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Remember the first Ford Mustang? Yep, 1964½.
No such thing officially. Ford considers all of them 1965 models and they are titled by VIN code as such.
Only Mustang collectors and enthusiasts call the early cars 1964-1/2 models. The main reason is Mustangs produced between March 9th and July 31st of 1964 had generators and all cars after that date had modern alternators. Many had been refitted with alternators when they were daily drivers but the dash warning light will display GEN on the early cars and ALT on the later cars. There were other minor trim and engine code differences.
You're correct, of course. But the term 1964½ has become common usage due to the reasons that you cite, distinguishing it from the major changes of the 1965 models, of which I had one
("K" code, sigh) back in the day.
I worked as a mechanic at a Ford dealer for many years and you had to have a production date for many cars to get the correct parts because Ford (and I'm sure the other manufacturers as well) would often make changes during the production year.
The whole "model year" thing is a marketing tool anyway, as well as useful for registration and value purposes.
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