Lost history of Mustang station wagon uncovered
Mustang wagons have long been part of ponycar folklore. Some customs exist, but a factory-built first-generation Mustang shooting brake still appears to be mythology. Our friends at Hemmings have turned up some very nicely done cars that individuals have put together, a particularly fetching blue one has a very well thought out roofline and rear hatch. This whole bit of nonsense may have its genesis in a one-off wagon that Intermeccanica built for Barney Clarke and Robert Cumberford back in the '60s. It seems that you can do a lot with an early 'Stang and a Sawz-all if you're determined, and wagons are just the start of it.
[Source: Hemmings]
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MemphisNET 6:39PM (10/07/2008)
It wouldn't work today, but I totally get it.
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Yaroukh 6:39PM (10/07/2008)
How it goes? "Another week..." ;))
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Level 5 6:51PM (10/07/2008)
Meh.. I'll pass.. a 2-door wagon doesn't seem practical, much like the 90's 2-door Chevy Blazer..
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Alone On Board 7:17PM (10/07/2008)
photoshop trick.....
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Torrent 8:30PM (10/07/2008)
yikes
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Cardude 8:31PM (10/07/2008)
Lol@ Mustang station wagon!
It looks like something they would've sold as Europe-only. It's small, sporty, and has some utility, so it would've been right up the Euro customer's alley.
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xpolarx 9:53PM (10/07/2008)
Leave it dead and buried.
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Jack 10:15PM (10/07/2008)
Honestly? I like it.
Given the necessary shift away from SUVs, I think it could forge a name for itself. Maybe as a low-volume niche vehicle? Introduce it today as it's own model (not a Mustang though... that would be bad), with the long hood good looks of the sixties and I'd buy it.
It'd have to be RWD though. With the Ecoboost six. Then you could give Lincoln a version with which to compete with the Caddy wagon. That would be a sweet ride.
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the1jzahn 12:17AM (10/08/2008)
If you read the Hemmings Auto Blog article you can see the nice (although I think it is ugly) Mustang. Oddly enough I have the same picture, but on the other side. I never did see the owner so I could not ask him about its origins. Apple Ford here in Shakopee has a car show every year, perhaps next year I can figure out a bit more.
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UH2L 1:05AM (10/08/2008)
I like it. A Mustang wagon makes more sense than a "sports" SUV like a Porsche Cayenne.
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Sandy 1:18PM (10/08/2008)
The coupes with the opera window....Being "old" myself (61) I do recall in 1966 FORD DEALERS in the NY / NJ area running a large dealer co-op adv. in Sunday paper with a drawing of a picture of base model 2-doors (side view) with wire wheels discs, W.W. tires, optional chrome rocker panels, and the opera windoes with a thin chome moulding encircling the window, like an "O". It also came with a vinyl top included. It was a co-op dealer special edition. I do not think it was factory. I think the wire wheels, WW tires, chrome rocker panels were factory ordered and a body shop installed the opera window & chrome trim, out sourced elsewhere. There were many of them, as about 10 dealers were "in" on the deal, as listed where to find them, at the bottom of the really large (1/2 page) advertisment. Each dealer had about 4-5 of them on the property. I saw NON in metallic colors! 99% were bright red, white, black or yellow. All had black vinyl tops.
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bison 11:01PM (10/16/2008)
I saw one in Minneapolis today, Broadway and Stinson. It was a teal blue color. I just did a search to see if there is such a thing, and found this article...
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