Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: ilyu2 on March 18, 2016, 09:12:56 PM
Post by: ilyu2 on March 18, 2016, 09:12:56 PM
Hello
I have a question I own a 1985 Cougar 2 door hardtop 5.0 engine. It this a fox body or the fox body chassis I am having a hard time dispersing all the different information I am finding on the internet Also I am not sure on the model . It says Cougar 2 door on the title No LS or GS
Thank you for any help
Kim[ATTACH=CONFIG]37328[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]37329[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]37330[/ATTACH]
I have a question I own a 1985 Cougar 2 door hardtop 5.0 engine. It this a fox body or the fox body chassis I am having a hard time dispersing all the different information I am finding on the internet Also I am not sure on the model . It says Cougar 2 door on the title No LS or GS
Thank you for any help
Kim[ATTACH=CONFIG]37328[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]37329[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]37330[/ATTACH]
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: daminc on March 18, 2016, 11:06:53 PM
Post by: daminc on March 18, 2016, 11:06:53 PM
Welcome
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: 50tbrd88 on March 19, 2016, 01:06:16 PM
Post by: 50tbrd88 on March 19, 2016, 01:06:16 PM
Welcome aboard. Yes you definitely have a fox body. 89 up was the mn-12 platform. 80-88 would be the fox bodies.
If you want to learn about your car, stick around this forum and head over to http://www.coolcats.net.
If you want to learn about your car, stick around this forum and head over to http://www.coolcats.net.
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: vinnietbird on March 20, 2016, 10:26:27 AM
Post by: vinnietbird on March 20, 2016, 10:26:27 AM
Welcome to the forum. What are your plans for the build?
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: ilyu2 on March 26, 2016, 09:29:11 PM
Post by: ilyu2 on March 26, 2016, 09:29:11 PM
Thanks guys.. Ok I have been poking around on the car On the inside of the passenger door is a tag. It's starting to fade but it's there I know it's the tire size stats. What I am surprised at is it says Model XR7 I thought this was a 1985 Cougar. What is the diffrence if any. Sorry as the title says I am a newb I should also include the title says series Cou2D I am pretty sure that means Cougar 2 door No xr7 ect ? 
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: Haystack on March 26, 2016, 11:26:53 PM
Post by: Haystack on March 26, 2016, 11:26:53 PM
Xr7 means turbo charged 2.3. Its a generic tag for different tire sizes available that year.
More likely then not you have a base or gs 86 cougar. The Ls model is just a different trims and standard options. A gs or base model can be almost identically optioned out in these years. Mine is a base, but my first car was a gs and had less options.
Poke around on coolcats.net they even have model info by year and Vin information.
More likely then not you have a base or gs 86 cougar. The Ls model is just a different trims and standard options. A gs or base model can be almost identically optioned out in these years. Mine is a base, but my first car was a gs and had less options.
Poke around on coolcats.net they even have model info by year and Vin information.
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: 83TB on April 04, 2016, 07:51:35 PM
Post by: 83TB on April 04, 2016, 07:51:35 PM
Welcome:cool:
Title: I'm a NEWB
Post by: BCA on April 06, 2016, 03:09:47 PM
Post by: BCA on April 06, 2016, 03:09:47 PM
Quote from: ilyu2;454386
Hello
I have a question I own a 1985 Cougar 2 door hardtop 5.0 engine. It this a fox body or the fox body chassis I am having a hard time dispersing all the different information I am finding on the internet Also I am not sure on the model . It says Cougar 2 door on the title No LS or GS
Thank you for any help
Kim
Hello and welcome.
Based on your pictures, and assuming that its exterior has not been modified; it is not an LS. Two easy to identify exterior features of the LS model were bright rocker panel moldings and the electroluminescent coach lamps on the c-pillar (the Cougar emblem lights up).
BTW, for 1983-1985 model years, there was no GS designation, just Cougar, Cougar LS and Cougar XR-7. The GS model designation didn’t start until the 1986 model year.