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Mercury Cougar emblem (1970 Cougar Eliminator) For nearly its entire production, the Cougar followed Mercury tradition, serving as a divisional counterpart of a Ford vehicle. Though sharing a common chassis architecture, the Cougar was visibly distinguished, ranging in degree from distinct grilles, badging, and lighting components to nearly ...
429 cu in (7.0 L) 385-series: ... The Edsel 361 was the very first FE block engine to be offered for sale in any ... 1969–1970 Ford Mustang; 1969–1970 Mercury Cougar;
Mercury Comet Fastback (1964) Mercury Comet Super Cyclone (1964) Mercury Concept 50 (1988) Mercury Concept One (1989) Mercury Cougar El Gato (1970) Mercury Cougar Eliminator (1999) Mercury Cougar S (1999) Mercury Cyclone (1990) Mercury Cyclone Super Spoiler (1969) Mercury D528 "Beldone" (1955) Mercury Escapade (1965) Mercury Fusion (1996)
The Ford Boss 302 (formally the "302 H.O.") is a high-performance "small block" 302 cu in (4.9 L) V8 engine manufactured by Ford Motor Company.The original version of this engine was used in the 1969 and 1970 Boss 302 Mustangs and Cougar Eliminators and was constructed by attaching heads designed for the planned 351 Cleveland (which debuted the following year) to a Ford small block. [1]
The standard engine for the base Cyclone was the 429 cu in (7,030 cc) four-barrel with dual exhaust that was rated at 360 hp (268 kW) SAE gross (250 hp (186 kW) net). It was the standard engine in the 1970 Mercury Marauder X-100 and was available in other full-size models. It featured a 575 CFM carburetor.
For 1939, the Mercury was launched at a starting price of US$916 ($20,064 in 2023 dollars [10]); over 65,800 vehicles were sold in the inaugural model year. [11] In response to the popularity of the model line, Ford revised its branding structure after 1940; De Luxe Ford was discontinued as a sub-marque (returning to its previous use as a Ford trim line), and all Lincolns became derived from ...
The 429 was developed to replace the three largest FE-series V8s, the 390, 427, and 428. It shared its 4.36-inch bore with the 460, but was destroked to 3.59-inches. The engine was introduced in the 1968 Ford Thunderbird, and saw use across Ford and Mercury full-size, intermediate, and pony car product lines.
The debut of the Ford Mustang in early 1964, and subsequent introduction of the larger, more upmarket Mercury Cougar, to compete with the similarly larger Dodge Charger – Chrysler's more upscale answer to Ford and G.M.'s pony cars [2] – began to erode the Thunderbird sales and drove it to still get larger, with Ford even introducing four ...