1965: The Unexpected...Mustang Hits the Starting Line Full Bore!


Here's Ford's new kind of car... and no car ever hit the road quite so ready for action. Mustang has a long, long list of goodies no, not six months or a year after introduction. Let's check down that list:

1. Three V-8's, from the supersmooth 161-h.p. version with hydraulic lifters through a strong 210-hp two-barrel, right up to the solid lifter-header exhaust, high-performance 271-hp stormer. And that's not the end: the whole Cobra kit bolt-on array is available. (You want the four-Weber 313 horse wild one? Just let us know.)

2. Transmissions? The V-8 choice starts with the all-synchro 3-speed manual. Or four-on-the-floor. Or Cruise-O-Matic Drive. All with floor shifts.

3. What else? A special handling package (included with high-performance V-8's) that makes the Mustang solid as a Pullman car on the corners. A Rally Rac that combines tach and clock with sweep-second hand. And, just to show we're versatile, air conditioning, a six-cylinder saver, power steering and all the other dolce vita items.



We hope we're not immodest, but the Mustang four-seater starts life with the kind of equipment and options most cars take years to come by – and the kind of rock solid handling. And it's got the toughness and durability it takes to build a going competition machine.

Come down to your Ford Dealer's and take a long, careful look. If we've skipped anything that would make your heart glad we'd like to hear about it – but what could it be?

(For a precisely detailed, authentic scale model of the new Ford Mustang, send $1.00 to Ford Offer, Department CB-1, P.O. Box 35, Troy, Michigan (offer ends July 31, 1964)

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First published on: 2001-11-21

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