My grandpa was at that fair, and then just months later bought a similar 64 1/2 Wimbledon white 260 v8 convertible with black interior-he still has it to this day, has been the only owner, daily drove it for decades, and it’s got like 150k miles rolled over on the odometer! I love that car.
I love that they were discussing the Mustang potentially having a bench seat, yet missing the fact that they are SITTING in a Mustang with the optional bench seat. Buckets w/ no console was standard. They are sitting in the Bench Seat with a fold down armrest, which was a rare option.
@@MrSloika One of those bench seat models is what arrived at the Ford dealer in my little hometown when the Mustang was announced. It was in Wimbledon White. My father got an Econoline pickup (with the quarter windows in the cab) in Wimbledon White (still my favorite Ford color)...Another Ford based on the Falcon chassis.
A trip down memory lane. I went to the fair as a teenager in 1964 and I still remember how excited I was to ride in a new Mustang. Thanks for posting this episode!
There are very interesting documentaries on the ‘64 fair. One is called “After The Fair” and not only goes over the whole extensive history of the fair, but the fascinating journey that so many pieces from it took afterward, and still exist today across the country. Hidden in plain sight. But it’s pretty amazing what the scope of that event encompassed, and how many things debuted there. Even places like Epcot at Disney World were heavily influenced by it, and permanent spiritual successors. I personally wasn’t even born in ‘64, but I’ve always fantasized about how cool it would have been to attend that event. Especially as a kid. I wish events like it still happened today.
Thanks for pointing out this video. Not only is the car is Jay,s video discussed, but it is interesting to learn how Walt Disney shipped exhibits back to Disneyland in Anaheim. I had no idea Disneyland exhibits I enjoyed as a kid were from the World's Fair in '64.
It's true that the 1965 Mustang was really just a 1964 Falcon wearing an Italian style suit, but Ford did a fantastic job of hiding that fact. To a non-car person looking at a Falcon and Mustang side-by-side it wasn't apparent that the Mustang was a Falcon under the skin.
I remember as a 9 year old kid going to the Worlds Fair and seeing all the futuristic exhibits and the cars and then actually seeing them in the street!
I had a 64 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertable 390 Automatic with the Red Interior and White body and top, Loved it. I also had a 65 Falcon Futura Wagon with the 289 and Automatic at the same time. I would love to be able to find and afford them again.
Magic sky way.. how did those amazing buildings just disappear overnight.. All world fields had amazing architecture and loads of technology, then all just disappeared.
What is the price range for such original and fully documented cars from 1964? Because in my opinion a 1964 1/2 Mustang is still an affordable masterpiece of automotive history. But I also realized that there are already many fake cars on the market.
The very first cars from April to August also count to my favorites. Prices for cars with documented history are very rare and somewhere between 60 and 80 grants.
I saw one of the Worlds Fair cars at the Mustang Museum in Concord N.C.. Across the street from Charlotte Raceway. It still had the hitch for the ride welded under the front of the car. Same color. I probably saw these cars at at the Worlds Fair but I was only two years old then. Our local amusement park, Rockaways Playland had little first generation convertibles from the mid sixties until the park's demise in 1988. They were very popular!
Our family had a 1964 Ford Falcon, 260 automatic, station wagon. Grey exterior, with wood grain appliqué. Same red interior, but bench seat. Great little car. The “Supremes”, sang on a Mustang add, “ Must get a Mustang, get a Mustang now”.
We have a (restored) 1964 1/2 Mustang Convertible V8. It is a pleasure to drive. It brings smiles wherever we go. Mostly to Dairy Queen and only on dry days. It was sold new in Detroit and was badly rusted out. The body is about 35% Chinesium but the restoration has won kudos from our local experts.
I remember the first season of The FBI TV show. Efrem Zimbalist Jr who played Inspector Lewis Erskine on the series drove a beluga black 1966 Ford Mustang GT convertible in the end credits of the show.
