October 26, 1964 a special day for the Shelby GT350

[FL SAAC]

The Mustang that would become SFM5S003 was ordered on October 26, 1964 or the first GT350 Shelby Mustang

The start of "The Real Ones"

The first Ford Mustangs were introduced at the New York World's Fair on April 17, 1964 to rave reviews. A blitz of television commercials on ABC, CBS and NBC the day prior to its introduction, as well as having 11,000 Mustang press packets sent to newspapers and magazines throughout the United States fanned the fire. This resulted in large numbers of people gathering at Ford dealerships just trying to get a glimpse of this new car. By the end of the first opening day, 22,000 orders had been placed for the newly styled automobile. By the end of 1964, over 263,000 Mustangs had been sold. The original sales estimates by Ford for the first year of production were off by over four times! Almost 419,000 Mustangs were sold by April 1965. This set a new record for the largest number of cars sold for an introduction of a new model.

A sporty high performance (K-code) Mustang version was introduced in late June 1964. Three body styles were available for the 1965 model year: the notchback coupe, the convertible and the slippery new fastback. By this time, a craze was taking hold of a rather large group of generally younger automobile drivers, which we have now termed the muscle car era.

History of the 1965 GT350; 5S003
http://1965gt350mustang.com/history.html

[CharlesTurner]

003 wasn't 'ordered' on October 26, 1964, it was scheduled to be built at the San Jose assembly plant that day.  How do we know?  The car retains its original mustang door plate with a 26K scheduled build date.

[FL SAAC]

003 wasn't 'ordered' on October 26, 1964, it was scheduled to be built at the San Jose assembly plant that day.  How do we know?  The car retains its original mustang door plate with a 26K scheduled build date.

Charles thanks for the info much appreciated