{"id":4887,"date":"2014-04-16T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T00:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2014-04-16T17:34:38","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T00:34:38","slug":"ford-mustang-celebrates-50-years-by-going-to-top-of-empire-state-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ford-mustang-celebrates-50-years-by-going-to-top-of-empire-state-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford Mustang Celebrates 50 Years by Going to Top of Empire State Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4920\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/ford-mustang-celebrates-50-years-by-going-to-top-of-empire-state-building\/2015-ford-mustang-empire-state-building\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chen, Andrew&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1397668924&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2015 Ford Mustang Empire State Building\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building-300x162.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4920\" alt=\"2015 Ford Mustang Empire State Building\" src=\"http:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2015-Ford-Mustang-Empire-State-Building-600x324.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photos and videos courtesy Ford<\/p>\n<p>Ford is celebrating 50 years of the Mustang, and they&#8217;re placing one on the observation deck of the Empire State Building to commemorate the achievement.<\/p>\n<p>But getting a 2015 Mustang Convertible onto the narrow observation deck of one of the most iconic buildings in the world is no simple task.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how they did it:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"360\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/OXVkBu8hnHM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G9_VrYBnI_U\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ford is also offering a special 50th Anniversary Edition 2015 Mustang, which makes its debut at the New York Auto Show. Only 1,964 examples will be produced, a number that matches the first year of the car&#8217;s production.<\/p>\n<p>All 50th Anniversary cars will be powered by Ford&#8217;s 5.0-liter V8 which is estimated to produce more than 420 horsepower and 390 lb-ft of torque. 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