Today in things I didn't know were a thing

"Bad Idea Hat" (taoistlumberjack) 03/29/2014 at 16:50 • Filed to: None

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My wife and I are doing a weekend "vacation" to the local flea markets, mainly for stuff for the girls. I was looking through the various collections of die-cast cars, when I found this. It looked to me like a Lotus I had never seen, and then I found out it was the original concept for the Mustang. I thought it was one of those cars that Hot Wheels and Matchbox come out with, an off-the-wall design that never really was a thing. Well, apparently this one was and I never knew it.

I'm now very pissed off that this was not how the Mustang ended up.

philipilihp > Bad Idea Hat 03/29/2014 at 16:51

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I have a hot wheels version of that! I specifically picked it up because it was a very un-Mustang looking mustang.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bad Idea Hat 03/29/2014 at 16:52

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You didn't know that?

You at least know of the Pontiac Firebirds, right?

Bad Idea Hat > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 03/29/2014 at 16:59

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Firebird concept?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Bad Idea Hat 03/29/2014 at 17:02

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Bad Idea Hat > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 03/29/2014 at 17:05

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Ohhh I haven't seen the top two.

JR1 > Bad Idea Hat 03/29/2014 at 17:10

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I wouldn't be too pissed my friend. If the concept car would have become a Mustang odds are the Mustang and a lot of the muscle cars wouldn't exist today.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Bad Idea Hat 03/29/2014 at 17:28

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Because Corvair did it first:

GTCL > Bad Idea Hat 03/29/2014 at 19:30

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There's a video on JayLenosGarage.com from when they brought in the new 2015 mustang to his garage. They also brought that concept and the first 1964.5 mustang by. He got to sit in the concept car......a little jealous here.