So there was a guy selling a very complete set of all the different magazines that feature the 67 Cougar. Motor Trend, car and driver, popular mechanics, etc…So this morning for the first time I actually read the ‘car of the year’ article. Different options, cool grill, market penetration based on one location sales, etc. In the engine options conversation, it says the 390 4V is the way to go, with options for the 289. Cobra upgrades availability and, to my point, is says there are Group 2 options for the dual quad intake, (Group II to me, has always been the Shelby options; I.E., how to sharpen your cats claws, for power/performance, and the road racing applications). But then the same article goes to the 428 for Group 3. I’ve never seen or heard this before. Was this ‘just’ an advertising slip? Hints of things that didn’t come from Mercury?
IMHO. Coming from the GM world. Alot of advertisement didn’t necessarily give with what you could actually order. Take for instance “The Humbler”. It was advertised that you could get “Cutouts” for your 70 GTO.
Probably true. Getting marketing, engineering, and the factory all on the same page was a big problem my entire career. And the bigger the company, the harder it gets.
It probably has something to do with the different racing groups. Vehicles were assigned to specific groups based on vehicle size, engine size, etc. Maybe Group III is for pony sized vehicles with more than a 5 litre engine (hence the reference to the 428 engine).
Group 3 was an FIA racing class for grand touring cars as part of the International Sports Car Championship. Became the series production class where there a minimum number of vehicles had to be sold to be eligible
GTFO!!! Did that happen?? Did any Cougar’s compete??Or is it still just another Euro sport thing that was never engaged with, stateside?
Ford were racing Mustangs and the GT40’s in Europe and probably trying to homologate all the parts needed to be able to enter. Not sure they ever ran any Probably just marketing