does anyone consider the 62 and 63 prototypes a mustang? i do

 

i consider them ugly pieces of clay....but to answer your question, yeah.

 

they did run though

 

Mustang I prototype unveiled in '62 at the US Grand Prix in Watkins Glen where Dan Gurney drove the car around the track "at speed." Mustang II prototype debuted in '63. Mechanically similar to the production model with a 271 HP 289 V8.