Teen can finally drive her dad’s ‘Mustang from Heaven’
Being lucky enough to have grown up with a dad who opened the car world to me, this one hits close to home. In 2017, an eight-year-old girl unexpectedly lost her father. Just before he passed, he sold his beloved 2012 Ford Mustang GT to buy a work truck. Before parting ways with the car, his daughter, Ella, would enthusiastically attend car shows and track days with her dad and his fifth-gen pony. It took two years, but in 2019, Ella’s mom found the muscle car. She bought it back and brought it home to Ella.
Under the social media handle mustang.from.heaven, Ella’s mom and now Ella share updates on the car. Over the last five years, the family has continued bringing the Mustang GT to car shows and events. Ella preps and washes the vehicle, which has various modifications, and regularly displays a poster highlighting her dad and their shared passion for the model. In 2019, Ella won her first trophy.
This year, Ella, now a teenager, is learning to drive. Half a decade after buying the two-door coupe back, Ella’s mom can sit in the passenger seat while her daughter navigates local roads in the body-kitted muscle car.
Considering the rear-wheel-drive 2012 Ford Mustang GT touts a 5.0L V8 pushing over 400 hp, Ella’s mom posted that the teen won’t be using the car as her daily driver. “It will not be her daily, she won’t drive it without us until she is much older and we know this car is far too powerful for a teenager.”
The mother-daughter social media account is full of tear-inducing posts. In an otherwise highly critical digital realm, followers are wholeheartedly supportive of the Mustang GT fandom the family shares with the world.
