The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread September 12, 2006, 10:44:36 PM The thread about that pro-street T-Bird got me thinking: There have been some wild/wonderful concepts, race cars and just plain wierd versions of these cars built over the years. It'd be nice to have a single place to look at them, so if you've got knowledge of 'em post 'em up here. Pics are required, obviously, but if you could post up a link to the source/article it would be great. Let's get educated!I'll start:This beautiful 'Bird was created as a pace car concept for the 1984 PPG Indycar series. It was built off an 83 or 84 model but you can clearly see that it had some influence on the '87-'88 version - flush glass and no grille, for instance. Check out how the spoiler is built into the trunk - probably functional, given the pace car status. I absolutely love this car and would move mountains to own it if it still exists.'Nother one:Looks like nothing spectacular, right? You've all seen 83-84 Turbo Coupes with the FMS body kit, grille and spoiler. Thing is, according to Car and Driver magazine this is a spyshot of a 1987 Turbo Coupe prototype/developmental mule. It was powered by a twin-turbo 3.8 V6 producing 250 horsepower (remember, this was 1983, when Corvettes made do with fewer than 200 horses). The story goes that the FMS (and other aftermarket) body stuff was patterned off this very car. Pity that twin-turbo 3.8 never made production, but it was probably a branch in the development of the SC 3.8. Then again, given the 3.8's now known reliability problems maybe it's not such a pity... Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #1 – September 12, 2006, 10:53:46 PM The CouguarBuilt on a Mercury Cougar chassis and is powered by a Mercury 3.8 V-6. The hood, top front fenders and front fascia and grille are from a '67 Jaguar and the rest of the car is an '85 Mercury Cougar. Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #2 – September 12, 2006, 11:07:57 PM no way look at how much the trunk slants and it has a chrome rear buper Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #3 – September 12, 2006, 11:14:49 PM The rear is Jag too, I just forgot to mention it. Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #4 – September 12, 2006, 11:34:03 PM I see Carmen reads Car Craft. Nice Sig Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #5 – September 13, 2006, 12:12:42 AM Actually, I don't. Too Chevy oriented. But I had to buy it when I saw the thread that said K & B waere doing a T-Bird :D Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #6 – September 13, 2006, 12:37:00 AM That was my thread And right now they have a Fireturd and a bad-ass Rambler :D Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #7 – September 13, 2006, 09:16:25 AM Carm....doesn't that PPG car also have gullwing doors? I remember something about that...could be another car...but one of the prototype/show cars did have gullwings.Anyhow, here are my contributions:This was an actual prototype NASCAR-style Cougar that buzzed Route 23 in Detroit back in the day.Someone should be shot for this.Some of you may remember this one...it was on Auto Trader for about 2 years. Never did find out if it sold; he was asking $10K US for it...with a V6 LOL. But he is (drum roll please) HITTIN' SWITCHES BABY!! WOOOOOOO!! GIT 'R' DUNNNNN!!!! PLAY SOME SKYNYRD MAN!!!!! :hick: Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #8 – September 13, 2006, 11:14:18 AM And let's not forget the Tiffany Cougar... Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #9 – September 13, 2006, 05:27:15 PM id drive the out of a tiffany! Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #10 – September 13, 2006, 05:41:23 PM Quoteid drive the out of a tiffany!There are not enough roads in the world to get all the driven out of that monstrosity. Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #11 – September 13, 2006, 05:58:23 PM Quote from: jkirchman;103802There are not enough roads in the world to get all the driven out of that monstrosity.:iagree: ideas like that shoube be bagged before they even get tagged:pbb: Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #12 – September 13, 2006, 05:59:14 PM Quote from: jkirchman;103802There are not enough roads in the world to get all the driven out of that monstrosity. Things like that should be bagged before they even get tagged :pbb: Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #13 – September 13, 2006, 07:34:42 PM ever see a tiffany in person? Theyre actually neat. Quote Selected
The Official Strange/Exotic T-Birds & Cougars thread Reply #14 – September 13, 2006, 08:00:25 PM I'd pimp one... pimp being the operative word, of course :DEric: I dunno if that PPG has gullwing doors or not - that pic is the only one I have ever seen of it, and the magazine ad I scanned it from was pimping the PPG indycar series, not the car itself. They also did a pretty cool Fiero... Quote Selected
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