There was no Mercury Cougar in 1965 so there would not have been any VINs "set aside" for them.

What is the complete VIN? Don't worry- nobody can claim your car is actually theirs just because they know the VIN. For example, mine is 5R09C139711.

I just looked on the website In Search of Mustangs and there are no Dearborn Mustangs with a consectutive unit number beginning with 4XX,XXX and there is only one Mustang listed with a 5XX,XXX number.

Last edited by Texas! (1/15/2020 1:56 PM)

Here's what I found for 1965 Mustangs

Dearborn began with early mustang production using 250001
San Jose began with 125001
Later, Metchen began production with 130001

I also discovered that the numbers 5 and 6 were blocked by an other FOMOCO division.
Just for grins, I looked at the title for my sons 67 Cougar XR7.....the sixth digit begins with "6"

As for yours, clearly a mis-stamp. The fender apron vin is what the car is to be titled under.  Are those stamped numbers easily readable? Any chance they are lightly stamped or built up with paint making it hard to read?  


 

josh-kebob wrote:

Here's what I found for 1965 Mustangs

Dearborn began with early mustang production using 250001
San Jose began with 125001
Later, Metchen began production with 130001

I also discovered that the numbers 5 and 6 were blocked by an other FOMOCO division.
Just for grins, I looked at the title for my sons 67 Cougar XR7.....the sixth digit begins with "6"

As for yours, clearly a mis-stamp. The fender apron vin is what the car is to be titled under.  Are those stamped numbers easily readable? Any chance they are lightly stamped or built up with paint making it hard to read?  


 

Thanks for the history lesson.

My San Jose is 245xxx

I lernt sumtin’ today. 😁