Cast aside and forgotten like a holey bucket, this 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 in Willow Park, Texas serves as a teaser for a collection of more than 20 classics up for sale here on Facebook Marketplace. Described as “unmolested,” the blue/blue fastback features an inline six cylinder engine and a three-speed manual transmission with floor shifter, a low-budget combination for folks wanting a blend of reasonable performance, economy, and a long life of service. A video here on YouTube provides a brief glimpse of the little Ford near the end. According to the seller, not a single Check Engine light plagues the collection!
Ford Motor Company used many pages of its 1965 sales literature promoting the “Fastback 2+2.” These louvers offered “Silent-Flo Ventilation,” especially noteworthy if you know someone named Florence.
Dig that ’70s? carpeting! Somewhere a mod and thoroughly paneled basement bar is missing a big rectangle from the floor. Apparently a number of parts were removed without “molesting” the interior. Luckily parts for early Mustangs are readily available. Assuming the engine is original, it would be the 125 HP 200 cid I6. Visit media.ford.com for these and many other details about Ford’s always-popular Mustang.
I’m not sure if paint falls in the category of “molestation” or not, but the current hue appears darker than what looks like Silver Blue on the door frames. For decades a straight-six car was mainly interesting only after it received a proper high-performance V8. These days, though, I’d be tempted to get this car cleaned up, safe, and running but mostly “as is” with minimal parts. Folks might walk past a row of high-powered V8 cars to check out a never-restored 1965 I6 Fastback 2+2. I know I would. How would you treat this Texas barn find?
Give me a break!! The seller wants $16k for a non running dirty POS 6 cyl Mustang. Maybe if he took a 0 off his asking price, he would get some interest. As it stands, just another delusional seller who’s too lazy to pull/push/ his car into the sunlight and take some decent pics. They’re plenty of similar Mustang out there, even some with V8s, that look much better and are good drivers, for this or not much more.
smfh. that’s all.
how to much
Sounds like this seller heard about the recent ‘Bullit’ auction and added a zero to his asking price.
Six with stick shift is by far preferable to the V8 in my world, but I agree this dirty project car is seriously overpriced…..hopefully the marketplace will force an appropriate correction.
Likely worth close to asking if not rusted out…
Does this guy actually understand what the tern”unmolested” means? Front Mustang grill missing, radio missing, glove box door missing, rear seat bottom who know where.? .
According to the seller, not a single Check Engine light plagues the collection!
According to my observation, not a single car is new enough to have a check engine light. I would check to see if any of them even had an engine. Plague is the only word from that quote that is applicable.
I’m a cheapskate, so the price doesn’t attract me, but these cars are so simple that once past the purchase price, the rest is very affordable. If it’s not rusted out, the fastback body is well worth extra money over the 2 million or so hardtop coupes that were built. When I restored my coupe way back when, I had the local vo-tech rebuild the straight six as a class project, and I taught myself to rebuild the brake system, recovered my own seats, installed my own headliner and carpet. I probably have everything missing from this car up in my mother’s attic (I saved everything). And I truly believe that every Mustang-specific part from these years are available from the aftermarket or from dear old Fomoco itself. I hope I never stumble upon one like this in my neck of the woods at a reasonable price (ha!). I still wonder what my uncle did with my coupe.