45th Anniversary Mustang Fastback
 

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be sure and tell us if anyone you know gets one.

$65k, i'll pass.

I'd pay $65K in a heartbeat....but I know damned well I couldn't get one for that. (edit) Question Austin...have you ever driven a new Mustang with the "track pack" suspension? Wanna make a small bet that my Bullitt Mustang, 100% stock, wouldn't beat your P-car on it's current street tires on a skid pad?

I think the two latest two mustangs (is the newest one out yet) that are retro look great. I think the camaro is OK visually. I think the new Challenger looks pretty hot. I still wouldn't have any of the three. They are way, way too common. Around here they are second only to trucks which is saying something.

We rented a Mustang for fun a while back and were impressed. I still want to try the Camaro out being an old Chevy fan.

A friend of my dads is building a '67 GT500 fastback. Sadly the motor is not the original but its still a very slick car.

My BF in highschool had a 65/351. Man we had fun in that car. He ended up dying in it though.
:(

When did he swap the 351 in?

yeah....that would have been a 289.

IIRC, a 265 in '65...289 in '66. But I could be wrong...

I had a 64.5 , it was a 289.

I think they were a six, then 260, then 289

Brother spotted one in Vegas. Snapped with his phone:

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Memory jogged...I believe you're correct.

The very early ones had a 260.

I think you are right on that one. I had a 64.5 with a 289 which I later swapped out for a 289 cobra. The original 289 in that car had a generator and later models had an alternator.

Gotta love this.....

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Just started the early steps of restoring my Wife's '65 Mustang. Her parents bought it new and it's what she was driving when we met..

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Pic of the engine, going to need some work..
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Nice! Too bad they didn't buy her the fastback. 4 speed/fastback = $$$$

Yeah, he had a 289 in highschool but swapped it out for a 351 later. Dont recall what year. It was black with large multi colored flake. He died taking it to trade for a station wagon. Pregnant fiancee...

That is the exact car I owned! Color and all.

Avis upgraded me to one of the 300 hp V6 Camaros yesterday in Omaha.

From a visibility standpoint it was a death trap. I couldn't see crap out of the back of it, the blind spots are huge, and the hood is pretty high up there.

The engine was ok, made a lot of noise and didn't really go anywhere.

In 64.5 the base engine was the 200 ci 6 with a 3 speed Dagenham transmission. The 260 was an early option, then they switched to the 289, A Code, K code, etc.

A neat little trivia fact is that the real 65 GT's used the standard 66 instrument bezel.

I have the '66 nmy dad and I bought from the original owner in 1991 sitting in my garage on the lift above the turbo. Mine has a pretty heavily built 200 ci 6 though, running three Webers...

Bill

Bill, that sounds cool...blowing off some V-8's with an inline 6. HOT ROD runs articles on hot 6 bangers now and then. The latest featured was a Mopar slant 6.