The 1969 Cougar was a nice car. I purchased a new 1971 Maverick Grabber with the 302 V8 and a three speed manual on the floor. I drag raced the car for quite a few years, but sold it because I was tired of drag racing and wanted to put money into the Pantera, which I purchased in 1977. If I had access to the speed parts then that we have now, that little car would be flying! A 9.2 deck aluminum Fontana block would actually fit in the engine bay of one for those Mavericks. The problem is that most people's memory of an old car isn't up to today's standards unless you do a lot of work on it. The Pantera is somewhat in that same boat, but it takes less because the basic layout of the car is so good to begin with. I have done a great deal of chassis bracing on my car along with all the other necessary things go make it a good driver. I couldn't imagine feeding that engine with a carb and the fuel injection just does everything so well.
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