2010-2014 Mustang Information on The S197 {GenII}

The First and Last Mustangs

Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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The First and Last Mustangs

I was out driving around both of my cars today and thought I would post a couple of pics. I now have the first model year Mustang, and the last model year Mustang in my garage.

My 1965 is about unit number 644 something thousand of the one million Mustangs built in the first year of production. It's not what people call a 1964 1/2 Mustang, but it was built in the 1965 model year.





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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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Pretty cool slices of Mustang history you got there
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Thanks, I'd like to get the 65 painted in it's orginal "Rangoon Red" which would make it look a lot closer to the 2011 Race Red then it is right now.

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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Very cool pic. Looking at your driveway, it looks very steep to me. The lower air plastic deflector on my 2011 would certainly hit the cement.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:53 PM
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Simply beautiful. The 2011 is definitely larger but they're still similarly sized it appears.

BTW, what part of Texas?
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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You must have long arms and legs to have been able to drive both Mustangs today, that would be the great pic to see...


Now, if you had driven EACH of your Mustangs today then it wouldn't be such a extraordinary deal...
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Falchion
I was out driving around both of my cars today and thought I would post a couple of pics. I now have the first model year Mustang, and the last model year Mustang in my garage.

My 1965 is about unit number 644 something thousand of the one million Mustangs built in the first year of production. It's not what people call a 1964 1/2 Mustang, but it was built in the 1965 model year.
Still don't understand why people refer to some as 64 1/2. I mean I know there were minor differences between the earlier and later cars but they ALL had '65 MY vins.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:05 PM
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That's awesome. I love that they're both red/red. I wish Ford offered a true notcback coupe style, alongside a true hatchback "fastback" style again. Maybe in 2014?
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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Man, that's awesome! I'm a bit partial to the 2011; Race Red is absolutely GORGEOUS!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:43 PM
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What... no shots of the rear?
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by LagunaBeach
Still don't understand why people refer to some as 64 1/2. I mean I know there were minor differences between the earlier and later cars but they ALL had '65 MY vins.

Nope, I have seen '64 1/2 titles.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MARZ
Man, that's awesome! I'm a bit partial to the 2011; Race Red is absolutely GORGEOUS!
What I liked was the red dash with the red int. I would have ordered my 11 white with a red int. ....but no dash to match, so I went with charcoal.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:03 PM
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You will have to update this in the 2012 model year

Looks great...thanks for the photos!!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by CG205
Nope, I have seen '64 1/2 titles.
I didn't say titles, I said they all have a '65 vin.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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Oh man, that's nifty! Sweet pics.

Hehe, but dang it, those '65s had really crummy cupholders. And I've never been able to find the USB port in them. The navigation system was a joke. They gave you a a large paper thing called a "map", if you can believe it - and you had to mark the location of your favorite restaurants with a pencil (although I believe the pencil came standard, or the dealer would sometimes throw it in the total cost back in those days). All that came with the "electronics package" were a couple of headlights and some turn signals. The comfort package came with....er, seats. The climate control system was really easy to use though - they had an RDTW (roll down the windows) AC system, which didn't draw engine power at least. But WTF, you had to turn (TURN!!!) a **** to find a radio station (AM standard, FM on premium models only).

LOL, obviously I sometimes miss when cars were simple, despite the fact that I'm getting all the cool gadgets in my 2011.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 05:55 PM
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Your GT is sweet, but I'd also like to see a 2011 Pony Package next to the 1965 since they are likely closer in appearance. Still, that's a nice set of "bookends" ya got there!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by fritzOSU03
Simply beautiful. The 2011 is definitely larger but they're still similarly sized it appears.

BTW, what part of Texas?
Fort Worth, North Texas

Originally Posted by Ltngdrvr
You must have long arms and legs to have been able to drive both Mustangs today, that would be the great pic to see...


Now, if you had driven EACH of your Mustangs today then it wouldn't be such a extraordinary deal...
I didn't say at the same time! lol

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Still don't understand why people refer to some as 64 1/2. I mean I know there were minor differences between the earlier and later cars but they ALL had '65 MY vins.
Yes, that's why I tried to make it clear........

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What... no shots of the rear?
Nope, I should have I guess.....

Originally Posted by Tony Alonso
You will have to update this in the 2012 model year

Looks great...thanks for the photos!!
You're welcome.......

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Oh man, that's nifty! Sweet pics.

Hehe, but dang it, those '65s had really crummy cupholders. And I've never been able to find the USB port in them. The navigation system was a joke. They gave you a a large paper thing called a "map", if you can believe it - and you had to mark the location of your favorite restaurants with a pencil (although I believe the pencil came standard, or the dealer would sometimes throw it in the total cost back in those days). All that came with the "electronics package" were a couple of headlights and some turn signals. The comfort package came with....er, seats. The climate control system was really easy to use though - they had an RDTW (roll down the windows) AC system, which didn't draw engine power at least. But WTF, you had to turn (TURN!!!) a **** to find a radio station (AM standard, FM on premium models only).

LOL, obviously I sometimes miss when cars were simple, despite the fact that I'm getting all the cool gadgets in my 2011.
They also had cardboard parts. I feel the same way.....

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Your GT is sweet, but I'd also like to see a 2011 Pony Package next to the 1965 since they are likely closer in appearance. Still, that's a nice set of "bookends" ya got there!
Thanks!
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 08:06 PM
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Beautiful Mustangs.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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Yes, that's why I tried to make it clear........
Yeah, I knew what you meant. I was referring to everyone else who actually thinks they have some super special Mustang since it was one of the first million produced. Glad to see you're not one of them.
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Old Jul 25, 2010 | 09:40 PM
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Awesome pair of ponies! Very nice!
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