1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare - Jalopnik Comments

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

quayzar — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:59:24 EDT

I don't know whether to cry or... no I'll just have to cry.

One word... Fail

quayzar

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

ChaoticLimbs — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:12:42 EDT

If anyone ever drives this, it will be the first car to ever shatter when striking a speed bump.

ChaoticLimbs

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

HUMONGUS — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:03:59 EDT

The only thing good about a Mustang II is that the front suspension can be made to fit an older Ford streetrod project.

HUMONGUS

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

FuzzyPlushroom — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:55:37 EDT

@Maymar: 255. 267 was a shrunken Chevy smallblock.

This actually isn't half as ugly as the stock Mustang II. Pretty horrible.

FuzzyPlushroom

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

slackinfux — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:36:04 EDT

Please, push this bastard child off a cliff! NOTHING should be made out a Mustang II except a scrap pile!

slackinfux

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

biminitwst — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:58:25 EDT

Sometimes dreams get the better of us all. A fella near me has an almost finished, last touched 10 years ago, Meyers Manx with that same Ford engine peeking out the rear. Its for sale, BTW.
Just like the Kelmark GT I saw today, also untouched for 10 years.
And yet some people laugh when I say I have a Fiero project car....

biminitwst

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

LotusGrrl — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:50:49 EDT

if you squint one eye, then punch yourself in the other, it looks like a veyron

LotusGrrl

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

HUMONGUS — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:05:14 EDT

Please tell me this is a bad Photoshop job...

HUMONGUS

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Atsumi — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:36:55 EDT

That thing looks like it's violating all kinds of safety standards.

I have a feeling the front end's going to go one direction.

Down.

Atsumi

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

hootjigga — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:24:03 EDT

Well, the I-team'll be around in a while with their authentic Italian fraud-detectors to tell you that it's a fake...

hootjigga

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Novaload — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:23:51 EDT

Brindle Mustang and Brindle Vette were in the machine together! And this is the horrifying mutant that emerged when the teleportation was done!

Novaload

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

buckyworld — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:58:24 EDT

the vette museum has an '83 vette that appears "finished", aka, not a prototype per se.

they didn't sell any, but they built at least one.

buckyworld

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

DrJimmy — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:31:50 EDT

So, the poor guy who took it on as a project has come to his senses and wants to sell it? Good.

Can't help him for actually movin' it, though.

All Mustang IIs Must Be Destroyed!

DrJimmy

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

sos10 — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:22:58 EDT

It looks like a piece of soap dropped in a prison shower.

sos10

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

donkeyassman — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:39:58 EDT

0 bids? Come on you know you want it.

donkeyassman

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

DucatiChuck — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:32:39 EDT

i want a lot of whatever that guy was smoking, or snorting, or shooting when he thought up that project.

DucatiChuck

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

DoctorNine — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:45:46 EDT

I would title it "Bondo Bondage, Part II".
No, there is no "Part I".

DoctorNine

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

verb. — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:38:44 EDT

Curse You Jalopnik! I'm not supposed to laugh that loud at work.

Having owned a Mustang II, I'm not acutually sure if this is worse or not...

verb.

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

p3p3 — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:32:58 EDT

Transsexual Mustang Sally.

p3p3

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

muleshoe — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:30:40 EDT

As My dear old pappy would say. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT!!!!!

muleshoe

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Ben Wojdyla — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:20:28 EDT

@P161911: Well played, I forgot my Corvette history.

Ben Wojdyla

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Elhigh — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:13:51 EDT

All that work and you still don't have something as nice as an unfinished Bradley GT II.

Elhigh

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

mehugtree — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:11 EDT

This is a story about a man with a dream.

A dream as big as America. A dream we all have had. The dream to turn a Mustang into something else.

The dream first took shape as the desire to move the engine around, thereby, um, moving the engine around. And then maybe cap it off with some sporty nose. But this dream was shallow and incomplete.

So he moved on.

He realized dreams should be big dreams. So in this big dream he dreamed of what the ultimate Mustang would be. It would be a marvelous, fantasy filled machine of joy! With not just a repositioned engine, but also horns. Oh so many horns!! And not one but TWO external tire carriers!!! Yes, now this was a dream worthy of dreaming!!!