Great. Vi. My first car as a senior in High School was a 61 Chevy Impala convertible (red with a white top). 200CI six with three on the tree. My second car in 1967, at Kent State, was a 65 Mustang convertible. yellow with a black top and black interior. 289 V-8 three speed on the floor. great car. wish I still had it today.
Funny to see a Tesla behind Jay and Ted on the back road. My parents took me to the 1964 World's Fair in NYC, my first trip there, but we didn't go to the Ford Pavilion, I was six years old, and didn't have a clue about cool cars at that point. My Dad did have a Ford Falcon, and Mom had a VW Beetle, LOL. Great to see the '64 Mustang still on the road.
1966, Los Altos Ca, my next door neighbor bought a new GT350, green with an AT.... I thought the AT was odd... he also raced a 1957 Speedster. His garage was a classic.... lots of engine parts laying around. I was 16. Went to Laguna Seca with him a few times. If you know what highway 17 is like now, in 1966 it was 2 feet narrower and no K wall. Over heated cars along the grade... On the return trip I never did like the down hill twist at The Summit. Off Camber turn. Lots of accidents. Even in the Speedster it was unpleasant. I commuted on hwy 17 for 3 years, c.1984. whata mess.....
Great car my favorite was the 65 350GT, and the 67 350GT. What great cars. I noticed that the car is missing the outside rear view mirror and the hub caps are from a 66 Mustang. Thanks Jay!
I may have ridden in one of those too, went to the Fair in the Summer of '64. Remember the Turbine car also, it drove through our town (Ramsey, NJ) around that time period.
I remember my neighbor back in 1992 had an original 641/2 that had a front bench seat. I told he had better hold on to it as it was the only one I had ever seen and I was eleven when they came out
I have the Mustang my Dad bought new in '64. The build date is April 17,1964 which was introduction day at the World's Fair and in showrooms. The Dynasty Green paint with white interior and soft top still gets thumbs up from even guys in Ferrari's .
At least in '68 you could special order it with a bench seat that had an armrest in the middle that you could put down to have a bucket seat like experience or move up to sit three abreast in the front seat. We have one that my mother in law ordered new, a coupe with a six cylinder and three on the floor, gold with a black vinyl top. completely original other than a respray, 70k original miles. If Jay wants to do a show with it, we would be happy to drive it cross country from Martha's Vineyard!
Ford is famous for it's half-year introductions. This first introduced Mustang was known as 1964 1/2. From a 1st generation Mustang expert, the 1964 1/2 Mustang can be identified by the lack of back-up lights. Equipped with the 6 cyl or 289 V8, the 1964 1/2 Mustang could have Ford's new C-4 3-speed automatic. If the car had the 260 V8, the automatic would be the last of the 2-speed Ford-O-Matics. There was a 260 V8 fender badge in addition to the 289 V8. And, yes, I have actually seen this on Mustangs. A girl I knew had a red convertible.
My early Ford days in Australia were without the Mustang, selling the Falcons right from the XK in 62 up until the mid eighties, we had to make do with the Capri which wasn't hard to manage... now it seems all Ford Fans like me have to make do with a Korean Chinese or Japanese car if we want small, Ford make now it seems nothing but huge expensive pickup trucks?
I can’t believe the original mustang had spinners, single nut wheels, or what they’re called. That is amazing. No production stangs had these? That’s race stuff!
I agree with Jay. The original styling is the best. All the following Mustang models tried to emulate styling aspects of the original. That says it all, doesn't it?
I remember in September's back in the '60s Bonanza would be commercial free and then the last 10 minutes it would be given the whole Chevrolet lineup for that year
👋 I saw the Chrysler Turbin in Cleveland at the convocation center opening and I was at the world‘s fair but with six kids no time to ride the 🤷♂️ but in 1975 I had a Mustang 2+2 fastback with the rally pack🤗😎💚💚💚
I was at the 65 fair. I probably saw that car. I have a 65 Baby blue with white top and interior and 289 hi-po. That is an iconic car and should be worth a fortune. But they made so many it's not worth all that much.
