If you notice in one picture the hood open showing dual quads on the 289. With the trans am cam power was about 340hp. There was a 390hp shelby engine but that went into the coyote. This I heard straight from a guy that lives in town who owns a coyote signed by Carroll Shelby.
Ford Motor Co didn’t want Cougar to out perform Mustang and take attention and sales away from Ford. Even though the 67 & 68 Cougar was better lookin than the Mustang. That’s why they turned the Cougar into another big Ford LTD type “personal luxury car” instead of continuing it as a muscle car.
Actually the '74-79 Cougar XR7 utilized the intermediate-size Torino/Montego platform. For the remaining two years the Cougar replaced the Montego as Lincoln-Mercury's mid-sized car line.
Back when road racing was exciting to watch.
Allan Moffatt is a major, major legend in Australia, particularly at Bathurst. It's great to see this old footage of him. Thank you.
fantastic. Its too bad that Ford got rid of the Cougar program for the following year. 1967 was the high point of auto racing for many years.
I wonder how much power these motors made back in the day lol
If you notice in one picture the hood open showing dual quads on the 289. With the trans am cam power was about 340hp. There was a 390hp shelby engine but that went into the coyote. This I heard straight from a guy that lives in town who owns a coyote signed by Carroll Shelby.
MIchael OToole thanks for the great videos.
It's amazing..no armco, nothing back then. Crazy but cool.
Oh so cool
awesome!!!
great stuff
Damn if cougar won where would it be now days
Watched all 3 parts... GREAT!!!! Do you know if this video is for sale anywhere??????
Ford Motor Co didn’t want Cougar to out perform Mustang and take attention and sales away from Ford. Even though the 67 & 68 Cougar was better lookin than the Mustang. That’s why they turned the Cougar into another big Ford LTD type “personal luxury car” instead of continuing it as a muscle car.
Actually the '74-79 Cougar XR7 utilized the intermediate-size Torino/Montego platform. For the remaining two years the Cougar replaced the Montego as Lincoln-Mercury's mid-sized car line.