Carm, you should be receiving your hardcopy today (if you get a newspaper):
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Front/851955.html
I've been talking with Stephen for a few years but didn't know he was doing this. Way cool! Let's support our fellow Cat owner in his endeavoUr.
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He cut it in half to make it shorter? That's kinda evil cool...
Give her shiznit Steph, and good luck!
Paul (Thundergrowl) goes to that event I think... Maybe he can get some shots of the car and talk to its owner...
That is too cool!
Go kitty kitty go!
A fox in the Targa? That's awesome and aweful at the same time. I wanted to have the first fox in the Targa Newfoundland. :(
Yeah, that's awesome, though. :D
I've thought about turning a 4-eye Cougar into a rally car. I've thought about a lot of things though.
I'm quite interested in what power/drivetrain option he chose. Did he modify the suspension?
The only rally-oriented Fox Mustang I've heard of ran a 351W and a 3-link rear. The driver would win events with it.
Regarding the Cougar...no experience?
I'd put my money on a mechanical or wreck..
edit:
http://www.targanewfoundland.com/carDetail.asp?id=122
Holy Heck, it has the 3.8?! :p
Double secret probation edit:
Eric, can you PM me his contact info...or find out if he'll let you do so?
crazy canadians. haha!
just kidding. good luck, man.
Yeah, it says somewhere in the article that it runs a 3.8. I shook my head when I read that. It's still cool, though.
That is similar to the paint scheme I was going to do up on my '86. With a thinner red stripe though.
:bowdown: heres a cat on the prowl :cougarsmily:
Got Merkur? (http://"http://www.targanewfoundland.com/carDetail.asp?id=46")
1985 Ford Merkur XR4Ti... No I like that just as much as the cougar
Why is the car not looking shorter to me?
omg it looks so weird shorter!! how cant you see it look at the rear window!
(http://www.targanewfoundland.com/images/cars/Steve%20LeBlanc%20(1014).jpg)
Wow. That thinG looks like it's driving on stilts!
He seems to have a realistic goal, just wants to complete the event(I hope he's replaced the HGs on that 3.8) :rolleyes: ...
Guessing he has a fresh engine???
(http://www.foxthundercats.com/images/rallycat.jpg)
Look at the distance between the rear of the door and the front of the rear wheel opening. The door also looks shorter. He's taken a good 10" out of the wheelbase. That's now a two-seater Cougar.
I hope he isn't gonna keep those hubcaps on it for the rally :hick:
I think its awesome as well as funny that he's entering a cougar. they don't remind me of a sports car (although I know better) so with the front grill, the caps match. to me its like a rally sleeper ha.
Oh yea, I see it for sure now! I can't see how I missed it haha
Yeah! I'll have to check it out.
I've pondered about entering the touring class myself but the price is too high for me. Just think of the improvments $4K could do to the TC. Plus you have to pay for hotels, meals, fuel, etc.
They're showing Targa Newfoundland on Speed right now. The cougar ended up going into a wall.
LOL I didn't notice it either. Pretty cool. Time to dust off the sawzall?
Yeah, I remember seeing that a month or two back. I think I remember an 'also ran' about the Cougar. Did they even show a shot of it after the crash?
Nice paint job and its awesome its made a little shorter but it needs at least 5.0 under the hood.
All I seen was the front DS fender. It didn't look too bad!
when did speed decide to start showing the targanewfoundland? they barely even cover the run-offs
and i dont have cable anymore:mad:
I think it looks better...
And that's the sweetest Merkur I've ever seen.