1966 Ford Mustang Coupe

- Blue with a Two Tone Blue/White Interior
- 289 V8
- 3 Speed Manual

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“If one car embodies 1960s Americana, it's the 1965–66 Mustang.” Hagerty, January 2021

Hagerty summarized the changes incorporated in the 1966 Mustang: “Changes in the second year of production were limited, rightly so as the Mustang passed the one-million-unit production mark this year. You can spot a 1966 Mustang from its less cluttered grill texture, chrome hood molding, redesigned gas cap, new wheel covers, an upgrade from 13″ to 14″ wheels (six-cylinder models only), standard 5-pod gauge cluster, redesigned side scoop brightwork and chrome panels over the rocker panels (deleted on GT). Federal mandates meant that the once optional reverse lamps are now standard. (The prior) year's extensive list of optional equipment was also present in 1966, with the addition of an optional 8-track cassette tape player.”

Offered here is a largely original, 1966 Mustang Hardtop Coupe repainted in blue over two-tone blue Pony interior. This is a respray from the car's original Raven black paint (and black interior). Other data on the car's riveted-in-place data tag includes: date-of-manufacture, body style, engine, bucket seats, interior trim, axle, and transmission. The Mustang's full decoding is shown below:

Vin decodes:
6- Model Year 1966
F- Dearborn Assembly Plant
07- Coupe
T- 200-2V
100001 – Serial Number

Trim decodes:
Body Code: 65A (Coupe with standard interior)
Exterior Paint: H (Raven black paint)
Interior Trim: 26 (Black Interior)
Build Date: 03M (3 May 1966)
District Sales Office: 63 (Memphis)
Axle: 6 (2.80)
Transmission: 6 (C4 Automatic)

The car's medium-blue exterior paint shows very well generally across all body panels. The paint finish is evenly glossy, and the trunk interior, door jambs, and hood have been properly sprayed. (To best gauge the paint finish, be sure to view the close-up photos in the accompanying gallery.) Panel fit is generally within period manufacturing specifications. Chrome work—including the bumpers, mirrors, door handles, window trim, taillight trim, and added rear-deck luggage carrier—is in very-good-to-excellent condition, with only limited light patina from age. The simplified-for-1966 front grille is undamaged. All badging—the F-O-R-D letters on the hood, the center-grille running-pony emblem, Mustang logo lower-fender emblems, and Mustang-logo gas-cap—is properly located and in overall good-to-excellent condition. Cabin glass and lighting lenses (including on the new-for-1966 backup lights) are clear and uncracked. Thin-whitewall radial tires are mounted on factory wheels with Mustang-logo, full-wheel covers in a faux-slotted-wheel-with-spin-off-centers factory style.

The car's original black interior has been fully and properly replaced with a light-blue-and white “Deluxe Pony” variant from another Mustang. Seat upholstery--light blue with horizontally pleated wide white inserts--covers the front buckets and rear, 2-position bench seat. Stylish, perfectly matching door-trim panels are similarly finished; lower door-jamb trim pieces with Ford-script logos are in excellent condition. Fresh blue carpets cover the cabin floors. A stock, Ford-Mustang-logo, metal-trimmed, sport steering wheel (with riveted-look wood rim) frames the 5-opening gauge cluster (updated from the '65 model) on woodgrain trim. The shift lever for the 3-speed manual transmission is mounted on the floor. The blue, padded-top dashboard has the original, push-button AM radio mounted; the passenger-side glove-box cover has the proper Mustang-logo emblem mounted, also on woodgrain trim. The car's black-painted trunk interior is very clean with period-correct vinyl floor and spare-tire covers.

Under the hood, the replacement, stock-appearing, 289-cubic-inch Ford V8, wears correct Ford-blue engine-block paint, stock air-cleaner cover, and valve covers. Shock towers and supports are undamaged, and the engine bay is clean and well-ordered. Viewed from below, the car's chassis is straight, undamaged, and complete. The full-length dual-exhaust system, fresh suspension components, and very clean lower engine surfaces are focal points.

While the more than 145 high-definition photographs and the short walk-around-and-startup video available on the GarageKeptMotors website showcase this '66 Mustang in detail from every angle, including from below, we expect and encourage in-person inspections at our Grand Rapids, Michigan showroom. Please call to arrange an appointment in advance as our showroom is not open to the public. And feel free to get in touch anytime by phone or email if you have questions.

Few American cars have held the attention and interest of the public and the auto-enthusiast community as completely as the early Mustangs. Ever since the model's launch was heralded on the covers of both Time and Newsweek, right up to the present day, these sporty cars capture a real sense of the American spirit. No wonder they've become such a valued collectible.