[427sharpe]

The Mustang argument you refer to is a semantic argument that really tests the bounds. FoMoCo owns Mustang 100001; a car that was originally sold in Canada to an airline pilot...accidentally! It was a 'pre-production' car that was sent out to the dealer just so they would have one to show...but somebody forgot to tell them it was not supposed to be sold. Ford worked a deal with the pilot for a trade for the 1,000,000 Mustang (a 1966) later so they could get #1 back. A fellow who owns a classic car mag says he owns the first truly production (meant for general sale) Mustang (around 100215 or so) and is trying to get 5.5 MILLION US$ for it. It seems as if almost everyone backs the Ford car as the first, but the seller of the latter keeps plugging...ya' never know!