Ford is celebrating the birthday of its iconic Mustang by taking it apart. The American automaker is keeping the tradition alive for the 50th birthday of the Mustang by returning to the spot it sat 50 years ago. The 86th floor of the Empire State Building will display a new 2015 Convertible Mustang on April 16 and 17 for only 54 hours. Getting the car up 86 floors is even harder than it sounds.

When the original Mustang was on display in 1965, the car was disassembled and taken up the Empire State Building elevators. Mustang chief engineer, Dave Pericak said “Like all craftsmen, our team is measuring twice and cutting once to make sure we can get this Mustang up in the elevators.” 

“Like the team that did this in 1965, the current crew visited the Empire State Building before starting and took careful measurements of its new elevators and doors before cutting up the car,” Pericak said.

The 2015 Mustang is almost seven inches longer and four inches wider than its ancestor, which makes it a lot more difficult to move the car. After the pieces have made it up 86 floors, technicians will have less than six hours to reassemble the sections to have a whole car. The all-new ‘stang will have a range of available engines including a new turbocharged EcoBoost 2.3-litre and an upgraded 5.0-litre V8 with upwards of 420 horsepower. The car will go on sale later this year, and over the past 50 years, more than nine million Mustangs have been sold.