Vehicle Description
1965 Ford Mustang Fastback - Same Owner Since 1985 - True Fastback
4 Speed Car - X Code Vintage Burgundy Paint - C Code 289/200hp V8 -
Upgraded 5 Speed, Column Tach, Retro Radio - Oklahoma Car (Please
note: If you happen to be viewing this 1965 Ford Mustang Fastback
on a website other than our Garage Kept Motors site, it's possible
that you've only seen some of our many photographs of the car due
to third-party website limitations. To be sure you access all the
more than 145 photographs, as well as a short start-up and
walk-around video, please go to our main website: Garage Kept
Motors.) If one car embodies 1960s Americana, it's the 1965�€"66
Mustang. Hagerty, January 2021 Hagerty chronicled the 1965
Mustang's origin: If the Volkswagen Beetle was the most significant
car of the twentieth century with 21.5 million sold, and the Ford
Model T was second with 14.7 million produced, the Ford Mustang
must occupy third place. For one thing, it's still in production in
the 21st century, with nine million built to date, but it's also
right up there with the other two in terms of cultural
significance. Lee Iacocca's brainchild was a brilliant combination
of humble Ford Falcon underpinnings with a long-hood, short deck
coupe that still looks just right. Introduced in April of 1964 as
an early 1965 model, its European flair could be traced to designer
Roy Lunn, who had worked for Aston Martin, ex-Packard engineer Roy
Misch and Ford stylist Eugene Bordinat. The first prototype was
built in 100 days in the summer of 1962. Offered here is a largely
original, true 1965 Mustang Fastback in original-color Vintage
Burgundy over Palomino. Delivered in Oklahoma, the car has been
owned by the same individual since 1985. Data on the car's
riveted-in-place data tag indicates originality on these fronts:
year-of-manufacture, body style, engine, bucket seats, Palomino
interior trim, and 2.80 axle. The original 4-speed manual
transmission has been replaced with a 5-speed manual. The Mustang's
full decoding is shown below: VIN decodes: 5- Model Year 1969 F-
Dearborn Assembly Plant 07- Fastback C- 289 2V 662867 �€" Serial
Number Trim decodes: Body Code: 63A (Fastback with Standard
Interior) Exterior Paint: X (Vintage Burgundy Paint) Interior Trim:
29 (Palomino Vinyl with Palomino Trim) Build Date: 13Q (13 March
1965) District Sales Office: 65 (Oklahoma City) Axle: 6 (2.80)
Transmission: 5 (4-Speed Manual) The car's original Vintage
Burgundy paint has been professionally refreshed and shows
perfectly across all body panels. The paint finish is evenly
glossy, and the trunk interior, door jambs, and underside of the
hood are all properly finished. (To best assess the quality of the
paint and trim finishes, be sure to view the close-up photographs
of the car in the accompanying gallery.) Panel fit is generally
within period manufacturing specifications. The fastback roof is in
excellent condition. Chrome work-including the bumpers, mirrors,
door handles, window trim, taillight trim is in
very-good-to-excellent condition. The front grille emblem has been
removed. All other badging-the F-O-R-D letters on the hood, Mustang
2+2 logo lower-fender emblems, 298 engine badge, and Mustang-logo
gas-cap-is properly located and in overall excellent condition.
Cabin glass and lighting lenses are clear and uncracked.
BFGoodrich® Radial T/A raised-white-letter tires are mounted on
15-ich, factory styled-steel, chrome-trimmed wheels with
running-horse Mustang-logo center caps. The car's Palomino interior
remains largely stock in overall appearance. Horizontally pleated
Palomino vinyl seat upholstery covers the front buckets and rear,
folding bench seat. Similarly finished door-trim panels show the
same excellent condition; lower door-jamb trim pieces with
Ford-script logos are in excellent condition. Light brown carpets
cover the cabin floors. A replacement 3-spoke, chrome-trimmed
steering frames the standard instrument clu
