Test driving a '65 Mustang in 1985

[cfz2882]

white and blue fastback,289 2v 4 spd. Teenager evaluating first car choices Car ran pretty decent with that distinctive small block Ford sound with the little skip in the exhaust note.Base v8 with 2 barrel and power robbing rigid fan, no ball of fire but stickshift and only about 3000 lbs, got around decent enough and would squeal out good Car had Falcon style linear speedo instead of delux round speedo, and stock AM radio. liked the car,but they were asking $2500....These early mustangs were morbidly unsafe in accidents,but have fond memory of the test drive. Got a '74 nova instead-$500.

 

[wayupnorth]

I had a '66 Mustang convertible with the same 289 V8, 4 speed. By the time I got the car, it had 120K on it and had been rode hard and put away wet. It could not pass the Maine Inspection due to the amount of rust. Sold it for $75 and next owner put alot of work and money trying to restore it.

 

[phillymatt53]

Back in the 70's I had a 1968 Mustang 289 w/auto trans.
It was red, red interior, with a powered white convertable top.
Boy oh boy, that car was a fun thing to drive. - party time!
It had it's issues of course, rusted floor spots, which I patched up with sheet metal and pop rivets.
The damn thing liked to overheat, and the heater core was clogged.
But nevertheless, I ran it for about a year or so, then got a 67 Chevelle w/307 small block.

 

[circlew]

Friends of the family in Dearborn, MI got one of the first Mustangs in 1964. It was a bronze color convertible. The husband was very high up in the Ford Motor Co., and got it for his wife Elizabeth. By the late 1980s, it was getting in kind of rough shape. The husband had the car totally refurbished, which included him contacting some of the original parts manufacturers, and having certain items made. He told my parents he spent nearly 10 times the original price of the car.

My high school art teacher Doris M. had a 1966 Mustang in dark green. She had it for several years before getting a Torino.

 

[cfz2882]

Those very early Mustangs still used a generator instead of alternator of '65 models