Vehicle Description
The year is 1965, Racing driver Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis
500, and later wins the Formula One world driving championship in
the same year. While this gorgeous Ford Mustang rolls off the
assembly line, trying to keep up with the demand of the public. Now
recently rebuilt starting with the 289 V8, A/C, power steering,
backed by an automatic transmission, digital dash, vinyl interior.
Lee Iacocca's assistant general manager and chief engineer, Donald
N. Frey was the head engineer for the T-5 project�supervising the
overall development of the car in a record 18 months�while Iacocca
himself championed the project as Ford Division general manager.
The T-5 prototype was a two-seat, mid-mounted engine roadster. This
vehicle employed the German Ford Taunus V4 engine. It was claimed
that the decision to abandon the two-seat design was in part due to
the increase in sales the Thunderbird had seen when enlarged from a
two-seater to a 2+2 in 1958. Thus, a four-seat car with full space
for the front bucket seats, as originally planned, and a rear bench
seat with significantly less space than was common at the time,
were standard. A "Fastback 2+2", first manufactured on August 17,
1964, enclosed the trunk space under a sweeping exterior line
similar to the second series Corvette Sting Ray and European sports
cars such as the Jaguar E-Type coupe. Favorable publicity articles
appeared in 2,600 newspapers the next morning, the day the car was
"officially" revealed. A Mustang convertible also appeared in the
James Bond film Goldfinger in September 1964 To view the car in
greater detail, including an HD video and 100+ HD pictures please
visit www.gatewayclassiccars.com or our Denver showroom. Call
303-872-4722 for more information.
http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/DEN/159/1965-Ford-Mustang
