t’s not often that your first love lasts a lifetime, but the relationship between Ken Peters and his 1969 Ford Mustang is at 45 years and counting. Ken grew up during a time when muscle cars and pony cars were cheap. Fuel efficiency was all the rage during the late 1970s, so the gas guzzlers of the muscle car era popped up at used car dealerships with low price tags. Insurance premiums for high-performance cars and young drivers continued to rise, causing parents to shy away from introducing their children to the joys of a factory hot rod. Ken Peters was a lucky one — his dad spotted a clean, 37,000-mile Mustang at the local used car lot on his way to work. He and Ken met
