Michigan’s Global Mustang Day Rally Captured Colorful Scope of Ford Mustang Culture
April 17 was National Mustang Day, and the weather was primed for celebration in Southeast Michigan. Under a remarkably well-behaved, blue sky, Mustang Owners Club members turned out in droves to cruise in a there-and-back rally that started at Michigan Central Station in Detroit. Between 150 and 200 total Mustangs from every generation — and restricted to club participants — represented nearly every performance tier in the model’s history.
We were honored to host a coffee stop on the rally at our editorial office in Ann Arbor. When our paved parking lot could not accommodate a single Mustang more, the incoming stream of pony cars began to divert into the pockmarked, gravel-strewn lot of the body shop across the street. The influx didn’t stop, however, and soon there was a colorful, burbling traffic jam at the office turn-in. Volunteers from SE Michigan’s Mustang Owners Club dispatched to wave drivers on to the third and final stage of the rally: Ford’s Garage in Dearborn.
(photo credit: Cameron Neveu - Hagerty)
