The 1966 Mustang still featured the 120-horsepower, 200-cubic-inch inline six-cylinder engine from 1965 as a standard powerplant. The car also was equipped with the optional 200-, 225- or 271-hp 289. The GT350R racing version was equipped with a 360-hp 289.
Iacocca wanted a sporty family automobile that appealed to the child boomer date that was dependable fitting of driving period. The Mustang was initially offered as a coupe in mid-1964 and a short while sequential the convertible and fastback were offered. The van featured a far-off hood, short rear deck, tri-sectioned taillamps, slightly concave side body panels and a galloping horse placed in the centre of a thin horizontal grille. Inside were front bucket seats, a console and sport-style steering shove, according to Allotment.com.
Refinement
The Mustang was based on the Ford Falcon frame and all the more featured a numeral of Falcon components throughout. For the '66 Mustang, the instrument panel was redesigned to distance the Mustangs very from the Falcon. Ford replaced the 260-cubic-inch V-8 with a 289. The object panels received chrome hash marks at the end the doors to spruce up the rather administer styling. The front grille astray its chrome crosshairs that held the galloping Steed inside a rectangle to instead retain the Steed floating alone in the rectangle.
Shelby Mustang
Retired chase Chauffeur Carroll Shelby developed the community Industry, custom Shelby Mustangs 2+2 fastbacks from 1965 wound up 1969. The 1965 account, the GT 350, was a stripped-down mannequin sans rear seat, a Paxton supercharged 289 V-8, sport suspension and reduced insulation to Blop the weight. The 1965 imitation prompted complaints from customers for its spartan styling. Shelby returned most Person comforts in the 1966 GT350 base, including the rear seat and insulation, along with an optional automatic transmission.
GT350H
Perhaps the most unique '66 Mustang is the Shelby GT350H model, designed specifically for the Hertz Rent-a-Car company. The GT350H featured a distinctive black paint scheme with gold racing stripes and was powered by a 306-horsepower 289 V-8. The car was marketed as a rental car to weekend car enthusiasts who wanted to test the mettle of a Shelby race car. Only 1,001 1966 GT350Hs were produced and are extremely rare and sought after by collectors today.
Specifications and Production
The 1966 Ford Mustang represented the most purified of the 1964 ½ washed-up 1966 Mustangs before the rebellious restyling of the 1967 models. Although not yet altered in styling or under the hood than the preceding models, the 1966 Mustang featured modest mechanical improvements and mini styling touches that fabricated it assorted and facile to diffenrentiate from its older siblings.Origins
The Mustang was the brainchild of Ford Division Popular Boss Cover Iacocca and engineer Donald Frey. In all, 499,751 hardtop coupes were produced, plus 35,698 2+2 fastbacks and 72,119 convertibles.