We figured out my moms 73' Porsche 911 targa turbo would cost about 24k adjusted for inflation some years ago. Cars were much cheaper then. lt had every option available inclu Blaupunkt upgrade and custom lime green color my dad hated. Showroom model. The entry Porsches now are 100+k. Mustangs and Camaros, even well packaged were super affordable as well as trucks. They were dirt cheap. The vast majority of people then could comfortably pay off even a Shelby in 2 years with a normal blue collar job. Even military income. Try that today.
Thats funny; I've heard several times that the Ford Falcon was built in the Mustang platform, rather than that the Mustang was built on the Falcon platform. Revisionist History, I tell ya! Of course, the Australian Falcon was much cooler than the American Falcon. Last of the V-8 Interceptors, it was!! A p-p-p-piece from here and a p-p-piece from there! Jay seems more "Up" in this video than hes been in awhile.
My grandpa was at that fair, and then just months later bought a similar 64 1/2 Wimbledon white 260 v8 convertible with black interior-he still has it to this day, has been the only owner, daily drove it for decades, and it’s got like 150k miles rolled over on the odometer! I love that car.
Great story! Thanks heaps ❤
THATS ASWOME❤🇬🇧🇬🇧🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸
Tell him you want it when he passes and how much it means to you and you'll take care of it
I love that they were discussing the Mustang potentially having a bench seat, yet missing the fact that they are SITTING in a Mustang with the optional bench seat. Buckets w/ no console was standard. They are sitting in the Bench Seat with a fold down armrest, which was a rare option.
I was born in NYC and was there. I have pictures of the Ford Pavilion / Ford Rotunda and this car taken at the fair. I remember it very well.
Jay Leno has a way of making an ordinary kind of car into a very interesting car just by telling its story. Thank you!
Ain’t that ordinary.
Those are 1966 Mustang hubcaps on the "65 . Also, there was a 260 V-8 emblem on Mustangs so equipped.
Yup. Also about 2,000 '65 models came from the factory with a bench seat.
@@MrSloika One of those bench seat models is what arrived at the Ford dealer in my little hometown when the Mustang was announced. It was in Wimbledon White. My father got an Econoline pickup (with the quarter windows in the cab) in Wimbledon White (still my favorite Ford color)...Another Ford based on the Falcon chassis.
A trip down memory lane. I went to the fair as a teenager in 1964 and I still remember how excited I was to ride in a new Mustang. Thanks for posting this episode!
Wow, I rode in one of those cars!!! I was 10 years old , from New Haven CT!!! We went to the Worlds Fair twice!!! It was so thrilling at the time!!
That’s lucky 2x wow 😮
Same here, I just don't remember which model Ford we were in. I was around that same age.
@@TractorMonkeywithJL they had some T-Birds and Fairlanes too...All Convertibles...
My eighth grade class trip was to the worlds fair in 1964 and I visited the Ford pavilion and rode in one of the mustangs and was very impressed.
Yes, a bench seat was available in the 64.5-66 convertible and coupe Mustang
If you look at 28:25 you can see that this is a bench seat with a fold down center armrest.
There are very interesting documentaries on the ‘64 fair. One is called “After The Fair” and not only goes over the whole extensive history of the fair, but the fascinating journey that so many pieces from it took afterward, and still exist today across the country. Hidden in plain sight. But it’s pretty amazing what the scope of that event encompassed, and how many things debuted there. Even places like Epcot at Disney World were heavily influenced by it, and permanent spiritual successors. I personally wasn’t even born in ‘64, but I’ve always fantasized about how cool it would have been to attend that event. Especially as a kid. I wish events like it still happened today.
Thanks for pointing out this video. Not only is the car is Jay,s video discussed, but it is interesting to learn how Walt Disney shipped exhibits back to Disneyland in Anaheim. I had no idea Disneyland exhibits I enjoyed as a kid were from the World's Fair in '64.
My cousin had one of these when I was about 8 years old, so magical at the time, magical is how I define the memory. Love that Bullitt car too.
