Vehicle Description
West Coast Classics are proud to present a beautiful restored
example over several years by both MCA judges and the Mustang
Owners Club of California enthusiasts of this original southern
California 'Black License Plate' rust free 1965 Ford Mustang 'A'
code 289/225HP 4BBL V8 Convertible built in San Jose, California
and sold loaded with rare factory options of:289 4V V8
engineCruise-O-Matic TransmissionRocker Panel MouldingsPower
Steering'Fordaire' air conditioning with HeaterTinted
windshieldFull length consoleRally Pac Clock amp; TachometerAM
RadioPower Convertible topBack Up Lights695x14 WSW tiresThe car was
originally purchased in 1965 by Stan Hyman for his wife Molly and
the car is something of an oddity having been built at the San Jose
plant in February of 1965 but with 64 1/2 window cranks and door
handles. It boasts it's original 'Springtime Yellow' color paint
with a 'Black Crinkle Vinyl' standard interior and was built on
2/27/1965 with the C4 automatic transmission and conventional
3.00:1 axle and originally sold in Los Angeles, CA at 'Ralph
Williams Ford' of Encino, CA and this is a car that has spent its
whole life garaged in southern California and is a true time
capsule which was stunningly restored to a concours level by MCA
judges over several years finally being finished in 2012! It was
recently acquired from the permanent collection of the renown
'Murphy Auto Museum' of Oxnard, CA after winning numerous
'Trailered Division' First Place Awards at several national shows
and concours events such as the 'Biloxi MCA Grand National' and
being featured in several renown Mustang publications. The
restoration included such fine details as original fan belts that
were debossed (the reproductions are ink stamped) amp; reproduced
ink stamps for the date codes and oil filter!Ford's biggest success
of the sixties and the originator of the 'Pony car' concept was
essentially a sporty compact car but with a now legendary long hood
and short deck proportions, built on Falcon and Fairlane chassis
and drive-train components, the Ford Mustang was introduced in
April 1964 as '65 models and within a year became the fastest
selling car of all time; with these early production cars now
carrying special favor! The upgraded V8 from the Falcon six
cylinder engine was the 260 c.i. V8 produced on the same assembly
line with other 1964 Fords, the early models were titled as 1965
models although they were actually from the 1964 production era.
After September 1964 the 260 V8 was dropped in favor of the larger
289 V8 like this particular car which actually boasts the high
performance 'A' code 289/225HP 4 barrel V8!As previously stated,
the car was recently purchased from the 'Murphy Auto Museum' and is
an obviously always well maintained, garaged and cherished original
'Black License Plate' California car since new. This car must be
driven to be fully appreciated - the original engine was rebuilt at
around 90K miles and is extremely strong and responsive and the
automatic transmission shifts smoothly through the gears and the
engine temperature always remains cool.The car is simply a superb
fully restored 'trailer queen' with it's original factory
'Springtime Yellow' color paint and Black 'Crinkle Vinyl' standard
interior! This is one very superb example of this very collectible
and desirable early production example of the legendary Ford
Mustang in turn-key ready daily appreciating, daily driving and
daily head-turning condition!You will look long and hard to find a
finer fully restored example of this highly sought after original
southern California 'Black license plate' 1965 Ford Mustang
Convertible with its original high performance 289 'A' code V8
engine and the recipient of a concours quality restoration over
several years by its original California owners before being
acquired by a local museum for future posterity!