I'm really surprised this didn't get more play in the mainstream media. It's in the March 12 issue of Old Cars Weekly, but it was news to me.

Not only is this dealership listing the historic Mustang for sale for $5.5 million, they have a lot of other very exensive cars in their showroom that could also have gone up in flames.

This would have been a HUGE story if a bunch of these cars had burned.

"A working smoke alarm and fast-acting firerighters recently saved a prized car collection in Illinois.

The Wauconda Fire Department preserved millions of dollars in vintage cars and memorabilia Feb. 9 after a fire started at Northern Illinois Classic Auto.

Authorities said the Wauconda Fire Department responded to the working fire alarm at 7:34 p.m. and found a fire burning under the hood of a 1968 Oldsmobile. The blaze was quickly extinguished and no other cars caught fire.

Initial damages to the building were about $250,000, according to published reports.
Among the cars that were saved from the flames was the first Mustang ever built — a 1964 1/2 convertible that is also billed as the first Mustang ever sold to the public.