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.