I have purchased a mustang 5F08F115577, DOOR PANEL SAYS:
76A F 82170 45 1 1
5F08F115577

Can onyone help on if this a 64 or 65, its got an auto in it, i don't know much about them sorry

 

Thats a 1965...the 1st number tells the the year of the vin tells u the year of the car..must be a fastback too

 

derek there was never any mustang listed as a 1964...they were all considered 65 so the first number in the vin means nothing.

But if it is a fastback it is a 1965 cuase 1964.5 only cam in notch and vert.


if its not a fastback then an easy one to look to see if the car has a generator instead of alternator...if someone switched to on the engine the dash should at least still ahve the light that says gen instead of alt.

 

It's a "64-1/2". Technically, they're all "65's", but the early generator equipped cars are commonly referred to as 64-1/2...

You can determine 64-1/2 vs 65 by looking at the VIN.

Look at the 2nd digit - that's the plant code. Then look at the last 6 numbers, that's your consecutive number.

For a plant code of "F" (Dearborn), anything with a consecutive # below 250000 is a 64-1/2, anything above is a 65.

For a plant code of "R" (San Jose), anything with a consecutive # below 125000 is a 64-1/2, anything above is a 65.

For a plant code of "T" (Metuchen), they were ALL 65's, as they didn't begin production until later in the year.

 

By looking at the vin you have a vert as that is what the 08 means. The F after the 08 must mean it has or originally had a 260ci V8 with a 2 bbl carb.

 

oh man i was way off.....sry bout that

 

yes shes a convert, thanks GT350Clone for the information about build numbers, i guess its a 64.5.

 

More than anything the engine code, fifth digit of the VIN, tells what you have.
Only K engine codes where the same in "64.5's"
So the F code 260 indicates it is definitely 64.5.
260's were only in 64.5's, where D code was 289.

J.