Remember, actually saw, the Mustang debut at the World's Fair. And rode this ride. Wonderful memories, Jay.
It's true that the 1965 Mustang was really just a 1964 Falcon wearing an Italian style suit, but Ford did a fantastic job of hiding that fact. To a non-car person looking at a Falcon and Mustang side-by-side it wasn't apparent that the Mustang was a Falcon under the skin.
Interesting and respectful that the archives let Jay Leno espouse all his historical information
This is the pinnacle of Ford’s all time cars! Perfect video timing, just washed and put the 08 Bullitt away for the winter. Thanks Jay. 😎👍😎
I remember as a 9 year old kid going to the Worlds Fair and seeing all the futuristic exhibits and the cars and then actually seeing them in the street!
I love that Mustang! Great video! Jay!
My '65 Mustang Fastback was made at the San Jose, CA plant and was also in the background in a scene from the movie Bullitt. Mustangs are America.
I had a 64 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertable 390 Automatic with the Red Interior and White body and top, Loved it. I also had a 65 Falcon Futura Wagon with the 289 and Automatic at the same time. I would love to be able to find and afford them again.
At 4 years old, I was there and I remember the Mustangs and I sat in a white one too. There were also cars that doubled as boats and drove into water.
Its hard to convey this sort of history tidbits better than with anecdotes from those who were there 😊
A good friend of mines dad had 64 1/2 dark blue, white topped convertible 289 4speed he let his son use it. Went for many great runs in it.
The actual color is guardsmen blue
Magic sky way.. how did those amazing buildings just disappear overnight.. All world fields had amazing architecture and loads of technology, then all just disappeared.
LOVE any episode with historical content and the storytelling. Very cool 👍🏻
Great car Lee iacocca did a great job I needed Carroll Shelby to take care of it because it was a secretary's car
What is the price range for such original and fully documented cars from 1964? Because in my opinion a 1964 1/2 Mustang is still an affordable masterpiece of automotive history.
But I also realized that there are already many fake cars on the market.
The very first cars from April to August also count to my favorites. Prices for cars with documented history are very rare and somewhere between 60 and 80 grants.
Fuel line is looped like that to keep the fuel cool and avoid the heartbreak of vapor-lock.
Very nice Jay. I never knew about the 64 Fair exhibit. See, you DO learn something new every day.
Coincidentally, I saw a '65 red with black convertible roof this driving by this morning. Absolutely beautiful restoration.
I saw one of the Worlds Fair cars at the Mustang Museum in Concord N.C..
Across the street from Charlotte Raceway.
It still had the hitch for the ride welded under the front of the car. Same color.
I probably saw these cars at at the Worlds Fair but I was only two years old then.
Our local amusement park, Rockaways Playland had little first generation convertibles from the mid sixties until the park's demise in 1988. They were very popular!
i love it ...that kind of historical souvenirs ...keep doing it , i love it
Jay reliving his Childhood.
Our family had a 1964 Ford Falcon, 260 automatic, station wagon. Grey exterior, with wood grain appliqué. Same red interior, but bench seat. Great little car. The “Supremes”, sang on a Mustang add, “ Must get a Mustang, get a Mustang now”.
We have a (restored) 1964 1/2 Mustang Convertible V8. It is a pleasure to drive. It brings smiles wherever we go. Mostly to Dairy Queen and only on dry days. It was sold new in Detroit and was badly rusted out. The body is about 35% Chinesium but the restoration has won kudos from our local experts.
I remember the first season of The FBI TV show. Efrem Zimbalist Jr who played Inspector Lewis Erskine on the series drove a beluga black 1966 Ford Mustang GT convertible in the end credits of the show.
My Dad bought one in ‘65. That started my passion for cars.
Great. Vi. My first car as a senior in High School was a 61 Chevy Impala convertible (red with a white top). 200CI six with three on the tree. My second car in 1967, at Kent State, was a 65 Mustang convertible. yellow with a black top and black interior. 289 V-8 three speed on the floor. great car. wish I still had it today.