So our hero dropped everything, divorced his wife, bought a tracksuit, changed his name to Zimmer and moved to the dreamland of Syracuse, NY. And here the dream has become real.

[www.zimmermotorcars.com]

mehugtree

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

smalleyxb122 — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:11:10 EDT

God help me, I see potential in that monstrosity. Plus it's only 2.5 hours from me.

My time on Jalopnik is messing with my head.

I need to go work on my current PCH, lest I consider buying this POS.

smalleyxb122

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Spasticteapot — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:08:46 EDT

There is another very, very similar automotible everyone here has heard of.

It's a truly bonkers mid-engined supercar featuring a blown Ford engine.

Perhaps what we're looking at is the first prototype for the Koenigsegg CCR?

Spasticteapot

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Mjolnir427 — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:54:41 EDT

This thing should have been run against the Dangel Peugot in today's PCH.

This car makes putting a 302 into a Datsun look like putting a SBC 350 into a '69 Nova.

Horrendous bodywork? Check.

Dubious chassis integrity? Check.

Engine bay modification? Check with a capital F.

Malaise era base platform? Check.

Hasn't run since... ever? Check.

If anything could compete with a french 4x4 conversion, this could.

Mjolnir427

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

WilliamG. — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:42:28 EDT

@EMPM, Esq.: COTD right there.

WilliamG.

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

EMPM, Esq. — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:39:08 EDT

This is what happens when too much time and not enough talent get together.

EMPM, Esq.

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Bumblebee — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:36:12 EDT

Almost as awful as those A-Rod chest-rub ads we had to endure for most the week.

Bumblebee

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Bo Darville — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:24:57 EDT

If nothing else, I am truly inspired by his optimism in listing this for sale. This guy knows what hope is.

Bo Darville

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

DannyBN — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:19:47 EDT

@Skydiver: If it's good enough for Jill Munroe...

DannyBN

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Mike the Dog — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:16:36 EDT

One word. Ick. No- strike that, make it UGH.

Mike the Dog

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

P161911 — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:15:34 EDT

Definately a 75-82 Corvette rear bumper. There were NO 83 Vettes. (Unless you count the GM prototypes)
Is this the same 2.3 from the Turbo T-Birds?

P161911

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Schm is not particularly sure what he is ranting about. . . — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:08:24 EDT

*terrible

Schm is not particularly sure what he is ranting about. . .

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Schm is not particularly sure what he is ranting about. . . — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:07:52 EDT

Its terriable. It should be thrown back into the deep, fiery pits of hell. . .

Or it would be a great Jalopnik Personal Project Car Hell. King of all PCH's! Problem is, then you end up with a mid-engined mustang II, and that would just suck.

Schm is not particularly sure what he is ranting about. . .

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Maymar — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:57:07 EDT

I'd be very tempted to track down the shrunken 302 (what was it, a 267?) from ~'81, and turn this into a mini-Malaise Pantera.

Maymar

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Skydiver — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:55:32 EDT

@DannyBN: If it had the Cobra II decals, he probably would have been satisfied.

Skydiver

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

SLR_BlowerMania — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:52:42 EDT

I think he really bought this from Unique Performance Auction. But, it does appear to have more than 13 lbs of Bondo. Prisoners could probably have done better than that.

SLR_BlowerMania

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

philibuster — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:50:16 EDT

So... the car is laid up in traction? Gosh, what was he thinking?

philibuster

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

TheTooth — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:49 EDT

He encourages you or an agent to inspect that car? Who would inspect that and give any positive review? This person is seriously delusional about this project.

TheTooth

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

DannyBN — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:49:15 EDT

The nightmare of a standard-issue Mustang II wasn't enough for this guy?

DannyBN

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

layabout — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:47:35 EDT

Burn it!

layabout

1976 Ford Mustang II Converted To Mid-Engined Nightmare

Vintage Racer — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:46:31 EDT

It looks like a Kelmark GT kit car.....
Sheesh, that's ugly....

Vintage Racer