Vanderbilt Cup Races

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!

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Here’s my first car, Mustang II, 1972 I think.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Guessing, like the Mustang ‘Shorty’, the Mustang Station Wagon were late 1960’s prototypes that never went to production.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

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.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

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.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Mustang II station wagon.
Ford Fox platform.
Another Ford prototype like the Mustang III not going to production.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

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.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Maverick on a Falcon platform?

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Nice photo from the Vanderbilt Museum Collection showing the eagles at the entrance of Eagle’s Nest during construction (circa 1912).  Similar to the current photo shown above except no telephone pole today and lots more vegetation today.

From Greg O's Garage; The Grand Central Vanderbilt Eagles

Sorry I couldn’t be there! Looks like another grand event at the Waterfront!

From Members of the Roslyn Landmark Society, Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Model A Ford Club toured the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage last Sunday

The prototype: Shooting Brake
The platform: Ford Mustang II
Link to Howard’s collection: Mustang III Concept Show Car

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Mustang platform 😊

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

1976 Ford Mustang Station Wagon prototype based on the Mustang II platform.  Howard’s Mustang III Concept Car.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

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.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Tall order Dex! The Beast of Turin was a one-off and most likely built on the fly.

From Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Louis Wagner Driving a S74 FIAT at the 1911 American Grand Prize in Savannah

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.

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Mid 70s ford mustang station wagon prototype

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Ford Mustang concept car….

From Mystery Friday Foto #16 Solved: A 1976 Ford Mustang station wagon prototype

Anybody have blueprints or a line drawings of the 1911 Fiat S74?

Thanks

From Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Louis Wagner Driving a S74 FIAT at the 1911 American Grand Prize in Savannah

Much thanks Howard!

From Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved: The Jerusalem Road (Stewart Avenue) Motor Parkway Bridge under construction