Sunday, March 17, 2019 had the Mustangs returning to Long Beach, California for the 22nd annual Ponies at the Pike Mustang and Ford Car Show hosted by Beach Cities Mustangs and presented by Stang Stuff. It was rescheduled from last Fall when that event was washed out due to rain. The venue? The grass at Shoreline Park in Long Beach, California., home of the Long Beach Grand Prix IndyCar race. This event was free to attend for the public.
Showcased were four generations of Bullitt Mustangs as we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the theatrical release of the movie Bullitt on October 17, 1968. Among the Bullitt Mustangs on display was John Jeffers’ 1967 Bullitt/Shelby tribute that graced the cover of the November 2018 issue of Mustang Monthly. For this show it was perfectly positioned for us to get a shot of this icon in front of another; the Queen Mary, docked in Long Beach Harbor.
Mustangs from all eras were on display (we even saw a Mustang II) but our emphasis was on the classic-era Mustangs from 1965 to 1973. The Mustang Monthly team—Rich Truesdell and Mark Fletcher—had three Mustangs selected as our own Best of Show. First, unmodified, was the 1970 Boss 302 in Medium Lime Metallic, owned by Kelly Kelleher.
