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Awards & Trophies
2008 Mustangs Unlimited Summer Heat Top 20
2010 Mustangs Unlimited Fall Pony Round Up Top 20
2010 Galaxy Diner Pals Benefit Top 5 |
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About Us |
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About Me Hello, my name is Scott and I live in Atlanta, GA. I am a member of the Mustang Club of America (MCA) and my local Mustang club affiliation is with the Gwinnett Mustang Association. I am an MCA certified judge for 64 ˝ - 66 Concurs class, 65-66 Shelby Concurs class, and Occasional Driven/Daily Driven class. I have been a judge at two MCA national shows so far in my judging career. I like to attend local car shows and cruise ins to display the iconic American car that I own and to meet all of the wonderful people associated with classic cars. About My Car I own a 1965 Ford Mustang that I like to call Georgia Thunder. Some may think it is a corny name, but I tried to come up with something that evoked the power of the early V8 Mustang combined with the GT moniker. I have owned the car since spring of 2008. The VIN for my car is 5R07AXXXXXX. That breaks down to the following: 5 = 1965 year of manufacture, R = San Jose CA. production plant, 07 = coupe body style, A = 225hp 289-4V Challenger engine, and XXXXXX is the sequential production number. My car is Wimbledon white with a black standard interior. My car has the following options above a base Mustang: 225hp 289-4V Challenger V8, GT equipment group, automatic transmission, bench seat, power steering, air conditioning, visibility group (remote-control driver’s door mirror, day/night inside rearview mirror, two-speed electric wipers and windshield washer), passenger side exterior mirror, rally pac, and styled steel wheels. The GT equipment group in 1965 consisted of the following: dual exhaust with through the rear valance trumpet exhaust tips, special handling package (22:1 steering, heavy duty suspension, and 13/16” sway bar), manual front disc brakes, grille mounted 4” fog lights, hood lip molding, five dial full instrumentation gauge cluster, GT fender badges, lower body side stripe, and rear quarter panel ornaments deleted. The GT Option The GT option in 1965 was pretty rare with only 2.7% of 1965 Mustangs having that option. Because of this rarity and the fact that many parts of the GT equipment group were readily available separately, many 1965 Mustangs have been turned into fake GT cars. There are currently no production records for 1965 and 1966 Mustangs. There is no way to tell based on the VIN number if the car came from the factory as a GT or if all of the GT equipment was added later. This has led to a lot of discussion about how to tell a true factory GT Mustang for 1965 and 1966. I have provided links in the Link section to several websites that go over all of the details of the early GT cars and how to tell a true factory GT Mustang from a fake. I have checked my car out thoroughly and it has all of the factory GT signs. One glaring problem you may have noticed in the pictures is that my car has the rear quarter panel trim, which would be deleted on a GT. I have researched this and found some websites that say it was possible for the dealer to add this trim once they got the car on their lot. It would also be possible that a previous owner installed the trim. I tend to believe one of these two possibilities. It is hard for me to believe that someone would go to the trouble to fake a GT and make such an obvious mistake. I mean, wouldn’t the outside appearance be the easiest part to fake? Why would you go through all of the trouble to replace the mechanicals and not remove the rear quarter trim? |
