The history of the 1965 Ford Mustang began when it came before the American public in April of 1964, and it was love at first sight. Before the year was out more than 500,000 had been sold setting a precedent for sales with the Ford Motor Company. The charm of the Mustang was its versatility of being all cars to all people. It represented the traditional six-cylinder economy car for the mom and pop crowd, a mini-luxury vehicle for the middle class, and posed as a high performance sports car for the younger set.

The history of the 1965 Ford Mustang states it actuality began as a sports car, the first of the Ford 'pony cars', and was loosely based on the earlier Ford Falcon. Much of the chassis, and suspension, mocked the Falcon and the Fairlane. The design was conceived by Donald Frey and Lee Lacocca as a two-seated roadster, but later modified to a four-seat model.

The history of the 1965 Ford Mustang is unique due to the fact that:

1. It broke all sales and production records of not only Ford but other top name cars in that year.

2. It won a Tiffany Gold Medal the first American car to achieve that honor.

3. The Mustang was Motor Trend Car of the Year in 1974 and 1994.

4. The Mustang made the Car and Driver Ten Best List for five nonconsecutive years.