Thread: Happy 50th BD, Ford Mustang

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Originally Posted by rspears

Yeah, I agree, they're pushing the date based on the model year. Recall those first models were advertised as 64 1/2's, because back then the new models always were announced in the early Fall, generally mid-September if memory serves....

Since I'm a babe in the woods and wasn't there... (actually I was only 6.. or 7.. then) I played with Mustangs exclusively through the 80's a lot of guys were selling them as 64 1/2's but all the original adverts say new for "65".. I've seen guys title them as 64's to force the value up, but officially, Ford never made a 64 Mustang. Of course they change their mind if it works for them right?!?!

Originally Posted by 34_40

Since I'm a babe in the woods and wasn't there... (actually I was only 6.. or 7.. then) I played with Mustangs exclusively through the 80's a lot of guys were selling them as 64 1/2's but all the original adverts say new for "65".. I've seen guys title them as 64's to force the value up, but officially, Ford never made a 64 Mustang. Of course they change their mind if it works for them right?!?!

Yeah, I'd just turned sixteen a few months before the announcement. They were classed as "early release" as I recall, titled as a '65 but all the rest of the model year wasn't available until five months later. A buddy of mine talked his Dad into counter-signing for him on a Poppy Red notchback with a 289 4 speed.