A Mustang for Speed Racer? And other Concepts.

"Mosqvich" (mosqvich) 08/26/2013 at 21:39 • Filed to: Mustang

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Ford posted a grouping of photos celebrating Mustangs that never were. I picked out a few that seemed interesting. I'm certain many of you have seen these, but they seemed either really interesting or deserved a palm-slap to the forehead. Above you see a hard-top variation of the Mustang 1 concept from 1962 which had its inspiration in part from the GT-40 MK1.

A Shooting Brake Mustang. Not horrid. Maybe in brown. They could have called it the "Auto Journalist Special."

From late 1961 into mid-1962, Ford designers tried out a wide range of themes for a sporty coupe based on the platform of the new Falcon compact. Each design was given an internal name for the purpose of discussion. One fastback design actually went through at least three different names starting with Avventura before moving on to Avanti and finally Allegro.The fastback design was originally sketched with a hatchback and rear-facing second row seat. While this car never made it to production, a variation of the fastback profile was eventually adopted as the third bodystyle for Mustang.

The Avventura concept moved from sketch to physical design model, the hatch was replaced with a trunk and the rear seat was switched to a more conventional forward-facing orientation. Originally shown internally as Avanti, the name was eventually changed to Allegro, likely because Studebaker had introduced its own production Avanti coupe around the same time.

There's trying to squeeze every penny out of a sales success and then there's jumping the shark. The four-door Mustang is the latter.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Mosqvich 08/26/2013 at 21:46

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Guigiaro did one a few years ago.

Blondude > Mosqvich 08/26/2013 at 21:48

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It's like the GT40 and the Mach 5 had the most amazing child ever!

Mosqvich > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 08/26/2013 at 21:50

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That's a keeper.

daender > Mosqvich 08/26/2013 at 22:50

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The 1962 and 63 concepts are still alive and kicking.

bassguy > Mosqvich 08/26/2013 at 23:59

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There's a Hot Rod Mag article about a recent mid-engined Mustang build. Looks a lot better than this mini-GT40.

Mosqvich > bassguy 08/27/2013 at 00:03

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But probably as unlikely, unless Ford is looking at an additional sports car or maybe something for Lincoln.

webmonkees > Mosqvich 08/27/2013 at 00:33

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The 1962 Ghia prototype looks kinda familiar.

William Byrd > Mosqvich 08/27/2013 at 08:44

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Great post. Does that wagon come in a diesel with a manual tranny? ;)

bassguy > Mosqvich 08/27/2013 at 21:41

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Naw, this was an outside company's imagining/realizing. It looks more like a contemporary Mustang than this, though smaller.

Mosqvich > bassguy 08/27/2013 at 22:48

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Nope. Straight from Ford. ttp:// shar.es/zZb0I

bassguy > Mosqvich 08/29/2013 at 00:32

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My apologies, I never meant that the picture wasn't Ford's own, I was trying to say that there was a mid-engined Mustang build in HRM, that (IMO) looks much better than the picture I annotated. The build team named it the Mach 40

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicl…

Mosqvich > bassguy 08/29/2013 at 00:46

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Ahhhhh, I get it. Interesting.