Vehicle Description
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe for Sale ( Highly Optioned California Car).
C code 289 cubic inch V8 engine, chrome dress-up package,
California smog equipment, A/C, power steering, power brakes, code
Z Sauterne gold metallic exterior, drivers remote mirror, light ivy
gold and white deluxe pony interior, wood grain steering wheel,
wood grain dash trim. A Beautiful and highly optioned car built at
the San Jose plant that was delivered to the Los Angeles ordering
district. This car is a special find and will be a great addition
to and Ford enthusiast's collection!!! Price $24,900 Automotive
History: The Ford Mustang is an American car manufactured by Ford.
It was originally based on the platform of the second generation
North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. The original 1962 Ford
Mustang I two-seater concept car had evolved into the 1963 Mustang
II four-seater concept car which Ford used to pretest how the
public would take interest in the first production Mustang. The
1963 Mustang II concept car was designed with a variation of the
production model's front and rear ends with a roof that was 2.7
inches shorter. Introduced early on April 17, 1964 (16 days after
the Plymouth Barracuda), and thus dubbed as a "1964�" by Mustang
fans, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch
since the Model A. The Mustang has undergone several
transformations to its current sixth generation. 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.
