The horsepower hp , cubic inch ci engine was replaced with the hp ci 6 cylinder engine. The hp, ci engine was replaced with the hp, ci engine and the hp ci was replaced with the hp ci engine.
The hp engine achieved its added horsepower via higher compression and different heads. The sporty GT option was offered in consisted of; manual front disc brakes, grille mounted fog lights, with grill bar, GT gas cap, F70x14 tires, GT rocker paint stripes, GT side emblems, special exhaust trumpets protruding through the rear valance, Special handling components, Special 5 gauge instrument cluster. An additional option was the Rally-Pac. There were two styles made, one for the 5 dial instrument cluster and one for the 4 dial instrument cluster.
These original Rally-Packs are few and far between. Finding an original one today is a rare find indeed. A special handling package was available for the and hp Mustangs.
Since it was included with the GT group, all hp engines already had this installed by default. The special handling package consisted of; Increased rate front and rear springs, Heavy duty shock absorbers, 22 to 1 steering ratio and larger diameter front stabilizer bar. HiPo cars of which there were 7, made received a 9 inch differential with gear ratios of either 3.
Hi performance vehicles received All early Mustang six cylinder engines had a 4 lug 4. Optional tires were 7. V8 cars could order an optional 14x All 8 cylinder engines used 5 lug pattern on their rims. Starting in , V8 cars standard rims were the 4. The 15 inch option was dropped and late hi performance cars used 14 inch rims and dual redline sidewall tires.
Then in , the interior was mildly redesigned. The instrument cluster changed from the original Falcon design to a five pod design with the speedometer in the center and flanked with two smaller gauges on each side. Air conditioning optional consisted of a unit hung below the dash and could be ordered from the factory or installed at the dealer.
Almost all bolt on options could be ordered and installed at the dealership. All headliners were white! A fold down rear seat was available in the fastback and a not-so-popular mid-year introduction was the full front bench seat in the hardtops and convertibles ugh.
If you got the bench seat, you could not get the console, the GT package or the interior decor group. And, you ended up with a teeny weeny family car, and ruined a good sporty car. Some of the rarest early Mustangs were the 37 Pace Car White Mustang convertibles made for the Indianapolis race.
Two of these cars were actually used in the race, 35 others were given to race dignitaries. An additional replica hardtops equipped with ci engines and automatic transmissions were built and given to dealers for promotional purposes.
But to determine the year, you will need to check manufacture date codes on engine and body parts. They also had many factory modifications that are hard to duplicate after production.
Because different plants produced Mustangs in different ways, not all rules are firm and fast. The GT must have a dual exhaust system with exhaust trumpeters that exit through a special rear valance with 2 exhaust openings. About 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, major newspapers contained announcements and reviews on April The Mustang made such a splash that Iacocca was pictured with the car on the cover of Time and Newsweek magazines.
That development didn't sit well with Henry Ford II because, after all, he was the chairman of the automaker. But Henry couldn't be unhappy about the fantastic reception of the Mustang, which had no serious competition until Chevrolet rushed to put its first Camaro into production for as a Mustang fighter.
Corvair development was dropped because the Mustang buried it. Despite styling that couldn't be better for the masses at the time, there was nothing mechanically advanced about the 2,pound Mustang.
It was based on Ford's bland, reliable Falcon economy car, which Ford had introduced as strictly a "basic transportation" vehicle in But so what? Using the Falcon let Ford avoid the enormous expense and time needed to develop a "ground-up" car. The base Mustang had bucket front seats, a horsepower six-cylinder engine and a three-speed manual transmission with a floor shifter.
A relatively new compact, lively cubic-inch V-8 with horsepower also was offered and soon was followed by a cubic-inch version of that V-8 with , and horsepower. A larger horsepower Mustang six-cylinder was added, but buyers chose the V-8 by a three-to-one margin. You also could get a four-speed manual transmission or a three-speed automatic, both with floor shifters.
Besides the engine and transmission choices, the Mustang offered an option list that covered nearly every aspect of the car and was a major reason for its success and enormous profitability. The Mustang could be tailored to individual buyers with the wide variety of options, and many buyers loaded it with extras.
In an effort to keep cost down and speed up production, Ford borrowed a few parts from their earlier models, namely the Ford Falcon. It seems apparent that Ford's marketing plan was highly sucessful. After giving away Today, this makes good news for fastback owners as it is a rarer find. The fastback may not have sold as well in , but it provided a basis for the future Mustang Shelby GT which was housed in fastback Mustangs.
The 65 fastback was referred to as the "2x2 fastback" because although it was intended as a two person car it had room for two more in the fold down rear seat.
The fastback became available in September of A cubic inch in-line six cylinder replaced the cubic inch in-line six cylinder which was available in the early 65 models. A new interior option was added, the interior decor group known as the pony interior , which featured special seat covers with running horses across the back, special interior door panels with integral arm rests and pistol grip door handles, five gauge instrument panel, wood grain steering wheel, and wood grain appliques on the instrument cluster, glove box, and optionally on the center console.
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