PARKSPLUG TRACKS DOWN ORIGINAL MUSTANG MODEL

50 years ago, Dichondra Moot would have no way of knowing she was posing with what would become one of America's iconic automobiles.  But there she was, grasping a surfboard on the beach next to a 1965 Ford Mustang convertible.  "I thought it was just another modeling assignment," she told Parksplug.  "Little did I know."

50 years ago:  Model Dichondra Moot poses with the new Mustang

Last week, Parksplug caught up with Moot, who now works as a livestock masseuse in 

Abner Plains, Wyoming.  "My friends think I should go back into modeling," she told us, 

"but I donated my surfboard to the local food bank five years ago."   

Now:  Dichondra Moot poses sans-surfboard with her 1986 Jeep Comanche pickup