Head-on. Rangoon Red, and the grille corral is original to the car.
Ford Mustang
The cheapest car here, the lightest car here, and the one most people book twice.
Every figure we hold on this car.
A 1965 Mustang is not a fast car by any modern measure and that has never been the point. It weighs under three thousand pounds, the engine sits low, and the whole thing responds immediately to everything you ask of it. It is the most forgiving car in the fleet and the easiest to place on a road.
This is also the only car here with front disc brakes fitted from the factory, which is why we are comfortable putting first-timers in it. If you have never driven a manual gearbox without synchromesh assistance on the lower gears, start with this one.
What it's like to drive
Direct, light and eager. The gearbox has a short throw and a mechanical feel that no modern manual reproduces. The 289 will rev happily to 5,000 and sounds better doing it than anything twice its size.
The one thing that will surprise you
The fuel gauge reads optimistically above half a tank and pessimistically below it. Trust the trip meter, not the needle — we reset it at every handover.
Take it somewhere worth going.
We keep five routes written up, with the distances, the surfaces and where to stop. The Woodward run is the obvious one. The lake road is the better one.