Lot details
Registration No: Un-Reg
Chassis No: 6F08C737283

The Mustang is a pillar of American automotive lore - Lee Iacocca's dream car that brought sporting dash and styling to the new American baby-boom generation, at a price almost anyone could afford. It was shown to the public for the first time inside the Ford Pavilion at the New York World's Fair on April 17, 1964, and went on sale at Ford dealers that same day. By the end of that model year, traditionally in August, Ford had sold an amazing 126,538 of them - 97,705 coupes and 28,833 convertibles. V8-engined Mustangs outsold straight-six equipped cars by nearly three to one. Though it was based on the Falcon's running gear, the Mustang looked very different. Its cockpit was pushed further back on the chassis, resulting in a longer bonnet and shorter rear deck, and both its roof and scuttle were lower. It's those proportions - detailed with such iconic touches as the running horse in the grille, the side scallops and three-part lights in a recessed tail - that made the Mustang a car that provoked instant passion. For the 1965 model year, the original 260ci (4.2-litre) V8 was replaced by the 4.7-litre 289, wheel diameter grew from 13in to 14in and a 2+2 fastback joined the other two body styles. A three-speed manual transmission was standard except on the most powerful option, the 'K-code' 271bhp 289, which was available only with the four-speed manual that was optional on other models. The Cruise-O-Matic three-speed automatic transmission was also offered. In the 1965 model year, sales ramped up to a staggering 559,451 Mustangs and the '66 was even more popular, selling 499,751 coupes, 35,698 fastbacks and 72,119 convertibles - a total of 607,568 cars, the most Mustangs ever sold during a single model year.

This particular example, recently imported from the US, is one of these, a Dearborn-built '66 convertible with C-code engine, meaning a 289ci V8 with two-barrel carburettor, pushing out 220bhp, coupled to the Ford Cruise-O-Matic three-speed automatic transmission. The interior, with wood-rim wheel, is retrimmed in red leather and very tidy and the engine bay is correct and original, well preserved, and with extra engine bay braces and correct Ford blue painted engine. The vendor describes the car as being in "very good overall" condition with a "good" interior. An ideal opportunity to acquire an iconic American classic at a reasonable price.

PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle has been imported into Eire from America (duty paid) and the vendor anticipates but does not guarantee that it will possess Eire registration documents / plates by the time of sale.