Finally, Ford replaced three of the four available engines for the 1965 model year.The Mustang debuted with a 170-cubic-inch (2.8-liter) straight-six rated at 105 horsepower as the base mill.

On March 9, 1964, the Ford Mustang rolled off the assembly line for the first time, and by the first anniversary of its release, 418,812 Mustangs had been sold.

The K-code, offered on the Mustang from the 1964 1/2 to the 1967 model, debuted in Ford's lineup in 1963 on the Comet and Fairlane. It was brought to the Mustang series in 1964 specifically to ...