1965 Ford Mustang

Lot details
Registration No: KBD228C
Chassis No: 5R07H104789
Mot Expiry: March 2010

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. The new ponycar 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 starting and ending in August, Ford had sold an amazing 126,538 - 97,705 coupes and 28,833 convertibles. V8-engined Mustangs outsold straight-six equipped cars by nearly three to one. 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 Mustang is a San Jose-built coupe, using the more economical 2.8-litre straight-six engine, still with the original three-speed automatic transmission, and, following a Stateside restoration, is described by the vendor as being in "good" condition with regard to its engine, transmission, electrical equipment, interior trim, bodywork and paintwork. Certainly, finding an early Mustang with seemingly all of its interior trim and fittings intact and undamaged is a rarity. The left-hand drive but now UK-registered coupe is old enough to form the basis of an FIA-suitable racer or rally car - but perhaps better to relish the Ford's originality and enjoy its simple, stylish charm as is.