My first car was a 1967 Mustang Coupe at 14 years old. (My dad was awesome) Took a year or so to fix it up but been a Mustang guy ever since! 40+ years now. This is one of the BEST quick videos I've seen. I love your graphical break-outs. I would LOVE to see more from you on all the years and the differences during and between those years. Great job!

This legendary pony car has it all fame, class, style and a place in the automotive history. Thank you for the background and detailed explanation.

I've always wondered about that thanks

Sadly you can’t get a Marti report for pre-1967 Mustangs. Therefore video and especially summary on 10:18 very helpful. Thank you for compiling all these facts.

In La Junta, Colorado on one Saturday evening in July, 1964 I was hanging around a friend's house with several other college age guys. Suddenly Janice, the daughter of the woman who owned the town's Ford dealership, drove up in a car she wanted to show us: the first Mustang available in Southeastern Colorado. Wow! We'd heard about this car and now here it was, an orange convertible with black vinyl interior. We all wanted to drive it, but she had promised her mother not to let us and only gave each of us a short ride...with the top down, of course. She said it was a '64 1/2 model, had come into the dealership only a few hours before. Naturally, none of us knew at the time that was not an accurate designation but it wouldn't have mattered to me if we had known. I got to be a small part of automotive history.

Finally an overview. Thanks 😀. The "Half" explained in a sympathetic voice and manner. It will for sure help to protect the real survivors and collectors how are looking around for first Mustangs.There are so many fake 1964 1/2 out there. Very useful explanations, good job.

fantastic one page summary on 10:19 and true closings 👍

The original Mustang was a beautiful car. It makes me sick to see what it later became. Especially 1979 and later.

Very helpful video

No mention of early cars having a generator instead of a alternator.

Nice job showing telling,I owned a 1964 and a half, I had it in 1975 to 1978. It was nice it had a 260v8 in it Then went in to the ARMY . Well thanks again for showing telling loved it see ya next time see ya bye.

Don't have time to watch this whole video, but the reason for the use of "64 1/2" when Ford introduced, promoted, and sold the car as a 65, is because the so-called 64 1/2 was VERY different from the "real" 65 - charging system, (generator instead of alternator), engines, (both state of tune, size in some, and the crankcase), bell housing, steering wheel, horn ring, gas cap, radiator bulkhead, horns, hood, headlight doors, front fenders, fender emblems, exhaust system, window fuzzies, interior lock buttons, lack of adjustable passenger seat, finish on the floor boards, and probably more that I don't know about. It is almost a completely different car, despite near identical appearance.

One of my favorite cars.

My uncle bought the first 1964 1/2 Mustang that came to Houston TX. It was black with red interior.

Great job my dear 👍♥️

I had a 1964 1/2 in my youth and didn't realize what I had. A coupe with 260 V8. I acquired another coupe with 260 V8 built May 27, 1964 and code J Rangoon Red. So this color was also available on early mustangs.

Restored Mustangs for 15 years here are parts that are different some you can change others you can't. Curved edges of hood point down and the gille below it is slanted. The core support has more vents and the hood rubber support have the rubber adjustment bolt exposed. Don’t think any of them had alternators yet and yes they made fastbacks in August but not allowed to sell till Sept. Radio startes with a 6 and vent handel has an A on it. Cheers changes

Whenever I mentioned I had a 65 Mustang with a 4-speed in a V8 people say that you wish you still had that one you should not have sold it? I reply I did not sell it it was stolen in 1984.

Excellent video !!!!!!

it's because it came out at mid year 1964 first shown at the New York World's fair on April 17th 1964. the original sticker price was $2,368 . the Mustang is the best selling sports car in history selling over 9.9 million units over its 59 year history and in the next few years will pass 10 million while the best selling car currently in production is a humble midsize Japanese sedan called the Toyota Camry which will pass 14 million units sold in the US in the next 2 years so far this year its sold roughly 150,000 in the US and we're not even through the 2nd quarter yet 2 two classic Toyota Sports Cars are possibly being revived as electric cars those being the MR2 Spyder and the Celica when Celica was discontinued in 2006 it had been sold for 35 years and sold about 2,000,000 units in the US in that time where as the Toyota Camry sold 12,749,000 units in the same time period from 1983-2018 and averages around 300,000 units in the US Per Year though in the US based on price the Camry is considered a mid range midsize sedan where as in other countries it's considered an entry level midsize luxury sedan similar to what a Cadillac CT 4 would be in the US granted the base LE trim will list around 28,000 for gas engine 30,000 for hybrid and that's before destination fee Taxes Title license and options

