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1965 The 18 month production year
1964 1/2 Mustang, 1965
Mustang: March 9th 1964 Ford began the production of the
Mustang. On April 17th the first Mustangs were sold to the public.
Hard top and convertibles were the only models available. August 15th
1964 the production of the 1965 Mustang begins and the 2 + 2 Fastback
is introduced. October 1964 Carroll Shelby begins production of Shelby
Mustangs in California. January 17th 1965 Shelbys are introduced. The
vehicle warranty plate: Mustangs made between March 9th and August
17th 1964 have a letter of "C' through "H" stamped in the date code. A
good way to quickly tell an early 1965 Mustang from a later 1965
Mustang is to look at the hood, the early hoods had a beveled edge on
the front corner edge, the grill was also beveled. In the later part
of the 1965 production year the bevel was deleted. Another way to
quickly tell is to look at the hood bumpers. The early 65 Mustangs had
a phillips screw holding the bumper on in the later production they
have a domed shaped bumper molded on to the stud. On the 1965 V-8
Mustang you will find a 4 1/2" wide chrome emblem showing the engine
size. The 1965 Mustang was offered in a choice of five, all-vinyl
colors: black, white, red, blue and palomino. The cloth and vinyl
combination could be had in in black or palomino. A sixth color choice
was added "Ivy Gold" in the fall of 1964 and in mid summer 1965
palomino was replaced by the lighter parchment. Bucket seats were
standard however, a front bench seat was an option in the hardtop and
convertible. The "pony interior" was optional beginning in March of
1965. You can seem really smart to all you friends by knowing the
correct name which is simply "interior decor group". In the "interior
decor group you will find: Luxury seats, and door panels, padded sun
visors, wood grain 5 dial instrument panel and glove box door, deluxe
simulated walnut grain steering wheel, pistol grip door handles,
brightly trimmed foot pedals, partially carpeted kick panels and red
and white lights located in the door. The body style code stamped onto
the Mustangs warranty plate should include the letter "B" for the
"Interior Decor" models. The "Standard Interior" cars will have an
"A". An interior point that is of interest is that the
seat belts in the early 1965 mustangs were attached with eye bolts, in
mid year they switched to a standard hex head. An often misunderstood
option in 65 was the rally pac, many will tell you that the rally pack
was only available in the GT. Not true, the rally pac option was
available on all models. In mid 1965 the GT equipment group was
introduced along with a new lower profile tach / clock on the steering
column. The standard V-8 cars came with a 6000 rpm tach. The "hipo"
V-8 cars came with a 8000 rpm tach. Of course one of the easy
way to tell a V-8 cars from the six cylinder is the wheels. All V-8
cars had 5 bolt wheels while the 6 cylinders had 4 bolts. In early
production there were 3 engine choices, the 170 6 cylinder, 260 6
cylinder, and the 289 8 cylinder. In later 1965 the only 6 cylinder
that was available was the 200. The 170 and the 260 were both dropped.
Also, you now had the choice of the 200 hp 2 barrel 289, 4 barrel 225
hp version, and the "hipo" 271 hp 289. On the first anniversary
of the Mustang Ford by introducing the "GT equipment group". If you
are looking for an original GT look for "disc brakes" on the brake
pedal, large disc brake master and remember power brakes were not
available on the GT. For a true GT the warranty plate must be "P"
through "V' denoting the later production. Look also for the
exhaust through the rear valance, and the GT fog lamps on the front
mesh grill. But don't be fooled in 65 the dealers pushed to have some
or all of these options installed at the dealership. So, not all cars
with the GT options are real GTs.
1965 Mustang Shelby On January 27, 1965 Carroll Shelby introduced
us to the Shelby Mustang. It looked very much like a fastback Mustang
but there were a lot of differences. First you'll notice that it has
no badges, only the Mustang gas cap and one small horse with the
tri-colored bar remain. The fiberglass hood with hood scoop and hood
pins replace the old sheet metal. Interior: In the 65 Shelby you could
have any interior color you wanted as long as it was black. On the
center of the dash you'll find a pod with a tach and oil pressure
gauge. Also, look for the large 3 inch competition seat belts. Engine:
The GT 350 had one engine choice the 306 hp 289, look for the special
"COBRA" high rise intake and the 715 cfm Holley Carb. Shelby VIN
Plate: All Shelby had a special VIN plate riveted over the Ford VIN
number on the drivers side inner front fender. If you want to take a
look under the Shelby plate you find that all 1965 Shelby's have
original VIN numbers that start with 5R09K. This denotes that they
were built in the San Jose plant with the high performance 289.
65 PRODUCTION NUMBERS
Hardtop (Standard) - 372,123
Hardtop (Luxury) - 22,232
Hardtop (Bench Seats) - 14,905
Convertible (Standard) - 65,663
Convertible (Luxury) - 5,338
Convertible (Bench Seats) - 2,111
Fastback (Standard) - 71,303
Fastback (Luxury) - 5,776
Indianapolis 500 Pace Car - 37
Total - 559,451
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65 VIN NUMBERS - 5F08T100001
5 - Last digit of model year
F - Assembly Plant (F=Dearborn, R=San Jose, T=Metuchen)
08 - Plate code (07=Hardtop, 08=convertible, 09=fastback)
T - Engine Code
100001 - Consecutive unit number
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65 BASE PRICES
Hardtop - $2,320.96
Convertible - $2,557.64
2+2 Fastback - $2,533.19
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65 ENGINES/ENGINE CODES
T - 200 ci 1valve 6-cyl. with 120hp
C - 289 ci 2valve V-8 with 200hp
A - 289 ci 4valve V-8 with 225hp
K - 289 ci 4valve V-8 with 271hp
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65 FACTORYOPTIONS
- Manual front disc brakes
- Limited slip differential
- GT Equipment Group
- Styled steel wheels (V-8 only)
- Power brakes
- Power steering
- Power convertible top
- Rear Seatbelts
- Deluxe front and rear seatbelts
- Air Conditioning
- Emergency lights
- Back-up lights
- Full-length center console
- Full-width bench seats
- Tinted glass
- Vinyl roof
- Push button radio
- Deluxe steering wheel
- Seatbelt delete
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65 DEALER OPTIONS
- Luggage rack
- License plate frame
- Compass
- AM radio
- Rear seat speaker
- Windshield washers
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65 EXTERIOR COLORS/COLOR CODE
Raven Black - A
Midnight Turquoise - B
Honey Gold - C
Dynasty green - D
Caspian Blue - H
Champagne Beige - I
Rangoon Red - J
Poppy Red - 3
Silversmoke Gray - K
Wimbledon White - M
Tropical Turquoise - O
Prairie Bronze - P
Ivy green - R
Sunlight Yellow - V
Vintage Burgundy - X
Silver Blue - Y
Springtime Yellow - 8
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65 INTERIOR COLORS/INTERIOR TRIM CODE
Blue vinyl with blue - 22
Red vinyl with red - 25
Black vinyl with black - 26
Aqua - 27
Ivy Gold with Gold - 28
Palomino vinyl with Palomino - 29
Parchment with blue - D2
Parchment with Burgundy - D3
Parchment with black - D6
Parchment with palomino - D9
Parchment with Ivy Gold - D8
Luxury Ivy Gold and white - 68
Luxury Black - 66
Luxury Blue and White - 62
Luxury Red - 65
Luxury White and Aqua - 67
Parchment with red - D5
Parchment with aqua - D7
Luxury Palomino - 69
Luxury Parchment with blue - F2
Parchment with Emberglo - F4
Parchment with Burgundy - F3
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