Any love for Fox bodied Cougars?

they look good on the 10-hole wheels also

someone buy this for me

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/cto/d/manassas-1987-mercury-cougar-xr7-50/7226717699.html

In reply to slowbird :

If that was around two months ago, I'd be daily driving that instead of my Kia! It does need a trans rebuild though; telltale sign of the TV grommet failure. My silver one had that same blue interior. Very clean car.

In reply to noddaz :

I was never a fan of that roofline, even when it was new.  The T-bird was so much smoother looking, I just never saw the appeal.

The supply of Fox Bodies in good shape must be starting to get thin now, and its likely all about getting one in the nicest condition you can find for not much money.  I had a few pictures saved of old Foxes but this was the only Cougar I had around.  They can be made to look good.

"Cougar" is one car name that you can pretty much rest assured will never be resurrected.  

Idonno, it's got some appeal.  Every time I see this thread come up I think "Foxy Cougars" and I'm tempted to click.

Nitroracer (Forum Supporter) said:

The supply of Fox Bodies in good shape must be starting to get thin now, and its likely all about getting one in the nicest condition you can find for not much money.  I had a few pictures saved of old Foxes but this was the only Cougar I had around.  They can be made to look good.

My sister and her husband worked at a Hyundai dealer back in the late 90's. They always had those "guaranteed trade-in" events somehow attracted all sorts of interesting, slightly broken stuff. That magical dealership back lot that I got both of my 1987 Cougars from back in the day also offered up a silver-on-red 1986 just like that to my mechanic brother-in-law who worked at the dealer. His was a super clean base model that happened to have the 5.0. Since it was a base model, it had puny 14" pizza cutter wheels and tires. The open diff and small tires allowed for the most epic pegleg burnouts I have ever seen. I ended up borrowing it one night while my BIL was doing repairs on mine and laid a strip that was damn near a quarter mile long. Tht car was stupid fun!

Also, that dealer lot also offered up a 1984 XR7 Turbo with a stick AND a fully loaded Mark VII LSC. They always had non-Mustang Fox Bodies. I wish it still existed! 

In reply to Javelin (Forum Supporter) :

Okay you made me do it...

84 XR7 is less than 3100#

https://www.coolcats.net/modelyear/1984.html

Now the next generation cars were super heavy.

And only the early Fox cars had aluminum bumpers like '79 and '80.  They didn't meet later crash standards.  

So do I need to wait for you to find the 2600# Fairmont?

And you are also way wrong on the width.  The wheelbase, yes the Mustang was shorter.  The T bird, Fairmont, LTD and Cougar were longer.  I used to know the exact difference, but the difference is all between the back of the front seat and rear seat.  

The differences in the Fox chassis cars are most cosmetic.  No doubt a Cougar interior weighs more than a Fairmont interior and all that trim but the chassis is a wash between them.

Sort of related, but we ran a Lincoln Mack VII endurance car back in the day. 

I would totally drive a Cougar, or a Tbird. Although I prefer my luxury foxes in the hot rod Lincoln flavor.

Also, totally calling them "Mack 7s" now

AnthonyGS (Forum Supporter) said:

Javelin (Forum Supporter) said:

pres589 (djronnebaum) said:

Fairmont 2 door sedan >>> Fox Cougars.  That's a scientific fact.

Well, yeah. The Fairmont is at least 500 pounds lighter, so...

Fox bodies are like Legos.  What you can do to one works on them all.  A Fairmont and Cougar are far closer in weight than 500#.  Don't force me to look it up.

Yeah I mean 500 pounds is like at least 2 cougars from Kentucky.

In 93, Cale Yarborough's team brought a Cougar to a NASCAR race. Derrick Cope qualified 31st and blew an engine. Fast on the straights but didn't turn well with that flat back window. Kinda cool that someone tried something a little different

A 401 CJ said:

"Cougar" is one car name that you can pretty much rest assured will never be resurrected.  

If anyone on here ends up getting one, you have to get the custom license plate "MILF"

David S. Wallens said:

Sort of related, but we ran a Lincoln Mack VII endurance car back in the day. 

Wonder if that car still exists. The Mustang front end swap is interesting.

In reply to Tom_Spangler (Forum Supporter) :

Mercury I Love to Flog?

My first car in High School was a red 88 XR7 5.0. It only topped out a little over 100mph and I ended flipping it trying to drift it at 60 mph. Wheel hit the curb and snapped right off. First time I ever seen the sky where the road was suppose to be. No one was hurt, all 5 of us crawled out of the side and walked home. Those cars were built well. 

Something like this https://www.shoppok.com/pennstate/a,45,65819,1988-mercury-cougar-XR7----2200--lock-haven-.htm