From the editor: Roads well traveled

I’ve never been inside a Ford Mustang—never driven one, never caught a ride in the passenger seat.

It hardly seems possible, I know. The iconic muscle car turns 50 on Thursday, the anniversary of its appearance at the New York World’s Fair. Ford sold an astonishing 400,000 plus of the pony when the half year model debuted back in 1964 and more than 9 million in all. My sister owned one, but tumbled it down an embankment before I had a chance to slide in. A friend also had one, but he gutted it for use on the track.

About a decade ago I knew a dull, humorless, button down executive who drove hi...