Thread: Happy 50th BD, Ford Mustang

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Today the Pony is a half century old - - -according to the local news this morning

Kinda curious as the "original" rollout day was April 17, 1964.

The re-design (imho) looks good and the reported horsepower is still great. Also a "new" 4 cylinder turbo for the european market - The good ol' 2.3L Pinto motor and supposedly cranking out around 300 HP!

I wish my 07 was 300 HP they are making a lot more then that now.
The 2014's are supposed to make 420 HP now.
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Originally Posted by 34_40

Kinda curious as the "original" rollout day was April 17, 1964.

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....

Thanks for the reminder, Em! Happy birthday to the first (and still the best) of the pony cars!!!!! Had a few of them over the years, some stock and some not so stock---they were all fun to play with!

they always release anything NEW in the late spring og the year with a year date of the following year And then release the next years model late so as to set records of model year production---------

Originally Posted by vara4

I wish my 07 was 300 HP they are making a lot more then that now.
The 2014's are supposed to make 420 HP now.

All well & good, but we're talking about the 2015's now, just being "Revealed" as the '....The All New Mustang...", first re-design since we got the 2005's - http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/201...131209201224:s

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.

My mother, then a 46-year-old Illinois state social services caseworker, came home with a brand-new 64 1/2 Guardsman blue notchback with the "U" code v6. She got a real early one because one of my dad's best friends ran the local Ford dealership. She used it as her daily driver for years. For a short time, I had both a 40th anniversary Vette and a 40th anniversary Mustang. I have to hand it to Ford. They had a hit, screwed it up (Mustang II) and brought it back again in spades.

Jack, you taught me something with that post! If asked I would have said that the "6" offered in those first Mustangs was an inline 6, not a V. I was not aware that Ford had a V-6 in '64/65, but that's the "U" Code as you said.

they were inline 6 cylinder engines


V6 wasn't used by Ford in USA until 1974---the Colonque? German built was available in M2-------

As far as the 50 years goes, I was just passing along what they said on the local Tube this morning. The "only" Mustang that was ever in my family was the '66 my Grandson has now. That is except for the one I adopted and broke and trained myself - - oops wrong pony.

It appears that I should have checked further and not just taken the ?Reporter? word for word - - - looks like they are, indeed, speaking of the 2015 release http://www.latimes.com/business/auto...#axzz2n1Kk9RjS
This also makes Mike's math correct !

I guess they (again) want time to add to the hype / build interest..

That "U" code - didn't it stand for un-obtanium?

As far as I know the Mustang is the second longest continuously produced US passenger car following only the Corvette.

I've had a 69 Mach I and an 83 GT, but for some reason always had a soft spot for the 74-78 Mustang IIs.......they are kind of an orphan but are great with a modified V8.