Forgotten Mid Engine Mustang

[rio1856]

I've never heard of this before and wanted to share

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1127723_ford-built-a-mid-engine-mustang-but-forgot-about-it

 

[tpj71mach]

I've never heard of this before and wanted to share

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1127723_ford-built-a-mid-engine-mustang-but-forgot-about-it

Wow, I never knew they designed a mid engine Mustang, too bad they never produced them.

 

[Stanglover]

Well, in a way they did, it's called a Pantera. But yes that would have been something and I'm surprised no-one has attempted to build one as a project car. I mean, how hard could it be?

 

[giantpune]

Wow, I never knew they designed a mid engine Mustang, too bad they never produced them.

I think you're gonna get your wish. Supposed to be debuted tomorrow.
https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-to-debut-mid-engine-mustang-this-thursday-exclusive/

 

[detritusmaximus]

I've never heard of this before and wanted to share

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1127723_ford-built-a-mid-engine-mustang-but-forgot-about-it

This was such a cool car. Would have been fun to have.

 

[PoFoMoCo]

Very cool.

 

[Stanglover]

I think you're gonna get your wish. Supposed to be debuted tomorrow.
https://fordauthority.com/2023/08/ford-to-debut-mid-engine-mustang-this-thursday-exclusive/

Well, that's interesting. It looks like Ford "might" get back into racing as that could be a replacement for the Ford GT 40.

 

[giantpune]

I'm surprised no-one has attempted to build one as a project car. I mean, how hard could it be?

There was a guy on youtube who did a 67 mid-engine fastback. Unfortunately, we couldn't just stop doing stuff to it. In the end, he went overboard with a stupid looking wide body kit and ruined it.

 

[Stanglover]

Did he ever!

 

[c9zx]

And then there is this. https://www.motortrend.com/news/1505-a-mid-engine-boss-429-mustang-yes-its-true/

 

[mrgmhale]

Funny how this came to me via email earlier today. Supposedly for 2024 Mustang model year. We will see. I am betting any mid-engine Mustang will have been spurred on by the C-8 Corvetter being a mid-engine machine.

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/mid-engine-mustang-supercar-leaked/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=EDaily&utm_campaign=


In the comments section of the article in the link above one reader says, "I'll believe it when I see it." I pretty fall into that camp. As for the alleged $400k price of entry and having to go n a special list for one of those cars, I think I would prefer to wait for its 2nd year of production before putting out that kind of cash for a car. Meanwhile I have a really cool 2020 GT500 to cut around in that is plenty exciting for me, plus our bevy of vintage Mustangs and Shelby.

For some reason I just do not feel an attraction to a mid-engine Mustang. Perhaps it is partially due to the bad memories of our Ford dealer's Pantera I used to work on back in the late 70s and early 80s, he lost confidence in a Ford tech at one of his other dealerships, and once I identified and fixed an elusive problem he was having I was the only tech he would let work on it. I would like to take it on out test drives, where I would make up for what a PITA it was to work on. But, the reality is I was always happy to come to work and see the Pantera in the dealer's reserve spot without a mirror hanger on it, as the mirror hanger meant it had an open Repair Order waiting for me. I liked driving it enough for it to be fun, but seriously, a mid-engine car is not fun to work on. That said, yes, if I had one I would hang onto it just for the mystique aspect of having it.

 

[mrgmhale]

Sorry. Later detail say it is not oa not mid engine powered.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/...ac6000f2d728e912d0a1697ee67aacb9e0b1e25633b96

 

[detritusmaximus]

I love supercars, especially old ones, but at the same time it's hard to get excited about cars that are the same price as the average house.

 

[Steve McMahan]

I also wanted to build a mid engine 68/69 fastback Torino. But in 1998, the only guestiment I got was north of $125k.

 

[MikeGriese]

I get a kick out of all of these magazine and web articles with a blurry picture of a random car with text that says "the new blah-de-blah could look like this".

That's clickbait.