50th Anniversary Celebration in Charlotte

Two huge celebrations were held in Las Vegas and Charlotte to mark the 50th anniversary of the Ford Mustang. The Greater Pittsburgh Mustang Club sent a large contingent to join in the festivities in Charlotte April 17-20. As photos and stories come in, they will be added. Additional photos can be viewed on a second page and a third page.

The first set of photos is courtesy of Tim Baker. Thanks, Tim!

We could not all make it to Charlotte, so some participated in a 50th birthday tour to a local winery. You can see those photos here.

: This is not how I wanted to start the trip to Charlotte, with snow on the hood in West Virginia

: On Saturday, some GPMC members toured the Carolinas Aviation Museum, home of the “Miracle on the Hudson” jet that crash-landed in the Hudson River in January of 2009

: Three of the Holman-Moody special-edition Mustangs sit in the rain on Saturday at Charlotte

: An overview of the MORE parking area, just one of three parking locations at Charlotte

: GPMC cars on display at the Mustang 50th Birthday Celebration in Charlotte

: A closer view of the GPMC cars on display

: In the Daniel Carpenter Fox-body collection is this 1979 Indy 500 Pace Car that has never even been dealer prepped. It has only 11 miles on the odometer.

: The GPMC group toured the Daniel Carpenter parts facility on Friday

: This is an unrestored 1964 1/2 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car that was on display

: A sea of ponies in the MORE parking area at Charlotte

: This show car recalls the days when Steve Saleen and actor Tim Allen road-raced Mustangs

: A Wimbledon White 2014 1/2 Mustang, one of the special 50th anniversary cars, sits at the start/finish line during the Charlotte opening ceremony

: The Mustang 50 Years logo on the giant screen at Charlotte Motor Speedway as we awaited the start of the opening ceremony

Dwight Hutton sent in photos, including this one taken of a display on the infield. This is the first Mustang Pace Car from the 1964 Indianapolis 500.