In a message dated 10/11/99 10:49:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
irishve@hotmail.com writes:
<< It was called a 64 1/2 car by Ford and all of
the advertisments as well. The DMV however labeled it a 65 model on the
pink slip. My family went out and purchased one (a horrible orange one with
a 289 and a 4 speed) in the summer of 64. >>
I thought the 64 1/2 cars all had 260 cid motors...that, plus a generator
instead of an alternator, the lack of the 2+2 model (fastback) and no GTs
were some of the differences between the early cars and the later 65s. And,
yes, that orangish, red (poppy red?) was a pretty hideous color...
Mike
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