Description:

1965 Ford Mustang

Mustang race car with fabulous 58 year racing history. Winner of 1966 and 1967 South African Saloon Car Championship driven by Basil van Rooyen.  

Raced at Brands Hatch in 1966.  Competed in a series of challenge races against British Champion Roy Pierpoint in his Ford Falcon in 1966.

Raced continuously up to 2007. Restored in 2019 and has since competed in S Africa and Mozambique . ( This is the only car to have raced at all three versions of the historic Maputo/Lourenco Marques  track. ). Much of the running gear is original as raced by Basil in 1966 eg  Performance cast iron head , GT40 Quad IDA intake manifold with Weber carbs, Top loader G/B , 9" LS diff , magnesium alloy rims, twin bowl baffled petrol tank , original suspension as modified by Basil with adjustable Koni shocks .   Updated in 2019 with 302 block with  347 Scat forged rotating sub, 6 pot brake callipers .

Fully documented and authenticated history. Brilliant neutral car to drive. Previous Goodwood invitations.

Assistance given with shipping . (The attached photos are recent and from  1966) 

 

 

The YouTube video of the car was made 02/08/2023, the website link to YouTube the same day which gives a summary of it's history and here you can see some in epriod footage of the car (Copy and paste into your browser)

https://youtu.be/K3tC3bZVzOo

Website:

https://youtu.be/pN9ZY8Qv1Eg

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