Ford’s Secret Mid-Engine Boss 429 Mustang

[Old Fart]

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/the-lid-project-fords-secret-mid-engine-boss-429-mustang/?fbclid=IwAR0o8oUhqRYCPYJHdhMYrX8yo20hxwaf1XiMjrqn LS88l4fOHUgBwkTRRf4

[ZR]

https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1969-LID-Mustang-rear-hatch.png

[Mustang4]

Interesting. Always wonder how these prototypes go missing and when they turn up Ford isn’t trying to get them back.

[Scrape]

Great read. Thanks for sharing.

[Gr8Stang]

Very cool. Similar story (more recent), the Yamaha SHO motor was also intended for a mid-engine Ford that never came to be.....and ended up in the Taurus!

[Foxstang]

Very cool. Similar story (more recent), the Yamaha SHO motor was also intended for a mid-engine Ford that never came to be.....and ended up in the Taurus!

Mid-engine probe :D

[RedSN]

https://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/1969-Mustang-LID-drivetrain-.jpg

A standard Boss 429 engine and C6 automatic transmission were turned around backward and installed in a fabricated, removable rear subframe, with the engine centered directly over the rear axle centerline. A custom-built transfer case, similar to a marine drive, turned the output 180 degrees and fed it to a 9-inch Ford rear axle, which was converted to independent operation with articulated half shafts and u-joints.

Neat.

[Gr8Stang]

Mid-engine probe :D

What a rocket that would have been!