Funny to see a Tesla behind Jay and Ted on the back road. My parents took me to the 1964 World's Fair in NYC, my first trip there, but we didn't go to the Ford Pavilion, I was six years old, and didn't have a clue about cool cars at that point. My Dad did have a Ford Falcon, and Mom had a VW Beetle, LOL. Great to see the '64 Mustang still on the road.
There is one of these in Charlotte near the speedway in the Mustang Museaum.
Yes! I saw that car also.
I was wondering if this was the same car.
Great story. And now the Mustang has evoled into a $300,000 GTD monster. Fantastic.
1966, Los Altos Ca, my next door neighbor bought a new GT350, green with an AT.... I thought the AT was odd... he also raced a 1957 Speedster. His garage was a classic.... lots of engine parts laying around. I was 16. Went to Laguna Seca with him a few times. If you know what highway 17 is like now, in 1966 it was 2 feet narrower and no K wall. Over heated cars along the grade... On the return trip I never did like the down hill twist at The Summit. Off Camber turn. Lots of accidents. Even in the Speedster it was unpleasant. I commuted on hwy 17 for 3 years, c.1984. whata mess.....
Hello Jay. One legend driving another legend ❤ Thanks Jay
Great car my favorite was the 65 350GT, and the 67 350GT. What great cars. I noticed that the car is missing the outside rear view mirror and the hub caps are from a 66 Mustang. Thanks Jay!
I may have ridden in one of those too, went to the Fair in the Summer of '64. Remember the Turbine car also, it drove through our town (Ramsey, NJ) around that time period.
I remember my neighbor back in 1992 had an original 641/2 that had a front bench seat. I told he had better hold on to it as it was the only one I had ever seen and I was eleven when they came out
I have the Mustang my Dad bought new in '64. The build date is April 17,1964 which was introduction day at the World's Fair and in showrooms. The Dynasty Green paint with white interior and soft top still gets thumbs up from even guys in Ferrari's .
I kind of like the really base model mustang, it’s quite dainty. Very interesting video. Thanks Jay and guest.
There was a 260 badge
66 wheel covers yes there was a 260 emblem on the fender yes seat belts were an option
-64 first premier was in Finland. First in the whole world.
For me, definately the Mustang IS the one. Especially those with the style shown here!
Jay, that's a great story! Thanks for sharing.
Good morning everyone and a big hello from Melbourne, Australia! 🇦🇺 🚗 💨
Gotta say, I wasn’t expecting that coming! You got me.
At least in '68 you could special order it with a bench seat that had an armrest in the middle that you could put down to have a bucket seat like experience or move up to sit three abreast in the front seat. We have one that my mother in law ordered new, a coupe with a six cylinder and three on the floor, gold with a black vinyl top. completely original other than a respray, 70k original miles. If Jay wants to do a show with it, we would be happy to drive it cross country from Martha's Vineyard!
Ford is famous for it's half-year introductions. This first introduced Mustang was known as 1964 1/2. From a 1st generation Mustang expert, the 1964 1/2 Mustang can be identified by the lack of back-up lights.
Equipped with the 6 cyl or 289 V8, the 1964 1/2 Mustang could have Ford's new C-4 3-speed automatic. If the car had the 260 V8, the automatic would be the last of the 2-speed Ford-O-Matics. There was a 260 V8 fender badge in addition to the 289 V8. And, yes, I have actually seen this on Mustangs. A girl I knew had a red convertible.
All those ladies in a Mustang, we were much smaller people then
I remember seeing the Mustang at the World's Fair but don't think we took the ride. Fun times.
Amazing car!
My early Ford days in Australia were without the Mustang, selling the Falcons right from the XK in 62 up until the mid eighties, we had to make do with the Capri which wasn't hard to manage... now it seems all Ford Fans like me have to make do with a Korean Chinese or Japanese car if we want small, Ford make now it seems nothing but huge expensive pickup trucks?
