Buy 1965 Mustang Parts

A full selection of parts for the classic 1965 Ford Mustang. Parts in all conditions are offered for maximum availability; plenty of fully refurbished parts and addon kits as well.

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The greatest appeal of Ford's new sporty model, the Mustang, was not its low-price tag, but the large number of options that could be purchased for the car. These options allowed customers to tailor the Mustang to their individual needs. The Mustang and its extensive option package enabled Ford to target many audiences rather than one specific group. The Mustang was the automobile that touched off the entire "pony car" craze of the 1960s, and was the first automobile ever to win the Tiffany Award for Excellence in American Design.

With the curtain poised to rise in early 1964, Dearborn marketers shifted into overdrive to get the public ready for Mustang. Though Ford previewed the showroom model at a January 1964 press conference, it put the information revealed under an "embargo," meaning reporters weren't supposed to go public with it before a date Ford had set. This tactic is still widely observed in various industries, a sort of cat-and-mouse game between manufacturers and the Fourth Estate.

For example, on March 11, just two days after the first production Mustang was built, young Walter Buhl Ford II, nephew of chairman Henry Ford II, was allowed to drive an undisguised prototype convertible to a luncheon in downtown Detroit. Fred Olmsted, auto editor for the Detroit Free Press, spotted it and hurriedly called photographer Ray Glena. Newsweek and other publications quickly picked up Glena's pictures -- just as Ford intended.