The most important Ford of the 1960s, indeed arguably one of the most significant of the post-WW2 American automobiles, was the Mustang.

Conceived by super salesman Lee A Iacocca, and employing many Falcon components, the resultant 4-seater in crisply-designed Coupe of Convertible form was offered with a choice of engines, initially five from a 101bhp 2781cc six to a 271bhp 4727cc V8, six transmissions, three suspension packages, three brake systems and wheel sizes, plus many other performance and cosmetic options.

Within five months of launch in April 1964, the Mustang had become the third best-selling car in the US and, by June 1967, 1,500,000 had been delivered.

This 1968 Mustang Fastback Coupe - which the vendor believes to be a still matching numbers 289-engined car, though with benefit of 302 cylinder heads - has factory-fit automatic transmission, power-steering and power-brakes, both central and rare optional roof console, stereo with boot-mounted equipment as well as MP3 ta...