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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