Saturday, May 31, 2025

Friday, May 30, 2025

1965 Mustang concept wagon


Shortly after the Ford Mustang was introduced three guys decided that the car should be available in a two door wagon version. They packed up a new Mustang coupe and shipped it to Construzione Automobili Intermeccanica in Turin, Italy. They worked their magic on the car and shipped it back to the US. Ford saw the car and rejected the idea because apparently their design department had already explored that possibility. Apparently the Intermeccanica wagon vanished but several knockoffs have been made. Motor Trend ran a story on the Mustang wagon in 2016 and you can read it here.

Thursday, May 29, 2025

1989 Grumman LLV-R Roadster


 A couple of years after Grumman secured the contract with US Postal Service they decided to test the waters in the private sector. Using the platform from their mail truck they produced one prototype. It used the same Chevrolet S-10 chassis and GM Iron Duke 4 cylinder engine as the mail truck. It was not well received by the public and the project was abandoned.



Wednesday, May 28, 2025

1912 Mercedes Type 37/90


The Type 37/90 was the world's fastest production car in 1912. I featured a 9.1 liter engine that produced 90 horsepower. 15 were made and 6 remain.