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I'm searching for my first mustang and can use your opinions and knowledge to help me make a good purchase. Can I get your take on this GT...

Volo Auto Museum:: 1966 FORD MUSTANG GT FASTBACK - Used Inventory

I have a couple of questions, the seats look more burgandy than emberglo. Is that my eyes, the pics or some other explination. Also what are the grills in the doors? Speakers? I see them on some but not others, does it have anything to do with the Pony interior?

Anything else that I should look out for or consider on this particular car? Thanks in advance for your input!

-Scott
OKC, OK

[RedGTvert]

Good looking car. I have a feeling the colors are being thrown off by the lighting or some shiny dressing they are using.

I would like to see some pics of the chassis. If the car checks out to be a real GT, and everything looks good in person, I do not find the price to be outrageous for a Dealer. There is probably a little negotiating room.

The color is one of the nicest Ford made. Very limited numbers for '66.

[derfiticulum]

Wow. That's a beautiful car.

[66Sprint200]

3 things. First, it is an emberglo interior

2nd, I find two things that make me question it being a GT. First, is the stripes and GT badges. The gaps at the ends of the "Mustang" script seem too large, and the GT badges seem to be mounted too high on the fender.

3rd, the second thing I find that makes me question it is the grille. Yes it has the fog lights like the GT should, but the grille is wrong. If it was a GT the whole grille would be painted black. That is painted as a standard 1966 grille with the chrome leading edges which were painted on the GT's.

While I don't know if "A" code means it is a GT, it is a real A code which means Hi Po. Also, about the speakers. They have probably added those to go with the custom autosound radio, but when they were new they got the door speakers if they got the stereosonic tape player or the original deluxe am/fm radio. I would contact them and ask to get some photos of the underside, especially the exhaust mounts. The real GT's had a reinforcment plate welded on under the rear seats. I think if you can lower the price a bit that would still be a fair price, as my friends neighbor was able to sell his 1965 Vintage Metallic Burgandy fastback for about $32000 and that was with the base HiPo (not the 271HP HiPo).

[Ivy66GT]

Scott,

Although not a K-code , a much nicer looking car than the last one you asked about. I owned an Emberglo Galaxie and these pictures don't really show the color well. It highly metallic.

The A code only means 4-barrel 289, not HiPo which is a 'K'. It also says nothing about GT except that a GT had to have been either an A or a K. I agree with Mike though that the fender pin letters are too close together making the gaps to the stripes too big. The GT badges are also a few inches too high. Maybe its a new fender or maybe they used the stick-on letters? The GT grilles were also all black. Could be a new grille? Maybe it wasn't a real GT? A true GT would have 3/4" open grommets through the radiator support for the fog light wires just below and slightly inside of each horn wire. The picture is rather dark in that area but I don't see those grommets.

The rear seat reinforcing plate for exhaust mounting is welded to the inside of the sheet metal so it is only visible under the rear seat and whatever insulation you find there. That also only meant dual exhaust, not GT, but without it the car could not have been a factory GT.

There a few details here and there could have been better but overall a nice looking car. Like WHY did they paint both the door latch and its bolts body color?? Nice shiny (I would say repro) door tag but why did they put it over a big blob in the finish around the latch bolt? I don't think a '66 coil was ever located on that side of the engine; you can always move the coil though. Since I have the same problem I can't help but point out the re-plating electrode marks (yellowish blob) around both lower bolts in the rear bumper. I will have mine replated someday to remove that unsightliness. But for the right price I wouldn't turn it down.

[RICK55FLA]

Years ago Volo had a bad rep for selling "clones"
The price seems high to me.
It's been 15 years since I sold my last Mustang, but as I remember it , you could get a GT package with either the A or K motor.

Get in touch with someone at MCA before you drop that kind of money on a car that could be a clone

[Red 66 GT]

Very pricey in my opinion considering todays economy. The GT emblems do look too high along with the too closely spaced MUSTANG fender letters. True "factory" GT's are extremely hard to prove without documentation. Should have the reinforcement plates spot welded in from factory under the rear seat. Fog lights and parking lights should come on when foglight switch is turned on. Should be able to feel reinforcement in rear frame rail near dual exhaust hangers. Car should also have one shackle with the top nut on one side and the bottom nut on the other side. The shackle comes apart differently than the single exhaust ones. The bracket that the rearend snubber is attatched to should have sharp edges not rounded off as on "C"code cars. I'd keep looking.