1965 Ford Mustang Fastback GT 2+2 V8 5.0L Low Reserve

1965 Ford Mustang Fastback Description

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1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback

The Data Plate Reads,,,

Warranty Number: 5T09A554701Year: 5= 1965 Plant: T= Metuchen, NJBody Series:09= 2+2 Fastback Engine: A= 289 4v V8Unit: 554701= 554701 Miscellaneous Vehicle Data

Body: 63A= 2+2 Fastback, Standard Interior Color: J= Rangoon RedTrim: 26= Black Crinkle Vinyl, Standard InteriorDate: 23R= April 23, 1965D.S.O: 13= New YorkAxle: A= 3.00:1, Limited-SlipTrans: 6= C4 Automatic This GT equipped Little Pony sports the following original and updated options,*Slightly bigger cubic inches 5.0L 302-V8 *C4 Automatic Transmission*Shelby Wheels Recently Re-Finished and Machined*Factory Style Fog Lights*Trumpeted Exhaust Tail Pipes*Classic Sound Retro-Fit Stereo System*Rear Seat Belts*Front Disc Brakes*Power Steering*Courtesy Lights*New Wiring Harness*Recent Paint to Vintage Burgundy

1965 Ford Mustang!; Some argue that a collectible car must have been built in fairly small numbers to make it exclusive, and thus more desirable and valuable. So how do they explain why the 1965 Ford Mustang is such a popular collectible? After all, it attracted a staggering 680,989 buyers after its early public introduction at the New York World's Fair in April, 1964. The 1965 Mustang set an all-time record for first-year sales of any new model.

Today's auto market is too fragmented with different types of cars for a single model to ever get the wildly enthusiastic reception of the first Ford Mustang in America. The top-selling car in 2008 was the Toyota Camry, which found 436,616 buyers.Ever since its arrival, the Mustang has been a highly visible part of the American auto scene. Owners have included everyone from former President Bill Clinton and baseball star Reggie Jackson to Hollywood celebrities Jay Leno and Cher.

Most likely, you've either owned a Mustang, or knew someone who did.Americans had few foreign models from which to choose in the 1960s, so domestic autos ruled the market.

Lee Iacocca, who was the young, savvy head of Ford Motor's Ford division, felt that a sporty, inexpensive model would be hot because it would be youth-oriented and World War II baby boomers were getting their first driver's licenses. Also, the 15-29 age group was expected to grow by almost a whopping 40 percent between 1960 and 1970. Young drivers had been snapping up sporty bucket-seat versions of Chevrolet's Corvair with its European-style rear-engine design. Iacocca felt that Ford--Chevrolet's main rival--could beat the Corvair with a conventional front-engine sporty car, which would be more easily understood by most Americans.The Mustang had the long-hood/short-rear-end design of post-World War II sports cars and initially was sold as a coupe and convertible and as a semi-fastback model with a fold-down rear seatback, added in September, 1964. The first Mustang prototype was a small, low, slick mid-engine fiberglass body two-seater powered by a European Ford V-4 engine with 90 horsepower. Iacocca took one look at it and said it wasn't what Ford wanted to make because it was too "far out" to be a volume model. Additional prototypes were made, culminating in the larger four-seat, front-engine Mustang. "Now, that's what we want," Iacocca said with a grin.Iacocca then shifted Ford Motor's high-powered publicity and advertising machines into high gear. The automaker had a sneak photo of the Mustang taken March 11, 1964, and the picture was used by major publications. About 100 reporters got Mustangs for test drives near the car's introduction date in hopes of getting good reviews. There was no internet or cable television, so time was bought on the three television networks on the night of April 16 to showcase the car for nearly 30 million viewers. And more than 2,500 major newspapers contained announcements and reviews on April 17. The Mustang made such a splash that Iacocca was pictured with the car on the cover of Time and Newsweek magazine.

This is a nice driver Mustang that has had some restoration work done. ie: Floor pans, Paint, Trim, Chrome, Electrical, Wheels, Interior, etc...

New paint (last summer)

New Carpeting, dash pad, rear seat belts

New wiring Harness by 'Autowire'

Re-finished 'Shelby' Wheels

Let's face it! You're never done improving these old cars. This one has had the hard work done; Drive it and enjoy it or keep tweaking it, making it your own.

Enjoy...

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