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Apostate said:
In the 60’s I kept up with car models like most preteen American boys, and this Newsday article gives some reasons why I preferred this one to its Mustang progenitor.

Visually, the Cougar was a pleasant piece. Along with its must-have long-hood, short-deck styling, the car featured unique hidden headlights that remained cloistered behind the front grille until pressed into service. But the real knockout feature was the car's sequential rear signal lights that strobed in the appropriate direction whenever the stalk indicator was flicked.

When you’re 11 those rear signal lights were so COOL.

https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/mercury-cougar-was-it-actually-a-better-mustang-1.4138268

My Dad didn’t drive one. He was a Ford/Lincoln-Mercury dealer and sold the suckers.
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Those tail lights were cool. In fact, the were so cool that the newest Mustangs have the same sequential blinking system. But, the Cougar still did it better.
thehangingtree said:
A Cougar was a different car related to the Mustang but it you were going to race you took the Mustang (unless Ford paid you to drive the Cougar!)
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They were the same car under the skin. Cougars from 67 - 70 had the same engine, drive-train, chassis, suspension, etc as the Mustang. Only the body and interior were different.
 
Naraku said:
Those tail lights were cool. In fact, the were so cool that the newest Mustangs have the same sequential blinking system. But, the Cougar still did it better.

They were the same car under the skin. Cougars from 67 - 70 had the same engine, drive-train, chassis, suspension, etc as the Mustang. Only the body and interior were different.
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Stock Cougars were heavier because of the 'luxury' features... Race weight they were equal
 
thehangingtree said:
Damn nice first car!!! Mine was a five year old VW Beetle!
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Mine was a 9 year old Mini, the 70s Clubman body not the classic rounded headlights.

What is that, Naraku? It looks like some cars I saw growing up in Australia, probably rebadged.

Be careful that your wife/girlfriend doesn't like your car more than she likes you!
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thehangingtree said:
Stock Cougars were heavier because of the 'luxury' features... Race weight they were equal
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The term heavy cougars creates entirely the wrong image in my mind!
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My first car was my Dad's Ford Cortina Mk 1
Then progressed to a Renault 15*,Ford Escort Mk1*,Vauxhall Cavalier*, Vauxhall Chevette, Ford Fiesta Mk 1,VW Polo Mk 2,Escort Mk 3*, Fiesta Mk 2, Peugeot 309,Escort Mk 5*,Fiesta Mk 4, and my current Ford Focus Mk 1.
(*written-off...) Been driving since 1980
 
The annual Bathurst 12 Hour sports car endurance race is on tomorrow Sunday 3rd February Australian time on the Mt Panorama circuit. The main race will be hosted live on television in Australia and New Zealand but live streaming is avalaible via the event web page:

https://www.bathurst12hour.com.au/

Cars include Aston Martin Vantage GT3, Audi R8, Bentley Continental GT3, BMW M6, Ferrari 488 GT3, Lamborghini Huracan GT3, Maclaren 650S, Mercedes AMG GT GT3, Porsche 911 GT3-R and a couple of the more exotic KTM X-Bow and Ginetta G55 GT4 cars plus a couple of Marc I and IIs across a good mix of Pro and ProAm teams.

The support races mostly featuring historic sports and touring cars can also be watched via live streaming.

A couple of aquaintances from Pp’s old Brirish sports car circle have taken cars to run in Group S and were doing well in qualifying against old Porsche 911s, Corvettes, Shelby GT350s and the like though one had the misfortune of dropping a valve in a freshly rebuilt race engine.

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Anxiously awaiting the full damage report when they get the car home next week.
 
thehangingtree said:
The Bathurst 12 Hr race is on the web!!! 7 hours left... Tree won't make it!
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Attrition rate is pretty low so far and long periods running under the green flag makes for great racing. Weather here isn’t conducive to taking the sports car out for a run so Pp will be fixed on the television most of the day in the hope the Aston (currently in 4th) and Bentleys (also both top 10) can knock off the Germans.
 
thehangingtree said:
Tree is not staying awake for the end of the race and even though they have neutered it with chicanes (guys can't handle a wild mare) on some of the straights what a track it is!!!
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The only chicane is The Chase on the long downhill Conrod Straight. The cashes into the hard left hander at the bottom of Conrod (top speeds pre-Chase well north of 200 mph) used to be spectacular but there are still some pretty good ones even with The Chase in place …


The course is a public road. The speed limit is 60 kph (37 mph) these days but the concrete barriers over the top and down into The Dipper are still bloody intimidating even at that speed. Try it at race speeds and remember that the GT3 cars are lapping 1 - 2 seconds faster than the V8 Supercars.
 
Primus pilus said:
The only chicane is The Chase on the long downhill Conrod Straight. The cashes into the hard left hander at the bottom of Conrod (top speeds pre-Chase well north of 200 mph) used to be spectacular but there are still some pretty good ones even with The Chase in place …


The course is a public road. The speed limit is 60 kph (37 mph) these days but the concrete barriers over the top and down into The Dipper are still bloody intimidating even at that speed. Try it at race speeds and remember that the GT3 cars are lapping 1 - 2 seconds faster than the V8 Supercars.
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It doesn't matter... At Le Mans they put 3 chicanes on the Mulsanne 'straight'. At Lime Rock they put one on the fastest part of the track. Really, if you are are real race car driver you need to know that you might have to lift off the damn gas pedal!!
 
thehangingtree said:
It doesn't matter... At Le Mans they put 3 chicanes on the Mulsanne 'straight'. At Lime Rock they put one on the fastest part of the track. Really, if you are are real race car driver you need to know that you might have to lift off the damn gas pedal!!
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Pp has a friend who races an MGA in historic classes at Lime Rock. Watched his races on YouTube enough to know the circuit options pretty well.
Yep … a driver should know when to ease off but it is a very different story when the blood is up and, apart from that, adding The Chase on Conrod Straight has not limited speeds but has made racing one hell of a lot tighter and effectively added a place where a skilful driver can set up some thrilling overtaking - case in point was Campbell on Mostert today.

But for the 2019 Bathurst 12 Hour…

No spoiler from Pp in case some might prefer to watch the finish without knowing the result.
However all He will say is that it was a phenominal race covering 312 laps in the 12 hours - 15 more than the previous longest edition - and less than 9 seconds separating the top 5 cars.

And if you enjoy motor racing but can’t watch any more, find a way to watch the last 12 minutes to see unbelievable overtaking moves by a young Australian driver.
 
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Here you go Tree. Despite the level of difficulty around Mt Panorama the best lap time just keeps coming down!

The most famous name in Australian motorsport owns the lap record at Australia’s most famous racetrack.

https://www.drive.com.au/news/brabh...20665.html?ffref=brisbanetimes&trackLink=SMH3

Former Bathurst winner Luke Youlden drove the Brabham BT62 in a series of demonstration laps with his fastest time, a 1:58.670 secs, beating the previous benchmark set by German Christopher Mies, 1:59.3secs at the Challenge Bathurst event late last year in an unrestricted Audi R8 LMS race car.

The cars will be built in South Australia and the first one is scheduled for delivery to a German customer in Q3 this year.

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The fastest lap by a car in GT3 racing trim was set by Shane van Gisbergen in a Maclaren 650S in 2016 at 2:01:286
 
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