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JCQuinn@work Gearhead Posts: 542 From: Lakewood, CO, USA Registered: Jun 2001	posted 06-13-2001 11:09 AM I am planning to prepare a 68 Cougar to race in Top Stock. My engine choices with this body are the 427 or 428 that came as original equipment or the 385 hp 351W or the 460. I would like to use one of the original engines so I can run the car as a stocker at the local track. My question is how hard it is to find the trim pieces to make an ordinary Cougar look like a GT-E car. The only changes I am aware of are the grill, Front fender badges and the side chrome. I don't want to use a rare original car for a racer and the plain Cougars are a whole lot cheaper so if I can't find the right parts I will probably use one of the crate motors. I welcome any comments. JCQ IP: Logged
kwazykat Moderator Posts: 6563 From: ...a wonderful place to be.... orange county... NC!!!! M&M member #92 .... a blue-oval GRRL-deluxe..... Registered: Jun 99	posted 06-13-2001 02:25 PM hey JCQ! welcome to M&M. i am not at home right now, so i cant access my cougar catalogues, but i seem to remember there are badges and trim available thru several vendors.... hhhmmmm...... give autokrafters a try or johns classic cougars... i wont be home till late sunday the 17th...but will check this post to see if someone has put up some reference info for you. stop on in at the "sams place" forum and say hi to everyone. we love adding new members to the site! kaylin ------------------ the original GRRL... ford true-blue-blood 62 fairlane 500 sports coupe, she will be my street-legal-drag-racing-machine (CHIKCOOP) 66 fairlane 500 4-door (waiting for a new home...maybe) 67 fairlane 500 ranchero (SPUNKY67) carolina cougar club cougar club of america 67 cougar: dan gurney special (KWAZYKAT) 69 cougar standard convertible (KATSMEOW) 84 F150 (TRUKGRRL) the only polish on my nails is "ford grease black" https://mustangsandmore.com/ubb/kwazykat.html IP: Logged
Richard Swart Gearhead Posts: 112 From: Graham, Wa. Registered: Oct 99	posted 06-17-2001 10:40 AM I don't remember seeing to much stuff out there for the GTE. there is the hoodscoop and there is the 7 liter insert for the emblem that go's on the fender. Mustangs unlimited has a cougar parts catalog that has these parts in it. You could use some 3/8 crome plastic door gard for the side moulding. And I bet it wouln't be to hard to make the bar that go's across the grill. IP: Logged
JCQuinn@work Gearhead Posts: 542 From: Lakewood, CO, USA Registered: Jun 2001	posted 06-19-2001 02:57 PM Thank you for the info. After looking at the NHRA class guide I see that they list all of the engines for all of the Cougar models. It appears I can run any of the engines in a regular coupe. JQ IP: Logged

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