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Topic Started: Oct 11 2009, 08:43 PM (127 Views)
Stangfreak
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I found an old Muscle Machines magazine in my pyle from Novemember 2004. Somehow I overlooked this most interesting article about the Mercury Cougar and the Ford Mustang. It gives me the impression of "a wolf in sheep's clothing", speaking of the Cougar. The story dates back to 1967 at the height of a major battle in trans AM racing.

Here is 3 of the 9 67 Mercury Cougars I have in my collection:
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The Ford Motor Co. was supposed to have two brands in full combat mode for the SCCA Trans-Am Sedan Series' second season of 1967. The most obvious one was the Mustang which was stomping everything in sight on which was just emerging as the pony car market. The Mustang's staggering sales success had spawned imitators including the Camaro, Firebird, and the inhouse Cougar.
(Above) Dan Gurney in a Cougar ahead of a Carol Shelby Terlinqua Mustang and in 3rd place, Bob Johnson in another Mustang. (Below) is the closest finish in Trans-Am Racing history between two Cougars. Dan Gurney and Parnelli Jones.
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As the Cougars began winning, and at the close of the season, Ford pulled the plug on the Lincoln Mercury Race team. Many drivers including the Mustang drivers believed it was to keep Mercury from winning the championship that season, as they finished only two points behind Ford.
The last race of the 1967 season was won by Cougars finishing in first and second place. Third was a #31 Terlinqua Mustang driven by Bucknam who had finally won the championship for Ford. Fourth was a Penske Camaro driven by Bob Johnson.
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No idea how they stuffed all this under the stock hood of the Cougar. This ia a 1967 289 high-performance engine with two big Holley carbs on top of a tunnel ram manifold and tublar headers. Bud Moore built this Trans-Am car like he built his cars for NASCAR, plus he built in alot of little things that weren't suppose to be there, like alot of teams did.
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Cougar definetly left it's mark in the Trans-Am series, and like I said: "A wolf in sheep's clothing" !!!
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Edited by Stangfreak, Oct 11 2009, 08:50 PM.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Ah, the good old days when everyone just did what they wanted in their car setups until they got caught, and it was a lot harder then to get caught.
I forgot Cougar was such a strong competitor in Trans-Am.
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James
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Trans Am racing had it all over what we call car racing now.....
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