1965 Ford Mustang GT Convertible

1965 Ford Mustang Convertible

This Mustang was originally purchased in the Atlanta, GA area and spent most of it's life there. Reportedly, the first owner had it until roughly 1981 when the second owner bought the car.

This owner really drove the car and put roughly 80K miles on the car, bringing the odometer up to just about 117K. In 2007, after almost 30 years of ownership, he decided to have the car fully restored, but at the same time, also decided to build it as a GT clone. JJ Mustangs in Chattanooga, TN did all the work. The car was stripped down and repainted, the original Deluxe Pony interior was freshened up, the top end of the engine was rebuilt (heads, cam, cam bearings, rockers, etc) as reportedly the bottom end looked fine.

From the factory the car came very well equipped, C code 289 V8, Deluxe Pony interior, AC, power steering, disc brakes in front, ralley pack gauge package, power top and 4 speed manual transmission.

When the car was restored, new suspension bits were installed, the original Poppy Red color was kept when repainted, however, all the GT items were added in and correctly too.

The fog lights in the grill (with the correct switch on the dash), 4 barrel carb, side GT badges, the correct white striping, correctly wrapped into the door jambs, the rear valance was cut to accept the dual exhaust and even the correct baffled, conical chrome tips are in place.

In 2014, the third owner purchased the car from GA and brought it north to CT.

In their 11 years of ownership they've put about 500 miles a year on it, driving just to local restaurants, to play golf or down the road to see their daughter. Current mileage on the odometer is 121,914, but true mileage since the restoration is unknown, probably around 10,000 miles.

In the time they've owned the car they've done regular oil changes, replaced both top cylinders (when one of them went, it caused a glitch in top operation and put a very small hole in the top.), new battery cables, new ignition, new fuel pump, new points, new muffler, new emergency brake cables and an instrument panel light bulb.

The under dash AC unit was taken out and in the trunk when the current owner bought the car and they never had it reinstalled.

Hop into the white/parchment Pony interior, pump the gas a couple times, turn the key and it fires right to life, the dual exhaust, with crossover pipe, rumbling just lightly, reminding you it's a V8 under the hood, but not obnoxious. The power steering is very light, like they all were in the 60's. The 289 has been woken up a bit with the 4 bbl and the dual exhaust, so the 4 speed takes the car up to speed easily, with a great sound, shifting easily through the gears.

The front disc brakes and rear drums bring the car easily to a stop.

Overall condition of the paint, interior, underside and under hood is very good, I'd say a low 2 to a #3 rated car. There are a few very small chips in the paint (all called out in the photos), some minor wear on the interior, the trunk looks nearly new and under the hood is very clean as well, done up as the car left the factory. The restoration that was done almost 20 years ago has held up nicely. Only minor surface rust is present on the undercarriage, most of it still showing the paint from the restoration.

The car is ready to drive and enjoy. (It ran out of gas during my driving video, but drove great other times I've driven this car).

While Mustang GT convertibles in this condition are selling up over $50,000, this clone, but otherwise well optioned car, is priced out less.

The asking price is $46,000.

Any questions, for many more photos and video, to schedule a time to see in person, or to just make an offer, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for the interest!