Ford Motor Company used Walt Disney's Magic Skyway at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair to showcase
new Fords, Lincolns, and Mercurys and there couldn't have been a better place to introduce the
famous Ford Mustang on April 17th, 1964. The Fair was divided into two segments, in 1964 from
April 22nd to October 18th and in 1965 from April 21st to October 17th. Ford built a total of 24
Mustang convertibles for the Fair - 12 for each year. In preparation for the opening of the Fair in
1964 the Mustangs were the last to be placed on the Magic Skyway, primarily because the original
plan did not include the Mustang; the addition of the pony car was an eleventh hour decision for
Ford. When it cam time to replace the first 12 Mustangs on the Skyway in the winter of 1964-65,
12 new T-code 200-cid 6-cyl automatic transmission convertibles were ordered - three of each in
Caspian Blue, Poppy Red, Raven Black, and Wimbledon White. All 12 were built at the Dearborn plant
and shipped to Carron & Co. for Magic Skyway preparation.

To date, only three of the second set of 12 Mustangs have been found - 5F08T383378, 5F08T383385,
and this example, 5F08T383386. Two Mustangs from the 1964 season have also surfaced, bringing the
total number of documented surviving World's Fair Mustangs to five. What makes this Skyway model
unique is its one-of-a-kind appointments - bench seats, AM/8-track, Thunderbird courtesy lamps,
and 1966 hubcaps. These were not Skyway originals, but options installed at Carron & Co. before
the car was sold post-Fair to a Ford Motor Company employee on December 23, 1965 as a Christmas
gift for his wife. Twelve years later the car was found in a Detroit garage with only 35,622 miles
by Gary Schweitzer and his father, Al. After sitting for an additional 30 years, a full restoration
began in 2007 and was finally completed in 2015.

200 cu inch I-6, 120-horsepower, 2,650-lbs, 108-inch wheelbase,
Total Production: 24 - Factory Price: N/A