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The Story of the Man Behind the Mustang - Phil Clark

Phil Clark holding daughter Holly

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The photo to the left means alot to Holly Clark and many others who have found her story to be an inspiration of sorts. After one day in 1985 when she pulled down her "lost" father's stuff from an attic, she was led on a journey that was guided by the sketches, drawings, and journal entries of the man who she calls "Dad." Early in her journey, she was shocked to find that her dad held a large part in the creation of a car she had admired since she was a child. The MUSTANG. On many of his drawings, pre-dating the release of any Mustang concept car, there was the word "MUSTANG" slapped across the paper. Except in most of the drawings she searched through, she didn't recognize the design. The bulky hood and fierce "muscle" design wasn't there. Instead, she saw an aerodynamic machine that had a much more sporty, road racing appearance. She saw the Mustang I Prototype.

- Inspired by and Dedicated to: Holly Clark and Wolfgang Kohrn of PonySite.de

	THE PHIL CLARK STORY The original story, written by Holly Clark, about the effect her father has had on the legacy of the Ford Mustang. Phil Clark was the original designer of the galloping horse logo.
	HOLLY CLARK INTERVIEW This interview gives a lot of insight into Holly's life as well as a bit of her father's and sets the basis for the some of the following articles
	ORIGINAL MUSTANG DESIGNER We take a look at sketches of the Mustang I Prototype done by Phil Clark that were dated a month before John Najjar said he did his drawings of the car.
	CLARK DRAWINGS IN MOTORCADE MAG. These are drawings found in Motorcade Magazine back in 1963 with several drawings of cars to come for 1964. The featured Phil Clark drawings were finished in 1958.
	PHIL CLARK AT GM - CHEVY MUSTANG? In a section of this Mustang history book written by Gary L. Witzenburg, the author speaks of how GM was in fact developing a Mustang. It just so happened that Phil Clark was at GM at the time.
	THE MUSTANG I PROTOTYPE This is the Database page made for the Mustang I Prototype.

7-07-06:
We have just launched this new section of the site specifically for news and updates about the ongoing story of Phil Clark and his daughter Holly Clark due to the expanding number of articles and information we are now getting. Enjoy!