Between 1964-66, Ford built more than 1.2 million Mustangs, which must be some sort of production record. People were driving them off showroom floors faster than the company could build them. 1966 would be the peak model year at more than 600,000 copies, including the seller’s Tahoe Turquoise edition which has been off the road since 1984. It looks and runs good for its age and can be found in Fairview, Oklahoma, and the pony car is available here on craigslist for $12,000. Thanks for the tip, Gunter Kramer!
Ford’s Lee Iacocca hit a home run with the development of the “pony car,” although Plymouth would beat them to market by 17 days in April 1964. Based on the Falcon platform, the Mustang emphasized a long hood/short deck layout on a compact-sized car. The coupe would be the most prolific version, at more than 422,000 copies in 1966 alone. 33,500 copies would be painted the same color as the seller’s car, making it one of about five percent built that year.
We’re told this Mustang has the requisite 289 cubic inch V8 that so many were built with but doesn’t indicate whether a 2 or 4-barrel carburetor nor is any photo provided. The seller says the engine is a “factory error” but we don’t know what that means. Could it be a “factory engine” or does the car have a special version of the motor that we don’t know about. Either way, we’re told the car starts up and runs well for being parked for the better part of four decades.
The turquoise paint, which could be original, is faded and there appears to be some rust in the driver’s side rear quarter panel. Also, the panel between the taillights is dented along with the rear bumper. But otherwise, the body looks to be in decent condition. The matching interior looks especially nice and there’s an air conditioner hanging under the dash which is how they were mounted by Ford in the early Mustang days. This ‘Stang has a floor-shifted manual transmission which we’ll guess is a 3-speed.
At 54,000 presumed miles, this could have been a gently used Mustang. With a little time in the body shop for sheet metal tinkering and painting, this would be a nice survivor to get back on the road. Too bad we’re not told why this car was parked 37 years ago and what it took to get it going again.
Russ there is no link for the CL ad. Looks like it has aftermarket AC.
Russ the link works now. Thanks.
Looks like a factory AC they weren’t in dash until 67
Russ we have a neighbor in his 90’s that has this same car in his garage probably for about 40 plus years its a bit rough it has the factory front bench seat really rare and the same AC. I asked him about it. Its original but done at the dealership not during production.
Oh yay, a 289! Seems most of these on this site wind up being six bangers.
My uncle worked at a Chevy plant in the 60’s and he would tell us of “factory errors” all the time…they would run out of 307’s but had a lot of 327’s laying around, so they would just start dropping those in…my favorite year Mustang, and my favorite color…great find!
“Factory Error” or “Factory Air”? Phonetically, very close…
We all have those moments – those are the brakes.
…ahhh, crap…