1967-1973 COUGAR MUSCLE PORTFOLIO THIS IS MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ANY 1967 -1973 COUGAR FAN. THIS IS A NEW BOOK WITH 136 PAGES. THE COUGAR WAS QUITE PROBABLY MERCURY'S MOST INTERESTING MODEL IN THE LATE 1960'S AND EARLY 1970S. AIMED AT THE PONYCAR BUYER RATHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL MUSCLE-CAR MARKET, IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE A SLIGHTLY BIGGER, SLIGHTLY MORE LUXURIOUS EQUIVALENT OF THE MUSTANG. INDEED, THE FIRST MODELS (FOR THE 1967 SEASON) WERE BASED TO A DEGREE ON THE MUSTANG. FROM 1970, THE ORIGINAL 111-INCH WHEELBASE GREW A FRACTION, AND THEN FOR 1971 IT WENT UP TO 113 INCHES AS BOTH MUSTANG AND COUGAR WERE FULLY REDESIGNED THE FORD BECAME A SMALLER SPORTY CAR AND THE MERCURY MOVED UP IN THE PERSONAL-LUXURY COUPE TERRITORY ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERBIRD. COUGARS NEVER SOLD AS WELL AS MUSTANGS, BUT THEY HAD THEIR OWN NICHE IN THE MARKET. ALWAYS V8S-WHEREAS THE ENTRY-LEVEL MUSTANGS WERE SIXES-THEY RANGED FROM A 289 ALL THE WAY UP TO 429, TAKING IN THE 302, 351, AND 390 ON THE WAY. THE FIRST CARS WERE ALL HARDTOPS, BUT FOR 69 THERE WERE CONVERTIBLES AS WELL. FOR 1967, THERE WAS A THREE-LEVEL RANGE BUT MERCURY SIMPLIFIED THINGS FOR 68 AND LATER BY DROPPING THE GT MODEL AND OFFERING ONLY BASE AND XR7 TRIM LEVELS. PROPERLY OPTIONED, THE COUGAR WAS A HIGHLY DESIRABLE PIECE OF MACHINERY. THE ASSESSMENTS REPRINTED IN THIS BOOK SHOW WHY IT HAS AN ENDURING APPEAL FOR ENTHUSIASTS, NEARLY THREE DECADES AFTER THE LAST OF THE PONYCAR COUGARS WAS BUILT. . THIS BOOK HELPS BRING BACK THE HISTORY & THE MEMORIES FROM THAT ERA & IS MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ALL COUGAR r FANS. THIS BOOK CONTAINS FORMER MAGAZINE ARTICLES FROM THE RESPECTIVE MODEL YEAR FROM 1967 THRU 1973 COVERING ROAD & COMPARISON TESTS, PERFORMANCE AND TECH DATA, NEW MODEL INTRODUCTIONS, HANDLING TESTS, & DRIVING IMPRESSIONS. THERE ARE ROAD TESTS/ARTICLES THAT COVER MOST MODEL YEARS WHICH PROBABLY INCLUDE YOUR FAVORITE. INCLUDED ARE ROAD TESTS ON THE AWESOME 428 COBRA JET COUGAR & THE COUGAR BOSS ELIMINATOR BOSS 302. THERE'S EVEN A COMPARISON TEST OF THE COUGAR VS THE CAMARO BOOK MEASURE 8" X 10 1/2" WITH MORE THAN 250 PHOTOS & ILLUSTRATIONS .
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