When I was in the Air Force, I bought a 1964 1/2 Mustang convertible (white) from a lieutenant (I was a three-striper) who was being sent to Vietnam. The car was only about 18 months old when I bought it.
In August, 1969, when Hurricane Camille came ashore just west of Biloxi, I parked the car in a lot high above the beach and spent the night in a beachfront hotel (where I worked weekends for the TV station located in the ground-floor "basement").
The next morning, went to the car and saw that a big branch (about 6-8 inches around, had crashed butt-end first through the canvas top and the car had partially filled with water. Of course, being a poor airman, the only insurance I could afford at the time was collision and liability. And, doubly 'of course', the agent said the storm damage was not covered.
I patched the leak (and entire top) with flowered contact paper (it was the late '60s) and drove the car for another few months. Got married in December that year and a couple of months later, bought a new car, selling my 'stang to the owner of a bar just off base.
I got divorced 20 years ago and I still miss my Mustang....

In 1963, Ford commissioned the design and build of this prototype of the future Mustang. Only 10 were made and they were sent around to Ford's dealer base around the country. After the tour, nine were destroyed. This one survived because the man who designed it, Vince Gardner, stole and hid it away in a secret room in a warehouse. He has guessed that Ford would destroy them all....as was a mandated Federal program at the time.

This car had a slightly shortened chassis ( compared to the following production cars ) and a 302 CI engine with triple carbs. It was configured as a 2 passenger coupe and built in fiberglass.

The insurance company ( Aetna ) paid off on the missing car. When it was discovered many months later, it became the property of Aetna. They displayed it at their corporate headquarters, outside the building, until it was sold. The second buyer, who acquired the car after Aetna sold the first time, was the one showing it at this event.