This is so cool!
Apparently shot somewhere in Canada in 1979. Street racing is about 5 minutes in, after he talks about his job as a truck mechanic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fsw5Jfravg&feature=youtu.be
Awesome!!! From the opening till the end I enjoyed it. It was over for the Camaro at the starting line. That Cougar was rocking!
Steven
That was cool. Hair cuts and cloths looked very familiar!! Cougar definitely walked away! see how high the front end was, I know he was hydroplaning on dry pavement! My first cat used to do that! Thanks to steel studded snow tires, lol got a real smile out of this short little video. Cant wait to put my cat on the road but I am betting a year and a half from now?
Great video.
That guy in the Camaro thought he was hot sh!t til the Cougar handed it to him.
Now I just spent the past hour watching Cougar videos.
Thanks for the post!
Here’s the same car in 1970:
Nice video!! Where is that Cougar today? Did it survive?
holy cowseroonies! there were more than one!
They even got some overspray on to moosetangs!
Cool video. Much like “Titanic”, I knew how it was going to end. 
Loved it. Very cool!
As for what happened to that Cougar, I did a little poking around the interweb and found the below article at “STANGTV” website.
In 1970, the “Ford of Canada Performance Clinic” was Canada’s version of the venerable American squad, with a G/SA 429 Cobra Jet Cyclone, an H/S 428 Cobra Jet Cougar, a SS/HA 428 Cobra Jet Mustang, and a Pro Stock SOHC Mustang – all 1970 models – in their racing stable. The team traveled together on a single transporter known as the “Titanic” that is without a doubt one of the coolest car haulers of all-time.
Ford delivered the cars to Sandy Elliot Ford in Ontario where the drivetrains were stripped and the engines were replaced with new bullets courtesy of Barrie Poole. A matching paint scheme was also applied to all four cars. The three Stock/Super Stockers were owned by Ford, while the Pro Stock Mustang belonged to Mike Wood from Ford and was a ’69 Boss 429 Kar Kraft test car converted to a ’70 model.
The original driver lineup consisted of Scott Wilson driving both of the Mustangs and Vic Beleny doing likewise in the Cyclone and Cougar. Later, Louie Rivait took over the driving chores on the 428 Mustang and Bruce Fitzgibbon wheeled the Cougar. Like many factory efforts, the Canadian Drag Team was short lived, as Ford cut its racing budget by 75% in late 1970, bringing the domestic and foreign racing efforts to a screeching halt.
Today, half of the Ford of Canada Performance Clinic cars are known to remain. the Cougar was sold in 1971 and raced in Ontario until the mid’90′s when it was reportedly destroyed in a crash. The Pro Stock Mustang was scrapped and its powerplant placed in a Funny Car. Meanwhile, the Cyclone is said to be undergoing a light restoration and was spotted on eBay some years back in virtually original condition. The 428 Mustang was also sold in ’71 and raced in Super Stock for a handful of years before exchanging hands again to its current owners. The car remains as the most well-kept of the four, retaining 99% of its original ’70 Drag Team paint scheme along with the vintage decals and original Fenton wheels.
The transporter was named “Titanic”? That’s bizarre. Maybe I’m psychic.
I knew you were going to say that…
The sound track is all modern but they did a good job of making it fit the film footage. Notice the sound clip of the “revving engines” has an announcer from a drag strip on a PA?
FYI, the cougar is still around and never crashed. We have owned it since 1984 and it still had the original paint when we bought it. We replaced the 351 with a 428CJ. The car was at Speed-O-Rama in Toronto a few years ago and Dieter was there to see it. I has just over 12,000 miles and gets out a couple of times a summer.
Cool. Saw this video about a few months ago on utube when looking at cougar stuff. Neat that the car is still around.
I’m glad to hear the Cougar is still around and was not lost due to a crash. Do you have any current pictures you could share with the Classic Cougar Community?
Steven