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In dusting off my library collection I found in Petersen’s Complete Ford Book, 3rd edition an article titled “Ford Sportscar Prototypes”
Here are some excerpts…
In the article it talks about the “XD Cobra also called the Bordinat Cobra… A hardtop version was named the Cougar II.”
“The basic frame consisted of two longitudinal steel tubes 4 ins. in diameter, with one 3 in and three 4 in. crossmembers. A muffler ran through each side rail.
Cougar II passenger, GT car created in 1968 …
Created in Ford’s Corporate Projects Design Office, the car was 167.8 ins. Long and had a 90 in wheelbase. Overall height was 47.8 ins. Overall widthe 66.6 ins., tread width, 50.5 ins. In front and 52 ins. In the rear.
Mach 2
Designed to take Ford’s high-performance289 cid family of engines, the Mach 2 weighed approximately 2850 lbs. in road trim and would be substantially lighter in race form The car was only 47 ins high.
The underbody of the Mach 2 was semi-monocoque steel construction. The body was fiberglass.
… The clutch, brake and accelerator pedals were adjustable to accommodate individual drivers. These features were introduced on the Mustang I sports car in 1962.
Mach 2C
Once the late Bruce McLaren decide he wanted a street car. But McLaren, as builder of the Group 7 cars that were dominating the Can-Am series, wanted a street car that could perform as well as a Can-Am car. What did it look like? Well, it looked like the Ford Mach 2C.
What did the Ford Mach2C look like? It’s kind of hard to find out from ford. They officially only admit to the Mach 2 which was built on a Mustang floor pan and had a small-block engine.
The Mach 2C was a much bigger car, with a wheelbase of 102 ins., an overall length of 178 ins. and a total height of under 4 ft.
The engine called for in the design presentation, made in 1969, was the massive Ford 429-Ford’s answer to the Chevrolet 427. The transaxle was not to be some exotic piece of unworkable trash form abroad but made in the good old USA along with all the other bits and pieces.
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