1964 1/2 Mustang Collector Car (Mar 18th, 1964 build date)

1964 Ford Mustang Description

Attention collectors. This 64.5 Stang's production date is March 18th, 964. That's only nine days after production began and one month before the first Mustang was sold! So, his beauty is one of the very first Mustang convertibles to ever roll off the assembly line. I recently completed a factory-original restoration so you're bidding on a practically brand new car with less than 100 miles of drive time. I purchased this car 5 years ago with the intent to restore it to factory original then sell to a collector looking for that rare find. FYI, he hood and rear deck lid alignments are off a bit in the pics but have since been properly adjusted. I also have a 289 style (17" lid) air cleaner I'll include although some camps believe the Falcon/Fairlane style cleaners were used on the early Mustangs.

This car is a numbers-matching F-code, imbledon white exterior with Palomino interior and Palomino trim. It's a rare factory a/c convertible with power steering sent to AZ for its first sell. It has the 260 V8 2-barrel with correct date code and casting numbers, orrect C4 automatic 5 bolt transmission (brand new tranny installed but original will be included). Many early details like a small T handle shifter handle, A" air vent knob, riginal door/window handles, riginal dated glass all around, riginal AM radio, tc. Correct new white power convertible top with original chrome trim. Five new period-correct whitewall tires from Coker, arly Mustang NOS near-mint wire spinner hubcaps with corporate Ford logo and four rubber floor mats (front two are FOMOCO) "without the running horse logo" (these mats preceded the logo mats later offered as an option...only handed out by dealers as a promotional gift for the early Mustang buyers). The mats were original white but I changed color to Palomino to match the carpet. As mentioned earlier, his car was totally restored just as it rolled out of Dearborn in 1964. Every part and piece is in like new condition. This is a very special collectible...an investment level car that can also be driven. Realistic restoration costs at this level would far exceed my reserve price so don't miss out on this great opportunity to own a prized piece of Ford history.

VIN (5F08F101908). Considering the first production Mustang (sequence #100001) and this car were both built at the Dearborn plant, his has to be one of the earliest Mustang convertibles ever built as the 1,908th car off the Dearborn assembly line. I base this on two facts: 1) Dearborn was the only plant producing Mustangs during March, 964 and; 2) the preceding 1,907 cars included an unknown quantity of Mustang coupes as well as other Ford models such as Fairlanes and Falcons. One can only assume there were plenty of those other models rolling off the Dearborn line during the first nine days of the Mustang production. Research also shows the early Mustang records were destroyed for an unknown reason, erhaps by fire. Therefore no one knows, ith 100% certainty, he exact number of Mustangs convertibles produced ahead of #1908. I was able to find an unofficial online registry with a considerable number of early Mustang owner entries. The best I can conclude from that data is there are 61 known convertibles that rolled out before this one. 17 of the 61 were Wimbledon White, of those were F-code automatics but none of the 17 had the Palomino interior. So, his car is not only one of the first few Mustang convertibles built, t is possibly the "first" Wimbledon White convertible produced with a Palomino interior.

Considering the color combinations, he aforementioned registry, he factory a/c and the Phoenix DSO, would venture to say this car is possibly the first convertible configured with extreme desert heat in mind. Based on the title trail of previous owners, think it's also safe to say #1908 spent most, f not all of its life in the American southwest as evidenced by the rust-free original floor pans and sheet metal still on the car today. The only corroded metal replaced during restoration was the battery tray! The radiator support appears to have been replaced at some point during the car's life and the driver's rear quarter was replaced during restoration with a factory OEM fender but all other metal is original. I have many detailed pictures taken during the restoration showing all engineering/date stamps. The A/C is all original with correct parts unique to the early 64 ½ to include the compressor, ower steering brackets, dler pulley and the 6-blade radiator fan. Also included is the engine data plate and window sticker provided by Marti Auto Works.