I can’t believe the original mustang had spinners, single nut wheels, or what they’re called. That is amazing. No production stangs had these? That’s race stuff!
My grandfather, Richmond Bell had one of the first 300 and it was fitted with a 289.
Excellent, as always. 🍀🍀🍀
I was at that fair in a white mustang too. I was 13 and remember it well.
If you're an old guy in a convertible you better have real hair. Nice going boys.
Thanks mister Leno!
I agree with Jay. The original styling is the best. All the following Mustang models tried to emulate styling aspects of the original. That says it all, doesn't it?
I remember in September's back in the '60s Bonanza would be commercial free and then the last 10 minutes it would be given the whole Chevrolet lineup for that year
Back then a hot dog, didn't Cost $6.
Wow, that’s a bench seat car! Those are rare.
Amazing sound. Cars used to make sounds back in the day :d
The most enjoyable car postings are from Jay
I went on that ride as a kid, but I can't remember which model car we were in. I just knew they were all real cars.
👋 I saw the Chrysler Turbin in Cleveland at the convocation center opening and I was at
the world‘s fair but with six kids no time to ride the 🤷♂️ but in 1975 I had a Mustang 2+2 fastback with the rally pack🤗😎💚💚💚
Cool, the one in Queens?
The original ‘65 Mustang convertible is still the best looking Mustang of all time, in my opinion.
0:11 optical illusion at its finest..
Very nice, My dad was at that fair, And I have Home videos of that car, There might be a glimpse of it in my latest upload #Aztec73
I was at the 65 fair. I probably saw that car. I have a 65 Baby blue with white top and interior and 289 hi-po. That is an iconic car and should be worth a fortune. But they made so many it's not worth all that much.
I attended the fair, but I don't recall that exhibit.
Those are super rare 65 spinner hubcaps! 😂
I was 5 years old and remember fighting with my brother over who got to "drive" the car at the Ford Pavilion.
Never owned one..Did have a Falcon lol. But wanted one.
We figured out my moms 73' Porsche 911 targa turbo would cost about 24k adjusted for inflation some years ago. Cars were much cheaper then. lt had every option available inclu Blaupunkt upgrade and custom lime green color my dad hated. Showroom model. The entry Porsches now are 100+k. Mustangs and Camaros, even well packaged were super affordable as well as trucks. They were dirt cheap. The vast majority of people then could comfortably pay off even a Shelby in 2 years with a normal blue collar job. Even military income. Try that today.
Ted Ryan's quite a salesman.
I was at the fair but my parents didn't want to wait on line to get in the car so we watched the dinosaurs instead
Thats funny; I've heard several times that the Ford Falcon was built in the Mustang platform, rather than that the Mustang was built on the Falcon platform.
Revisionist History, I tell ya!
Of course, the Australian Falcon was much cooler than the American Falcon. Last of the V-8 Interceptors, it was!! A p-p-p-piece from here and a p-p-piece from there!
Jay seems more "Up" in this video than hes been in awhile.
Mary Tyler Moore's show debuted in 1970, six years AFTER this car.
I rode in a blue T-Bird !!!
Once again Jay's encyclopaedic knowledge of engines, models, dates etc. trumps the guest!
"Affordable" and car are never heard together anymore.
I have a 68’ 200 coupe that was my Grandmas very first car, P/S , AT, just turned 100k miles and is still a joy to drive :)
You're DRIVING a Mustang with a bench seat 08:26 ... are you two blind?? That was the first thing I noticed at the beginning of the video.
That caught my eye also.
Good video
Very unfortunate Ford doesn't advertise like that anymore. They'd probably sell alot more cars if they did.
They’re riding in a mustang with a bench seat, and discussing if they ever made a bench seat, lol. Yes, a bench seat was optional
what about the mercury bobcat lol lol
GGGGRRRRR!
I've heard of so many Mustangs being called rare or one of a kind that I'm starting to think that none of them are rare or one of a kind
That Falcon has an exhaust leak. 🙂
Are those elevated fuel lines by the air cleaner meant for cooling?