FAST FORD magazine

[tiff]

Hi All,

A friend of mine is a contributor/sub Editor for Fast Ford magazine and he bought a Cougar as one of their 'staff cars' recently.

Expect to see the Cougar get a bit more noticeable

 

[backseateducation]

Excellent! Any exposure they can get is a good thing now there are fewer and fewer left.

 

[tiff]

He bought a Melina Blue C1 2.5....

 

[The Amazon]

Well yes it's good news however fast ford magazine is slanted towards the very hot fords, focus RS, fiesta RS , Sierra Cosworth , Mustang etc, doubt very much we will see much of the cougar, retro ford magazine had my letter of the month and did not use my pictures of my cougar, just a stock photo, that magazine seems to do a buyer guide to every obscure ford model except the cougar unless I missed a feature

 

[tiff]

You are absolutely right, but sadly those models are much more popular and that's what sells.
Any exposure for the model is good. perhaps it's more for Classic Ford era?

 

[The Amazon]

Very true those models are much more popular but my point was the cougar was never regarded as a sports car or greatly modified in period or now, a bit of modification is normal in the cougar community but nothing compared to what people are doing in fast ford magazine, retro ford or classic ford would seem to be the magazine's to feature a cougar but so far the model has been overlooked, with buyers features on just about every ford from the 50s onwards, unfortunately by the time they wake up there will be none left to buy

 

[Myusernamewastaken]

Very true those models are much more popular but my point was the cougar was never regarded as a sports car or greatly modified in period or now, a bit of modification is normal in the cougar community but nothing compared to what people are doing in fast ford magazine, retro ford or classic ford would seem to be the magazine's to feature a cougar but so far the model has been overlooked, with buyers features on just about every ford from the 50s onwards, unfortunately by the time they wake up there will be none left to buy

Regarding modification, I have only seen mainly wheels, twin exhausts, and body kits. What other mods are available without resorting to 3.0 engine swaps etc?

 

[Quicksilver]

There is a complete section of the forum dedicated to modifications here:

Modifications

www.ukcougar.club

 

[mabo]

Hi there Myusernamewastaken ive been modifying mine for the last 6 years or maybe more.

Hopefully when you see my car you’ll be totally speechless at the total lack of visual change my work has brought about.
Sometimes less is more.

 

[backseateducation]

when you see my car you’ll be totally speechless

You've decided to come to Castle Combe then?

 

[The Amazon]

Obviously there are the odd extremely modified cougars , body kits, four wheel drive, turbocharged, supercharged etc, more common in the US far less so in the UK.

 

[rooster2100]

Obviously there are the odd extremely modified cougars , body kits, four wheel drive, turbocharged, supercharged etc, more common in the US far less so in the UK.

I still want to figure out that four wheel drive part. The rest is easy. We didn't have a four wheel drive car that I can make work without having a garage bay that someone doesn't mind I tie up for a few months. A lift so I don't have to roll around it grass or gravel would be a nice extra in that bay lol.

 

[The Amazon]

One of our members did a 4x4 conversion quite a while back, exactly which bits he used others could answer better than I

 

[rooster2100]

Yeah I believe the first gen mondeo had a 4x4 model and was a fairly straight forward deal. Our version of the mondeo was the contour and they were all FWD to my knowledge.

 

[mabo]

I’m no expert but research here tells me 4x4 in UK have been based on Mondeo .
I was following your Jag X type with interest Rooster and await the next episode. I keep an eye out for a cheap X type 4x4 Manual in hope Of a donor !