When the new Ford Mustang entered its first full season in the Fall of 1964, an additional body style joined the mix. The fastback had arrived and was quite popular at 77,000 copies for the full 1965 model year. My gut tells me the majority were equipped with a V8 engine because of the extra sporty nature of this form of the pony car. If that’s true, the seller’s car could be more unusual in that it was built with a 200 cubic inch inline-6 (replacing the 170). Wearing Dynasty Green paint (a respray), this sweet ‘Stang is in Petal, Mississippi, and is available here on eBay. The current bid is $24,100, and the reserve is still unmet.
Over the years, the fastback would morph to the SportsRoof in 1969, but that was semantics (along with reduced visibility). I owned a ’66 Mustang coupe, and a friend of mine had the same model year but as a fastback, and I always felt “sportier” riding in his car in the post-high school years. We’re told this Ford was sold new in California and remained there until 2020. The seller is just the third owner, and each of them has no doubt treated the machine with kid gloves.
This vehicle looks straight as an arrow, and we’re told it’s never been in an accident, so the sheet metal is all original. I never noticed this before on these cars, but there’s a 2+2 emblem along with the Mustang badge on the front fenders. Most of the seller’s photos are close-up,s and you can spot a bubble or a scratch here and there, but nothing to prevent it from being a daily driver or a Cars & Coffee regular.
The inline-6 was rebuilt just a few months ago and is paired with an automatic transmission. The mileage is listed at 208,000, but that seems hardly plausible. While not as potent as any 289 V8, this fastback will shine when it comes to the gas pump. I regularly got 25 mpg out of mine back in the day, and that was when gas first crossed the 50-cent mark. The interior here looks good except for some fade to the black carpeting.
This would be perfect for someone just wanting to drive a clean, old Mustang around to.car shows and not care about performance. I heard those sixes were subject to vapor lock because the intakes were right over the exhaust manifold. A secretary’s car for sure.
The sixes were Not subject to vapor lock, but they were nothing to get excited about. Swap in a 289 and it’s a Much better car.
Really love the paint colour, the six, not so much. The carpet looks pretty tired, and it could use some media blasting underneath, but nothing too off-putting about the car, except the price.
A 289 swap is way more involved than people think. You don’t just swap the engine and call it good – if being done properly anyway.
Had a ’65 coupe with the same engine (high miles) when I was in high school and college in California in the ’70s. Ran great, never any vapor lock, and it saw some hot temperatures during the summers. While not a performance pick it was a great, well built car that got decent gas mileage and carried everything I needed for college. It also looked the part which was all that was needed for the college girls.