arrived on the scene at the Ford showroom, he offered a purchase price which immediately persuaded the dealership to sell the Mustang on the spot.  Now whether the dealer sold the car by mistake, avoiding Ford instruction as reported, or whether Ford Motor Company later realized they had a hit on their hands with the new Mustang model and decided they wanted serial number “1” back, remains a mystery.  Captain Tucker drove that Mustang for two years and 10,000 miles before he let Ford Motor Company, in an ongoing effort, persuade him to trade it back to them at the cost of one new 1966 Mustang convertible fully loaded and built to his specifications.

  The #1 Mustang convertible was returned to Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, in the spring of 1966 and was donated later in the year to the Henry Ford Museum, also in Dearborn.  It remained in storage until 1974 when it was then placed on display in the Museum in conjunction with Mustang’s 10^th anniversary.  Once again it was returned to storage for 10 years to be later returned for permanent  display at the Museum in March 1984, for the 20^th anniversary of the Mustang (where it can still be seen today).

 Information was taken from the Mustang Times February 2000