Mustang Timeline: Dearborn's Last Run

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2004 would be the last year for Mustang production at the Dearborn Assembly Plant. More than 6.7 million Mustangs were produced at DAP from 1964-2004, with the last one being a Redfire 2004 Mustang GT Premium Convertible.
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A red convertible 2004 Ford Mustang GT, the last vehicle built at the Dearborn Assembly Plant in Dearborn, Mich., rolls off the assembly line amid workers, Monday, May 10, 2004. Ford's oldest plant, the creation of founder Henry Ford that contributed to two U.S. war efforts and later was the birthplace of the iconic Mustang, opened in 1918. With the shuttering of the 86-year-old plant, Ford is moving production of the next-generation Mustang to a factory in Flat Rock, southwest of Detroit. A 1966 Mustang hardtop coupe comes down the final assembly line at DAP These 2004 Ford Mustangs approach the end of the assembly line at the historic Dearborn Assembly Plant 2004 Ford Mustangs move along the line at Dearborn Assembly Plant
Valdez Adams puts tires on a 2004 Mustang Working with exacting detail, a Dearborn Assembly worker adds his touch to a 2004 Ford Mustang at the historic Dearborn Assembly Plant Working with care and precision, a Dearborn Assembly employee adds his work to the production of a 2004 Ford Mustang at the Plant Attention to detail was part of every 2004 Ford Mustang at the historic Dearborn Assembly Plant
A Mustang body starts its trip down the DAP assembly line 2004 Mustangs move along the production line of the body shop at the historic Dearborn Assembly Plant Robots weld underbodies for the Ford Mustang at the historic Dearborn Assembly Plant 2004 Ford Mustangs are assembled in the historic Dearborn Assembly Plant
Dearborn Assembly Plant employee Fred Galicki drives the last vehicle built at the 86-year-old plant, a 2004 Ford Mustang GT, off the assembly line today. With him is retiree Oscar Hovsepian who drove the first Mustang off the same assembly line in 1964. Dearborn Assembly Plant employee Fred Galicki drives the last vehicle built at the 86-year-old plant, a 2004 Ford Mustang GT, off the assembly line today. With him is retiree Oscar Hovsepian who drove the first Mustang off the same assembly line in 1964. Dearborn Assembly Plant employee Michael Joseph celebrates with retiree Oscar Hovsepian as the last vehicle built at the 86-year-old plant, a 2004 Ford Mustang GT, rolls off the assembly line today. Hovsepian drove the first Mustang off the same assembly line in 1964. Some 2,000 employees celebrate end-of-production at Ford's 86-year-old Dearborn Assembly Plant today. The last vehicle built there, a 2004 Ford Mustang GT, rolled off the line at 1:07 p.m. Also pictured (top) is the first Mustang, the 1964 1/2 model, built at DAP.

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