ORIGINALITY
’92 FEATURE CAR — PART 1
by Terry McCoy
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hat is a Feature Car? How was the name chosen? The ’92
Vibrant Red, ’93 Vibrant White, and ’93 Canary Yellow
LX 5.0 convertibles were all deemed “Feature Cars.”
During the early stages, the name was discussed and chosen by
Ford’s Mustang planner, Joe Laura, and his team. “The car was to
spark interest,” says Laura, therefore the name Feature Car was born
because of its uniqueness. The ’90 Limited Edition LX 5.0 convertible
did so well in sales that Ford wanted to build another special Mustang
to generate showroom traffic.
After Laura returned from Desert Storm in 1991, he was assigned
by John Coletti to what we know today as the ’92 Feature Car. The
two men shared ideas about what to do to get started on this product.
Laura contacted Cars and Concepts to share some ideas for the
upcoming car, as the company was doing the conversions for the
convertible tops at that time. It took less than a year from the idea of
building this car to a prototype. When the prototype was done, many
different parts were used in order to determine what would make it
on the production car. For example, the black stitched pony headrest
made it on the prototype, but it wasn’t perfected until the following
year, so Laura’s team and the design center worked together to come
up with the black piping to distinguish the interior of the car.
Cars and Concepts did more than just install the convertible
top. The company also installed all of the trim at the base of the
convertible-top, interior trim panels, convertible top insulator, and
the rear spoiler. Speaking of the convertible top insulator, it were
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