Modified Classes - Overview

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The G Car That Could Have Been

In 1967 the Trans Am championship came down to the final race in Kent Washington at the Seattle International Raceway.  Bud Moore Engineering prepared three Cougars for 1967 and two of them were in the race: #98 driven by Dan Gurney, and #15 driven by Parnelli Jones.  When the final flag fell, Team Cougar finished second behind The Mustangs and, by only two points, came in second in the Manufacturers Championship.

What If Team Cougar had won that last race in 1967 and become the Trans Am series Champs?

It would have been difficult for Ford to pull the plug on Team Cougar.  Perhaps Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, and Ed Leslie would have gone on to win again in 1968.  We will never know of course, but for certain, Mercury would have tried to make the most of the victory, and the best way to do that would have been with a commemorative vehicle.

This brings us to the G-Force Cougar.  The G-Force Cougar is the creation of Rocket, as he is known on MC.Net.  Rocket describes himself like this:  Born Canadian car crazy, single, in love with Ford racing, owner of one of the coolest collections of rare Cougars anywhere.  Rocket keeps his cat collection in Surrey, BC, Canada.  I think his work speaks for itself.

This is one man's vision of what just such a car would have been.  Even before the Cougar was introduced a collection of performance parts was assembled to "Sharpen the Cats Claws."  These parts were used to assemble a Group Two street Cougar that was tested by both Road & Track and Motor Trend magazines.   Read on for more details and pictures of this amazing Cougar.

The way they did things back then...

The original design drawings for the special components that were used to turn a regular Cougar into an XR7-G are now available in the documents section of this site.  The documents are down-loadable PDF files and were produced from scans of the original 40 year old blue prints.  Look under Documents,1968, XR7-G, Blue Prints, for the drawings. Or click on the link below.

So you want to find yourself the perfect Cougar:

Fear not friends, there is hope for you yet. Buying a classic collector Cougar isn't hard, but getting the right car for what you want to do with it is a little trickier. Before embarking on this great adventure you want to arm yourself with some knowledge about the cars you are looking to purchase. You should have a solid grasp of the various models and option packages of each production year your are considering purchasing and have a general idea of the values that each option or optional package adds to the vehicle.