drewsky

Ok so I need some knowledge here regarding some 65 stuff. Now I am a mustang expert myself and have talked to many if my mustang pals and they all say something different. I sold my 67 coupe last week and picking up a 65 fastback this weekend. Very excited! It has always been my favorite body style. I will post pics when it's home! So anyways some 1965 mustangs have a 66 gauge cluster in them. Now the question is... Are they "late" 65's or only pony int? And or GT's with pony int. or did ford just do some goofy things in 65. ( I know they sure did in 67) it's driving me nuts because some 65's had 66 door tags in them as well. And the ones that do have 66 clusters in them.. This is bugging me. Just like some early 65's came with generators with 289's (not 260's) and some didn't. So I guess the big question is what determines if it had a 66 cluster? Are they late 65's? Pony int? GT? Or combos of the three? I guess ford was trying to figure out what the heck they were gonna do early on. Cause they sure didn't when they changed the body style over to 67.. 4 different gas a fuel lines depending in which month it was built. Ugh. Let me know what you guys think!

barnett468

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in 65 they came in pony interior cars, and in 65 this option was only available in the later cars.

CarGuyZM10

They also came in GT cars. Pony interior got the wood grain one, and GT got the black finish (if the car had both options, it got the wood grain). I've heard that these will fit in the hole for the standard instrument cluster, but a car that came with these gauges will have a curved cut in the center to help accommodate the speedometer gauge.

I believe they both became options in Spring(ish) of 65.

drewsky

Ok, exactly what I thought. Thanks guys! I'm guessing it's the same for the door tags as well.

CarGuyZM10

I'm not sure what you mean for the door tags. The door tag will only show if you had Pony Interior, not if it was a GT.

And as for some having something, others not, that depended on not only the month it was made, but sometimes even the plant it was made in!

drewsky

Is what I mean about the door tags are some are bigger "almost size of baseball card" and some are thin rectangular strips.