In April of 1964 my mother bought my dad a Green Mustang with a 260V8 - He replaced it with a 1967 Shelby 350 - both cars turned heads when they went by

Thank you

Got a 65 coupe built it November 64, has many early parts fitted, 👍

Some of the very early Mustangs shipped with Falcon trim parts installed on them....hubcaps, horn buttons, etc. Ford was caught by surprise by the huge demand for Mustangs and had trouble keeping up with production of all the Mustang parts, so they shipped some cars with the Falcon parts installed. The customer was told they would be called by the dealer when the proper Mustang parts became available, at which point the customer would return the car to the dealer to have the Falcon parts swapped out. Some people asked to keep the Falcon parts and the dealer would place them in the trunk. Most people didn't want the Falcon parts so the dealer retained them. Today the most valuable early Mustangs are the ones that retain their original Falcon parts.

I had a 1965 early the same gold as shown here with a 289 4 speed ,and no power accessories.

I've been rebuilding automatic transmissions 45 YEARS , I just rebuilt the first , so-called 64 and half thing C-4 ,,,, IT HAD NO CHECK BALLS , NOT EVEN ONE WHERE I'VE ALWAYS USE ,,,, WELL I GUESS I'LL FIND OUT IN A CUPEL OF YEARS AFTER THAY FINISH THE FRAME OFF RESTORE TO SEE IF IT WORKS🛠️🔧🔧🔧🔧🧭

ONLY 65.5 ARE THE DOOR LOCKS COLOR CODED TO THE INTERIOR, AND THERE IS A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE IN THE SIDE MUSTANG LOGO LENGTH BEHIND THE FRONT FENDER.

I had a guy argue with me cuz I made the comment I owned a 1964 1/2 fastback 2÷2 with the pony interior he said they didn't make a fastback till 1965. Wrong awnser they were produced in August of 1964

And my mustang had the correct color trim for 64 1/2 that green color inside and outside

For sale: '64 and Huff Roostang

1964 1/2 Mustangs can readily be identified by the lack of back-up lights.

North Carolina DID title early Mustangs as 1964 1/2 models. I hold MCA member #9 and was an original member. We had people, original owners, that founded the club that had titles 1964 1/2. If these cars were sold again they got a NC 1965 title. I have owned my Mustang, a 66, since 1975/ thx

My D code Mustang has many differences from the later ones

So I kinda have a 64 1/2 ford mustang it's my dad's he is the second owner in which he inherited it it belong to his cousin who had ordered it new and had it special ordered to have the 302 instead of the 289 in baby blue has 2400 on it unfortunately my dad's cousin had only seen it before he was shipped off to Vietnam where he lost his life now it sits in a climate controlled barn in all original condition except tires an oil

and Generator. 65 and up all had alternators.

I had a 1964 and a half Mustang with a straight 6 cylinder

As an owner of a 65 mustang there seems to be more 641/2 then all mustangs put together 😂

My sister was born on the same day as the Mustang release! Very early Mustangs as described are generally the worst and sometimes oddest cars made. Generator, different trim and quite a few other things. by 65 most problems were solved and the cars generally better.

Look for a generator on all 641/2 mustangs

Likewise with the "1964-1/2" designation, Ford never made a "Fox body" (or worse, "Foxbody") Mustang. There's never been any such thing as a "Fox body" at Ford Motor Company.

Wrong on the no 64 1/2 fastback mustangs cause I owned one. A fast back shelby cobra 289 hp, and the registration was 64 1/2. Get your facts straight, Carrol Shelby built the first fast back muscle car and I have a hard back copy of his book explaining the history.

get Kevin Marti to do a Marti report on the car that can 100% tell if it's a 1964½ car

Win number ... A whale able .... precious! Kind of reminds me of Star Trek Chekov, with nuclear wessels and wictor, wictor