Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype
Greg O. challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Answers to the Mystery Foto questions:
Identify:
- The prototype
A 1976 Ford Mustang Station Wagon prototype.
According to Mustangspecs.com, "The 1966 Mustang Shooting Break was so cool that Ford tried again ten years later. Ford decided to play around with the idea of another Mustang wagon. This time, they based it on the Mustang II platform, equipping it with a roof rack and woodgrain inserts on the sides. In those days, Chevrolet offered the Vega three-door station wagon for sale, so Ford wanted to compete in that market segment, too."
- The platform in which it was based
Mustang II
Link this automobile to Howard Kroplick's collection.
The Mustang Station Wagon and the Mustang III are often mentioned among Mustang prototypes that never made it into production.
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Congrats to John Cunningham, Dick Gorman, David Miller, Art Kleiner, Randy Read, Steve Lucas, Al Velocci and Frank Femenias for identiying the Mustang station wagon.
Kudos to Art Kleiner, Robert Rodriquez, Randy Reed, Steve Lucas and Frank Femenias for linking the Mystery Foto to the Mustang III Concept Show Car.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Ford Mustangs that didn't make it to production
"...people have regarded the Mustang III as one of the interesting pieces of Mustang history."
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1995 Mustang Boss 10.0-1
2006 Mustang Giugiaro
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Ford Mustang concept car….
Mid 70s ford mustang station wagon prototype
Mystery Foto #16… This is the 1976 Mustang station wagon prototype based on the Mustang II platform. Never put into production of course.
Howard has the Mustang GT350H which is based on the original Mustang.
Oh good grief, its a Ford Mustang station wagon. It was based on the Mustang II platform. This was in response to the 3 door Vegas that Chevrolet was offering at the time. Thank God this car never made it past the concept stage.
1976 Ford Mustang Station Wagon prototype based on the Mustang II platform. Howard’s Mustang III Concept Car.
Mustang platform 😊
The prototype: Shooting Brake
The platform: Ford Mustang II
Link to Howard’s collection: Mustang III Concept Show Car
Maverick on a Falcon platform?
It has many Ford design characteristics, looks like it is on the Pinto platform, the luggage rack is defiantly a Ford product, and the rake of the ‘A’ pillar is very Ford looking. I really do not know the detail of Mr Kroplick’s collection so I can not link it to anything there. I am not a Ford collector either, but I do not see any GM lineage in the design.
Mustang II station wagon.
Ford Fox platform.
Another Ford prototype like the Mustang III not going to production.
I think that’s a Ford Mustang concept car based on the Fox Body Platform. It was an attempt to show different visions of what a Mustang could be similar to Howard’s “Shorty” Mustang.
Greg, The vehicle is generally referred to as a 1976 Ford Mustang prototype. But Ford had nothing to do with it. My recollection is that it was built on the 1975 Mustang chassis with the 289 engine by a automobile designer hoping to sell the concept to the Ford Company.
Guessing, like the Mustang ‘Shorty’, the Mustang Station Wagon were late 1960’s prototypes that never went to production.
Here’s my first car, Mustang II, 1972 I think.
Brian- The Mustang ll was 1974-78. Maybe you had a ‘74?
Either way, in a Mustang ll, you didn’t get there too quickly!