(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Raven Black 1966 Mustang hardtop owned by Steven Behar from Diamond Bar, California. This is was featured Attitude Of The Week photo for the week starting November 30, 2008. Steve just completed the restoration. He repainted it with the original color. It has it's original 6-cylinder engine under the hood. Steve adds, "I bought the car in July, 2008. It has 38,000 original miles. It has no power options. It is a nice California car that is in excellent stock condition."
(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Raven Black 1966 Mustang hardtop, front end view.
(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Part of the left side of this Raven Black 1966 Mustang hardtop.
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Raven Black 1966 Mustang hardtop, rear end view.
(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Here's that original 200ci 6-cylinder engine. Super easy to work on with all that room around the engine.
(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Raven Black 1966 Mustang hardtop, interior view. I like how the brake and clutch pedals are lined up well.
(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Here is a nice wide photo of the black interior.
(from page 2 of the 1966 Collection)
Nice trunk and liner.
(from page 6 of the 1966 Collection)
This Black 1966 Sprint 200 hardtop is owned by Aldo Rivas of Clovis, New Mexico and is our Attitude Of The Week for September 6th, 2009. Aldo writes, I own an all original 1966 Mustang Sprint 200 which I located on Craigslist in September 2006. The Mustang was originally purchased from Muriel Carlson of Seattle WA on March 3, 1966 from Westside Ford, Inc. Seattle WA. The Mustang was posted as a 1966 Mustang Coupe, I started to get more interested when I found out it had 87,000 documented miles, and being an all original Sprint 200. After talking with the owner I found out the Mustang was his fathers who he purchased from the original owner in 1972. I drove to Lake Stevens to have a look at the Mustang and was surprised to see it in such good condition for being original. Today I have 92,000 miles on it, I only take it out on nice days. Some cool things are I have the original owners manual, all receipts from 1972 to present and top ot off the radio works. The only work I have done is a major brake job and minor carburetor rebuild. The Mustang still has the original spare tire that I took to Les Schwab to get inspected and re-inflated. The tires and wheels were purchased from Les Schwab in 1993 when the Mustang had 80,695 miles, so that calculates to the car being driven about 706 miles a year since 1993. I plan on keeping the Mustang original, sure she has some bumps and scratches but that adds to its character. Now if I only bought the 1967 Shelby GT-350 I test drove in El Paso TX in 1986 for the asking price of $7000 OBO, my life would be complete.
(from page 6 of the 1966 Collection)
Front view of Aldo's 1966 Black Mustang Sprint 200 hardtop. The 1966 Sprint 200 package was promoted as the Millionth Mustang Success Sale. The Sprint 200 was a sport package specifically designed for the base 200ci 6 cylinder engine which were plentiful. Other Sprint options included center floor console; painted side accent stripes (color matched with the car's interior); deletion of the chrome rear quarter ornaments; a set of deluxe 48 spoke, blue center wire-style wheel covers; and a "Sprint 200" decal on the engine's chrome air cleaner cover.
(from page 6 of the 1966 Collection)
Rear view of Aldo Rivas' Black 1966 Mustang Sprint 200 hardtop. The door data tag on this car reads: 65B hardtop body style, A Raven Black exterior paint, 66 black luxury seats, 11B scheduled to be assembled on the 11th of February 1966, 74 ordered in the Seattle area, 2 2.83:1 rear axle ratio, 6 C4 automatic transmission.
(from page 6 of the 1966 Collection)
The interior has the Sprint 200 full center console, automatic transmission, wood grain dash trim, leather wrapped steering wheel, and AM radio.
(from page 6 of the 1966 Collection)
View of the Sprint 200ci, in-line 6 cylinder, engine with chrome air cleaner cover.
(from page 22 of the 1966 Collection)
Raven Black 1966 Mustang GT hardtop owned by Daniel De Bono from Australia. This beauty is our featured Attitude Of The Week for the week starting November 18, 2012. Daniel tells us more, "This 1966 factory GT coupe just spent the last 36 years with it's previous owner in Greensboro, North Carolina. Frank (now 82 years old) was the second owner as he'd bought it from the original owner who ordered it as a customer order back in late November 1965. It was optioned out nicely with an A code engine, power steering, a banded windscreen, green glass, pony interior, Rally Pac, long console, rear speaker, and AM radio to complement all the GT extras. It arrived in Australia in January of this year with 68,336 original miles. It still has many original features including the trunk liner, spare white wall tire, jack and ratchet, all panels and interior are also original (except for the carpet and mats), All bolt on parts such as power steering pump, 4bbl carburetor, intake manifold and so on are original numbers matching as well. This beautiful example of American automotive design still has the buck tag attached and is accompanied by the original factory build sheet of which I found the last piece (Bottom left hand corner) stuck under the passengers seat just a few weeks ago."
(from page 22 of the 1966 Collection)
Check out the interior. Nice. The wood on the long console matches the wood accents on the dash and steering wheel. Daniel says that the previous owner had removed the factory Rally Pac instruments. Daniel has since installed a new set.
