Retro Cloning: FNM Onca

FNM was a Brazilian car manufacturer that built variations of Alfa Romeo products. The Onca was coupe designed inhouse and powered by an Alfa Romeo 4 cylinder, and look remarkably like a period Mustang notchback with an Alfa nose grafted one. Pretty, but not very original.

BBQed Pony

These airbrushed flames are so convincing they actually melted the front end.

Toyota MR-2 Mustake

Usually when you’re provided a cheap mid-engine car and you have delusions of grandeur, you turn it into same slightly odd-looking Ferrari or Lamborghini. So I’m sure what to call the disorder that would cause you to turn your Toyota MR-2 into an imitation Mustang – a car that isn’t exactly the hardest to come by. Reverse Redneckism?

OK – these are trying to look like Shelby Mustangs, which are rarer and more expensive that your run-of-the-mill Mustang. But wouldn’t it be easier to by an ACTUAL Mustang and make it look like a Shelby? You can probably buy one for the same price as an MR2, and it wouldn’t look like an abomination.

SixTen Sabre

Have a Mustang convertible and think it's not unique enough? Like British cars but have very little taste? The SixTen Sabre is the kit car for you! Using a Mustang base, they add a swoopy (and flimsy) body kit with Mini headlights that lend a Morgan air (not exactly the most attractive car in itself) and rotated Volvo taillights that look all kinds of wrong.

Front End Downfarce, Part 2: Ground Dynam(Retangle)c Mustang

So you bought a gigantic new rear spoiler. But what do you do with your stock spoiler now that the park bench is now installed on the front? This innovative mind channeled the Civic below and grafted it to the hood. It’s aerodynamic, yo. This ingenuity was also applied to the graphics up front – if you’ve found that your lettering is not lining up, a good way to fill up the empty space is to just widen your letter “I”.

Shelby Garder Snake?

In the 80's Carroll Shelby helped Dodge turns some humdrum products into something not quite so humdrum. Now it appears he's working in the Eastern Bloc as well. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this is a Lada. Although I have to say, the front end is quite an impressive conversion, given the working material. Still not exactly a looker though. Also - how would this fool anyone if they look further than a straight on front end view?

Adventures in Velvet

"I would drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable."

-George Louis Costanza

World's Ugliest Mustang

I feel obligated to post this. Back in 2007, a Mustang was displayed a SEMA that nauseated all who set eyes on it. It became known on the internet as the "World's Ugliest Mustang", and deserves mention here.

Puny Car

The Mazda Miata seems to be turning into the darling of the kit world, as you can transform the car into any horribly proportioned creation you can imagine, from an Aston Martin to a Cobra. Or in this case, a early Mustang convertible.

NAStyCAR

What you see here is a Mustang version of a NASCAR race car. To be more specific, it’s to run in the Nationwide series. To be more specific, it’s the same body everyone else runs but with Mustang stickers attached. I understand that more extreme race cars meant to resemble production cars do take some liberties in the design. Suzuki’s Pike’s Peak stormers are good examples. But while they at least have a slight resemblance to their production car forms, the sedan-like profile (possibly Dodge Charger based) of the Nationwide cars doesn’t look at all like a Mustang, and slapping some Mustang stickers on doesn’t make a very convincing or appealing looking car. Marketing at it’s worst.

Mustupra

This horrifying creation is the result of the movies “Fast and the Furious” and "Gone in 60 Seconds" being transported simultaneously in the Telepods from "The Fly". Holy movie references, Batman!

PS: I think the description might be to vague - it's a Toyota Supra dressed up like the Eleanor GT500.

Mustanger

Sweet fancy molasses - pickup bastardization fever is spreading from GM products.

A trip to the glue factory is in order...

The front end of this Mustang isn't too bad, I suppose. Well - if you ignore those fender extensions that just out to meet the side mirrors but don't actually meet anything.

But things get a little intense at the rear. Gigantic rear rims and swollen fenders culminate in what quite possibly the world's largest lip spoiler. And don't forget of course the "euro" tailights. Maybe he was got his inspiration from this guy.

Messcort

I'm green with envy. Did I type envy? I meant nausea. Love the Kermit pelt interior.

Knut Rider

This poor Mustang appears to be the ill-conceived bastard child of a late-gen Fox and 1970 era Mustangs, with a smidge of the current, pre-facelift model thrown in perhaps. Also - I don't believe it has headlights. But who needs those, right?