Mustang Retractable Hardtop

[PDQ Pony]

Curious if many of you were aware that in 1965 Ford had Ben Smith (the engineer who was responsible for the 57-59 retractable hardtops) work on making a retractable mustang. Mr Smith is 93 now and living in Arizona. He made a few (Someone said 4) prototypes but the project was scrapped when Ford saw the success they had with the fastback. A local collector here recently auctioned off one of these rare gems In Nebraska.

 

[horse sence]

Curious if many of you were aware that in 1965 Ford had Ben Smith (the engineer who was responsible for the 57-59 retractable hardtops) work on making a retractable mustang. Mr Smith is 93 now and living in Arizona. He made a few (Someone said 4) prototypes but the project was scrapped when Ford saw the success they had with the fastback. A local collector here recently auctioned off one of these rare gems In Nebraska.

I have seen an old article about them .I believe some one was going to reproduce them ...seems like it was Mustangs Plus ?

 

[Noobz347]

The only thing I ever recall was a sheet that I saw for a dealer added option.

 

[horse sence]

I think they were only proto types and never made it to the lines