He was just about to start the process of readying the coupe for its return to the strip when he got word of a ’65 Mustang fastback that was languishing in a yard somewhere not too far from Mike ...

The fastback reached Ford dealers in September ... Fifty-nine years later, Whitmire still owns his ’65 Mustang GT, which served a daily driver and a weekend drag racer for more than 10 years.