Ford Mustang Sedan Looks Awful, Yet Super-cool
Whether you love or hate this Ford Falcon based Mustang sedan, you have to admit that it is pretty well done.
The Ford Mustang has only been available in Australia for the past three years and before that, Ford fans who wanted a powerful, rear-drive car from their favorite American automaker purchased the Falcon. Evidently, one Aussie gearhead wanted to combine the look of the American pony car with the driving dynamics of the Falcon, so he or she grafted the front and rear end of a modern pony car onto the sedan. The result is the Australian Mustang sedan shown here, courtesy of Reddit via our friends at Motor Authority.
While many Mustang fans may wretch at the suggestion of a four-door pony car, this isn’t the first time that a Ford Falcon has been the basis for a Mustang with four doors.
History of the Mustang and Falcon
When the Ford Mustang was introduced back in 1964, it was built on a similar chassis to the Ford Falcon. The Falcon was offered as both a two-door and a four-door, so when the sporty new coupe proved to be a smashing success, Motor Company engineers considered expanding the lineup to include a sedan. They went so far as to make one (pictured below) that was probably little more than a four-door Falcon with modified Mustang sheet metal, but that was as far as the project got before company execs made the call to make their pony car a two-door-only affair.
Meanwhile, American high performance sedans were and always have been the go-to, go-fast cars in Australia. The Ford Mustang only became available Down Under within the past few years and before that, Aussies who wanted a high performance car with the Blue Oval purchased the Falcon. Their Falcon is unlike anything offered in the US, offering a similar range of V8 engines to that of the Mustang, along with rear-wheel-drive.
Falcon-Mustang Sedan
As you can see in the images here of the customized Ford Falcon-turned-Mustang sedan, the builder has given this sedan the look of the early S197 GT. At least, the builder used the headlights and taillights of the 2005 through 2009 pony car, as the grille, hood and fascias are all unique. The hood is a custom piece made to look like the Shelby Super Snake while the front and rear fascias are both some variety of aftermarket option. Also, while the grille is similar to the S197, the driving lights are in much further, suggesting that that is also a custom piece.
Out back, the builder did a pretty nice job of giving this car the overall form of the pony car’s rear end, but the fascia extending down around the quad exhaust tips is unlike anything that Ford has ever done. Also, the trunk lid of the sedan looks unusually long for a Mustang, but that is because this is a Falcon sedan, so it isn’t going to have the same basic silhouette of a fastback two-door.
Of course, the most distinct difference is along the sides where we see the greenhouse of what appears to be an Aussie Ford Falcon from the BA era (2002 through 2005). The builder blacked out the windows and the side pillars, helping to hide the sedan’s greenhouse, but overall, the car looks to be very well down.
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