A Faster Horse Page #9

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to las cruces later, right?

- Is that how we say it?

- That is correct. Good job.

We restored this 1971 mustang

as a father-daughter project.

We started in 2010.

Took us about three,

three and a half years

to get it done,

and we actually just

finished it this week.

I am really envious

of all of you

getting to spend a week together

driving your favorite cars

across the U.S.,

and I expect to hear

all the stories in Charlotte.

- There you go. Square key.

- Yeah, I know.

Mustang's always gonna have

a special place in my heart

because it's the first

restoration

I've ever done with my dad.

It's my car.

It's my type of car.

Okay, where are we?

The shape it's in,

i think that is a success story.

When you're done,

it's kind of an odd feeling.

You certainly feel

a sense of satisfaction

of being on

a very long journey,

but that tension

is always there, you know,

is it gonna stand

the test of time?

Every new car that you do,

you go look

at a production car,

it's an emotion.

You saw her from the sketch,

and here it is in metal.

You can open the door.

You can sit in it.

You can drive it,

that's emotional.

It really is.

And if it isn't,

you've failed.

It's the time

for the big reveal,

the worldwide reveal.

The 2015 mustang!

Come on out!

I love this car.

It's beautiful.

As soon as it comes out, I'll be

first in line at the dealer.

2015 mustang.

Dave pericak is the chief

engineer for the mustang.

When you build a new car,

you got a lot of history

you have to honor.

What was the main thing

you wanted to do new...

It's modernized

that original 1964 mustang.

The shape of the front grille,

it's just like it was back then.

I like the shape,

especially the back lights.

It's just like my '66.

I want them to say

that they got it right,

that this is the best mustang

that they've ever done.

- This is awesome.

- It is. It is awesome.

Henry Ford was a firm

believer in several things--

simplicity,

durability,

and low cost.

He always professed

that if you could do

those three things,

you would win the hearts

of the customers.

Growing up in an era

where everybody had a horse,

he'd say to the people,

"what do you want?"

You know, and they'd always say,

"a faster horse."

He gave them

something different.

That's why mustang

is different.

They didn't ask

the marketplace,

"what do you want?"

They were car people,

and they said,

"what do we want?"

Whatever year

your favorite mustang is,

whatever color it is,

whatever's your favorite,

it will be there in Charlotte.

I think my

favorite aspect of this car

would have to be

how original we made it

and how original it is.

It looks like a mustang

that you would have seen

rolling around in 1971.

And I really, really like

that aspect of it.

If I could ask you all

to please rise

for our national anthem.

People forget...

That we are engineers,

but we are people,

and people make cars.

They build cars,

they design cars,

they develop cars,

they style cars.

So whether we like it or not,

people's personalities

are reflected

in what they do.

And no two people are alike.

It's a fraternity of people

who worked on this car.

That's what makes it special,

and certainly, for me,

it's a part of me.

Once you work on the mustang,

you're always part

of team mustang.

Somehow you are connected

to something that was exciting.

That connection's still there.

It's still a love affair

that happened way back when,

and people are

still knocked out by it

and still excited about it.

You know what I used

to use as a Gauge

on the cars that I worked on

is I would say to myself,

"would I like to wash this car?

Would I feel happy

out there washing it

and cleaning it

as a designer?"

And that was a goal

i personally had.

How many people like to

go out and wash their car?

Only if it's a favorite car

that they like

to drive or something.

If it's a car they don't

really like that much,

they don't wash it at all,

right?

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