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64½ Links
Early-Mustang.com (Germany)
Klaus' 64½ Differences
Mustang Monthly's 64½ vs. 65 Articles
Early Mustang Hoods
Zim's 64½ Mustang
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64½ vs. 65 Mustang Body & Wheel Differences
By Jason Zimberoff
Compiled from lists on the web by Klaus Schaefer, Mark Dorner, Christopher Duffy
and the book Mustang & Ford Small Block V8 by Bob Mannel
(Go Buy It!)
Special thanks also go out to Charles Turner, and Steve Grant.
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Body And Wheels
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| 1. Radiator Support air vent openings, no holes for mounting horns, voltage regulator holes
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64.5 Radiator Support |
65 Radiator Support |
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| 2. Spare Wheel Mounting Bolt - straight carriage bolt mounts in special slotted bracket. (Continued into earlier 65 cars as well. Straight bolt found on date code 30K.)
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64.5 Spare Bolt |
65 Spare Bolt |
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| 3. Spare tire mounting bracket is a slot for a carriage bolt. (Continued into earlier 65 cars as well.)
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64.5 Spare Bracket |
65 Spare Bracket |
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| 4. No tire jacking instruction label on trunk lid
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64.5 Trunk Lid |
65 Trunk Lid |
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| 5. Wheels 13" 4 lugs on 170 CID, and 5 lug on V8 were standard equipment.
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64.5 13" Wheels |
65 14" Wheels |
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| 6. Wheel cover 13" was standard equipment.
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64.5 13" Hub Cap |
65 14" Hub Cap |
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| 7. Wire wheel cover with ford crest symbol
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64.5 Wire Wheel Cover |
65 Wire Wheel Cover |
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| 8. Fuel and brake line clamps are screwed to floor, not clipped
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64.5 Line Clamp |
65 Line Clamp |
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| 9. Hoods: Very early hoods had folded over lip, no dimples, and no holes
for leading edge chrome trim. Intermediate hoods have unfolded lip, small
dimples, and no holes for chrome trim. The intermediate hood with the unfolded
edges was also used on early 65 cars. Later 65 hoods have the lip folded again,
have small dimples, and add the holes for the chrome trim. Later replacement
hoods and 66 hoods have larger dimples than the 65 hoods, and still have the
folded lip with the holes for the chrome trim.
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64.5 Early Hood |
64.5 Intermediate Hood |
65 Hood |
65 Replacement Hood |
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| 10. Head light buckets have beveled edges to match hood lip. Some early 65 cars have beveled edge as well. During the transition to the newer hood style, some cars were even shipped with one beveled bucket, and one non-beveled bucket!
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64.5 Bucket |
65 Bucket |
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| 11. Headlights early 64.5 headlights have raised FoMoCo script (goes well into June 65)
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64.5 Headlight |
65 Headlight |
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| 12. Rear quarter extension does not have the channel for the rubber seal (goes into early 65 as well)
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64.5 Rear Extension |
65 Rear Extension |
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| 13. Hood bumpers have a recessed Phillips head screw instead of solid rubber. (Continues into early 65 cars as well.)
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64.5 Hood Bumper |
65 Hood Bumper |
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| 14. Hood underside does not have drill holes for chrome trim between vent openings
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64.5 Hood Under Front |
65 Hood Under Front |
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| 15. Hood Hinges black not natural metal look. (Continued into early 65 cars as well.)
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64.5 Hood Hinge |
65 Hood Hinge |
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| 16. Engine Compartment bracket between inner fender apron and cowl cover have extra vertical tab
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64.5 Cowl |
65 Cowl |
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| 17. Front Shock Towers have no drain in frame rail under shock tower
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64.5 Frame Rail |
65 Frame Rail |
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| 18. Coarse threaded tire jack
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64.5 Tire Jack |
65 Tire Jack |
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| 19. Dash pad frame extensions are screwed on in very early cars. (Seen on only perhaps the first 2000 or 3000 cars.)
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64.5 Dash Frame |
65 Dash Frame |
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| 20. "Mustang" badges on fender are 4 ½ " long.
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64.5 Mustang Badge |
65 Mustang Badge |
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| 21. Gas cap without retaining cable (on early cars - changed to cable type before end of 64.5 production)
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64.5 Early Gas Cap |
65 Gas Cap |
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| 22. Horse and Corral Different retaining screw location
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64.5 Corral Screw |
65 Corral Screw |
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| 23. Windshield wiper arm has smooth cap instead of flanged. (Continued into early 65 cars as well.)
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64.5 Wiper Arm |
65 Wiper Arm |
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| 24. Windshield wiper post is pot metal and has threads for a chromed nut. (Carried over into 65 production. Old post found on date code 30K )
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64.5 Wiper Post |
65 Wiper Post |
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| 25. [Removed - see #24]
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| 26. Door beltline weatherstrip felt backing is black not chrome.
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64.5 Door Felt Strip |
65 Door Felt Strip |
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| 27. Parking light backing cups have no cut-out.
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64.5 Parking Light Cup |
65 Parking Light Cup |
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| 28. Gas tank fill tube has 5 slotted holes on flange (on early cars without cable retainer)
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64.5 Gas Fill Tube |
65 Gas Fill Tube |
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| 29. Gas fill tube hose has special clamps without screws
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64.5 Gas Fill Hose Clamp |
65 Gas Fill Hose Clamp |
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| 30. Convertible top side cables with studs and no springs on
early tops (changed to spring type during 64.5 production).
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64.5 Side Cable |
65 Side Cable |
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| 31. Seat riser pans on early coupes have a big cutout in them - and were changed to solid pans early in the 64.5 production.
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64.5 Seat Pan |
65 Seat Pan |
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| 32. "A-Pillar" Weatherstrip on convertibles - early versions do not have a screw at the bottom, later versions do.
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64.5 Weatherstrip |
66 Weatherstrip |
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