drivers door id plate?
 

I have recently purchased a 65 coupe that i plan to restore. all of the lights say 64. i've been told the plate on the door would tell me if it's a 65 or a 64 1/2. would somebody please help me. the door id plate numbers are 65A D 26 23U 31 31

With the date code of 23U, your car was built on July 23, 1965. Sorry, but you have a '65 and not a 64 1/2. Being this late, maybe even a '66.

What is the VIN number?

The light lens say 64 because that is when they were approved. the 65A on the door tag stands for coupe with standard interior, the "D" stand for 289 four barrel 1964 1/2other clues would include a generator instead of a alternator and a single wire horn ring on the steering wheel. note that the horns on a 64 1/2 have a relay that controls them and the horns are mounted to the lower control arm strut braces down by the bottom of the radiator, and they are huge!

vin # is 5F07T799675

For what it's worth, Ford counts them all as '65's. We Mustang nuts are the ones that make the 64 1/2 distinction. The 64 1/2's also were all 260 CID weren't they?

Rev

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'66 Coupe, 306, windage
tray, TRW flat tops, 351W
heads,pocket ported, 268
CC hydraulic cam, R tip
R's, Edelbrock Performer,
600 CFM Holley vac. secs.,
Mallory Unilite, coil, fuel
pump, Tri-Y headers, 2 1/2 "
custom pipes, 3 chamber
Flows, stock C-4, 3.25
Currie built 8" rear,
March under drive pulleys,
13.97 e.t., 100.1 mph
1/4 mi.

TCI 2400 stall converter
B&M Trans-pac shift kit
No new track times until
cool weather

The 64 1/2 came with the F code 260-2V for the base V8 and the 289 4V "D" Code engine as the step before the K code 289 hypo. The 260 was replace with the C code 289-2V for the "65" model, and the D code 289 was replaced with the A code 289-4V. The difference between the D and A is 25 more horsepower and higher compression.

The "D" from the dataplate from the initial note in this string is actually the color code. Looking at the VIN of 5F07T799675, the engine code is "T", or a 200 six.

Hate to break it to you, but this is not a 64 1/2. The build date says it all, along with the consecutive unit number 799675 in the VIN.

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Allan Munsie
64 1/2 Convertible
D Code 289
PB, PS, PT, AC