Vehicle Description
1966 Ford Mustang Coupe (Please note: If you happen to be viewing
this 1966 Ford Mustang Coupe on a website other than our Garage
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website: Garage Kept Motors.) If one car embodies 1960s Americana,
it's the 1965�€"66 Mustang. Hagerty, January 2021 Hagerty
summarized the changes incorporated in the 1966 Mustang: Changes in
the second year of production were limited, rightly so as the
Mustang passed the one-million-unit production mark this year. You
can spot a 1966 Mustang from its less cluttered grill texture,
chrome hood moulding, redesigned gas cap, new wheel covers, an
upgrade from 13�€� to 14�€� wheels (six-cylinder models only),
standard 5-pod gauge cluster, redesigned side scoop brightwork and
chrome panels over the rocker panels (deleted on GT). Federal
mandates meant that the once optional reverse lamps are now
standard. (The prior) year's extensive list of optional equipment
was also present in 1966, with the addition of an optional 8-track
cassette tape player. Offered here is a largely original, 1966
Mustang Hardtop Coupe in light yellow over black. This is a respray
from the original Sahara Beige. All other data on the car's
riveted-in-place data tag indicates originality on all fronts:
year-of-manufacture, body style, engine, bucket seats, black
interior trim, 2.80 axle, and C4 automatic transmission. The
Mustang's full decoding is shown below: Vin decodes: 6- Model Year
1966 F- Dearborn Assembly Pllant 07- Hardtop Coupe C- 289 2V 333043
�€" Serial Number Trim decodes: Body Code: 65A (Hardtop Standard
Interior Bucket Seats) Exterior Paint: H (Sahara Beige Paint)
Interior Trim: 26 (Black Interior) Build Date: 29D (29 April 1966)
District Sales Office: 41 (Chicago) Axle: 6 (2.80) Transmission: 6
(C4 Automatic) The car's light-yellow paint (close to Ford's
Springtime Yellow of the same period) shows very well generally
across all body panels. The paint finish is evenly glossy, and the
trunk interior, door jambs, and underside of the hood have all been
properly sprayed. Panel fit is generally within period
manufacturing specifications. A thin pinstripe accents the
reverse-C-design on the sculpted bodyside. The black vinyl top is
in excellent condition. Chrome work-including the bumpers, mirrors,
door handles, window trim, taillight trim, and added rear-deck
luggage carrier-is in very-good-to-excellent condition. The
simplified-for-1966 front grille is undamaged. All badging-the
F-O-R-D letters on the hood, the center-grille running-pony emblem,
Mustang logo lower-fender emblems, 298 engine badge, and
Mustang-logo gas-cap-is properly located and in overall
good-to-excellent condition. Cabin glass and lighting lenses
(including on the new-for-1966 backup lights) are clear and
uncracked. Thin-whitewall Delta® Steel Radial tires are mounted on
factory wheels with aftermarket full-wheel covers in a faux
wire-wheel-with-spin-off-caps style. The car's black interior has
been properly refreshed, yet remains fully stock in appearance.
Black vinyl seat upholstery with ventilated inserts covers the
front buckets and rear, 2-position bench seat. Similarly finished
black door-trim panels show light puckering from age; lower
door-jamb trim pieces with Ford-script logos are in excellent
condition. Fresh black carpets cover the cabin floors. The
factory-original, Ford-Mustang logo steering wheel in black (with
added leather cover) frames the 5-opening gauge cluster (updated
from the '65 model). The black, padded-top dashboard has an
aftermarket, period-style push-button AM-FM radio mounted; the
passenger-side glove-box cover has the proper Mustang-logo emblem
mounted. The car's trunk is clean; panel joints here have been
sprayed with ru
