Commando engine in 64 Barracuda?

Sc2ner said

They were late 64's, why they are called 64 1/2. April 1 was the start. Making them a late production 64. Not an early 65 model year. The 64 1/2 have the 64 dash. So push button controls for the autos. 65 the push button was gone . The 1/2's had the pull style heater controls, 65's have the slide clever controls.

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Some people call them 64 1/2. No car maker ever sold a car that was labeled as a half year model. That was a public nickname kinda thing. It was a 64 or a 65. Model year does not come in half years. It's either one or the other.

I always love this when the "64 1/2" Mustang guys get goin. There was never a 64 1/2 Mustang as far as Ford Motor Company is concerned. The first year for the Mustang was 1965. Yes, they were introduced in 1964, and there were some differences in the early cars, but they were debuted as 1965 Models.

The closest argument against this is with the "63 1/2" Galaxie 500. They were very early 64 cars. There were simply differences in construction and trim to the later 64s. Ford never marketed them as a "63 1/2".

All the 1/2 stuff came about simply to designate early model year cars from late. They were never marketed as such from the factory.