Car and Driver features the Mustang Wagon

Here is the cover article from Car and Driver October 1966 about the original Mustang Station Wagon conceived by Barney Clark and designer Bob Cumberford.

Joe Kamp's '65 Mustang Station Wagon

This custom built 1965 Mustang Station Wagon was built by Joe Kamp of Peoria, Illinois. It was no doubt inspired by the original Mustang Station Wagon built in 1965 by Intermeccanica, the Italian custom builder founded in 1959.

Mr. Kamp's creation of this unique wagon is finely executed and beautifully crafted. The body was modified using all steel fabrication, retaining the original rear window and rear roof section, with custom made side windows. Mr. Kamp then carefully upgraded the performance of the wagon as an engineering complement to the modified station wagon body. The engine is a fuel-injected 5.0L V8, the transmission is a five-speed manual with Hurst shifter, and the brakes are an upgraded power disc system. Further modifications include reinforcements to the rear section of the frame, engine torque control rods, and rear axle control rods.

Coming soon will be my report on what it's like to drive Joe Kamp's wonderful creation.

1965 Intermeccanica Prototype Wagon

Authors John Gunnell and Jerry Heasley wrote this about the Mustang wagon:

"The Mustang station wagon was the brainchild of Barney Clark, a copywriter with Ford’s advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. Designer Bob Cumberford (of Griffith sports car fame) and sports car driver Jim Lieta were also involved. Frank Reisner of Intermeccanica—an Italian coachbuilder—performed a few such conversions. One Mustang station wagon was loaned to Car & Driver for an article. Another was written up in Motor Trend. Barney Clark told Motor Trend, “Whenever Chevrolet executives see the M-wagon on the street, it gives them a terrible shock—they think it’s a production car.”

One wagon appeared in a Car & Driver cover story in October 1966, but the idea was quickly rejected by Ford. So what became of the Intermeccanica Mustang station wagon? Was more than one produced? There are reports that one has been spotted rusting away in a yard somewhere. There are also rumors that one may reside hidden in someone’s collection. But for now the fate of these Mustang station wagons remains a mystery.