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Here’s one I seem to have missed, and as a Mustang guy I’ll never forgive myself. This Mustang is the one-off AV-X10. Built to raise money for the Experimental Aircraft Association's Young Eagles program, it was recently auctioned off to the tune of $250,000 at the EAA's Air Venture Oshkosh event. Sure, you can't have it, but it's still kind of neat, so read on.
Based on the 2010 Mustang GT, the AV-X10 comes visually decked out in WW2 fighter-style trim, as you can see in the pics. I’d do a run-through, but most of the stuff is obvious. Special bits that may have slipped past you include the GT500 rims with painted "propeller tips", and the GT500's ducktail spoiler and rear fascia.
Under the hood, Ford Racing has supplied plenty of its performance-enhancing parts, such as a supercharger kit that puts down 550 horsepower (and probably the 542 lb-ft advertised on Ford Racing’s website, even if it is for an '09). It also breathes through a Ford Racing exhaust system and its suspension is beefed up with the Handling Pack.
The WW2-fighter theme carries over into the cabin as well, where you get a short-throw shifter, illuminated sill plates below the doors, special aluminum trim and . . . wait, none of those has the slightest relation to Dubya-Dubya Two.
Actually, from the press release, the “aviation inspired interior” snags you seats in Bader leather with a “worn” effect (although I can’t say I remember seeing any fighter planes with diamond-stitched seat inserts, a la the 
Iacocca Stang), and tacky-in-a-cool-kind-of-way Ground Speed graphics in the instrument cluster. Extra instrumentation resides above the dash-mounted Start Engine button; you’ll see the pyrometer, boost, and fuel pressure gauges (where’s my altimeter, Ford?) in the gallery’s detail shots. If you insist on reading a verbose press release, one with movie star Harrison Ford mentioned no less, hit the link.
Iacocca Stang), and tacky-in-a-cool-kind-of-way Ground Speed graphics in the instrument cluster. Extra instrumentation resides above the dash-mounted Start Engine button; you’ll see the pyrometer, boost, and fuel pressure gauges (where’s my altimeter, Ford?) in the gallery’s detail shots. If you insist on reading a verbose press release, one with movie star Harrison Ford mentioned no less, hit the link. As for the car itself, I kind of like it. Usually, themed cars are cheesy, but the AV-X10 looks pretty slick (and it looks one hell of a lot cooler than last year's AV8R). Then again, I've always liked Roush's P-51s, so maybe I'm biased. Anyway, if you're into WW2 planes and Ford's Mustang, this might have been for you. Still want it? Contact Doc Brown and get back to earlier this month. Stranger things have happened.
Images: Ford
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