Vehicle Description
The very first Ford Pilot Plant/Pre-production Mustang hardtop.
This 1965 Mustang started the Pony Car revolution in American car
building, resulting in the later creation of the Camaro and
Firebird. It was hand-assembled at the Ford Pilot Plant and is one
of three known existing Pilot Plant Mustangs to survive. This
special Mustang has been restored to factory new specifications. It
is powered by a 170ci 6-cylinder engine mated to a 3-speed manual
transmission. Included with the First Ford Mustang Hardtop is a set
of two binders containing ownership and condition affidavits from
all previous owners, along with photos, statements and signatures
from high-profile originators of the Mustang, including Lee
Iacocca, Hal Sperlich, Don Frey, Gale Halderman and others. The
binders also include the vast provenance documentation confirming
the entire history of the car, and complete restoration
documentation in photograph, 35mm slide and video formats. A letter
from Ford Motor Company confirming this Mustang as the first
Mustang hardtop built is also included. Among its film and
television appearances, this Mustang was used by 20th Century Fox
Pictures in video shoots with Matt Damon (starring as Carroll
Shelby) and Christian Bale in the up-coming full-length feature
film "Ford v. Ferrari" (the true story of the battle between the
two marques to win Le Mans in 1966), scheduled to open in the
summer of 2019. This hardtop is being sold after 20 years of
ownership by a nationally known Mustang historian and author.
