Trivia for today

[ponygt65]

A cougar wagon?? wow.


Easy one.... what was the very first car that had the K motor in it?

[02mach1]

Originally Posted by ponygt65

A cougar wagon?? wow.


Easy one.... what was the very first car that had the K motor in it?

Yeap that's right, now for part 2 of cougar wagon trivia what year did Ford quit making the Cougar wagon , and what motors you could get of last year of the Cougar wagon and what was Ford sister to it.

[falcongtho3]

Fords sister to the smaller size Cougar wagon was the Ford LTD. This is the point in time where the LTD and Crown Victoria names split their ways. The wagon had a 255 V-8 optional with a 200 cid inline standard. I'm a little vague on its last year. It seems to have been around '86 or so. (More trivia, the 5.0 HO engine was used in the smaller body LTD Police package and was available in the civilian version. The PD cars had a split exhaust tip like a Mustang and the civilian cars had a single oval tip.)

[02mach1]

Originally Posted by falcongtho3

Fords sister to the smaller size Cougar wagon was the Ford LTD. This is the point in time where the LTD and Crown Victoria names split their ways. The wagon had a 255 V-8 optional with a 200 cid inline standard. I'm a little vague on its last year. It seems to have been around '86 or so. (More trivia, the 5.0 HO engine was used in the smaller body LTD Police package and was available in the civilian version. The PD cars had a split exhaust tip like a Mustang and the civilian cars had a single oval tip.)

Nope sorry Falcongth03 , you are wrong it was the Ford Granata and Cougar was in 1982 was last for Granata, to. the LTD and Marquee didn't came out until 1983

[falcongtho3]

Sorry, no. The Monarch was the Mercury sister to the Granada and the Lincoln version was the Versailles. Some of those even came with 351 VV engines, and there was a 4 wheel disc brake option that has found its was to many vintage Mustangs.

[02mach1]

Originally Posted by falcongtho3

Sorry, no. The Monarch was the Mercury sister to the Granada and the Lincoln version was the Versailles. Some of those even came with 351 VV engines, and there was a 4 wheel disc brake option that has found its was to many vintage Mustangs.

I talking about the fox bodies of the Cougar and Granada.


What was the LTD LX Sister of?

[ponygt65]

OK, so does that mean there are no takers on my question?

[AZDave]

1963 Fairlane?

[ponygt65]

Nope, good guess though. I realize now my question was kind of tricky, and i apologize for not clarifying. I meant the first, regardless of production. Now that I have worded it fairly, I will see if there is any other guesses.

[AZDave]

How about a 289 Cobra in the spring of '63?

[ponygt65]

There you go. Nice one. I knew I didn't word it right.

The K code saw production with the fairlanes and comet cyclones. I am not sure which one was first though.

[04comporgmach1]

first i am going to say that this thread is pretty cool but the ???? are kinda lame. just let me know if you want some harder ones. i grew up restoring mustangs and shelbys so i know some stuff that doesn't get printed.

[falcongtho3]

There's about 31 pages worth of questions here, and many of them are Shelby and Boss oriented. If you get a chance check 'em out. If you've got any trivia you'd like to contribute please feel free to post 'em up...

[ponygt65]

Excuse me if I am a little offended by your post. Not everyone has been exposed to all of mustang history. I will GLADLY take ANY challenge you through my way regarding the K motor.

[AZDave]

Originally Posted by 04comporgmach1

first i am going to say that this thread is pretty cool but the ???? are kinda lame. just let me know if you want some harder ones. i grew up restoring mustangs and shelbys so i know some stuff that doesn't get printed.

OK, let's have some of your harder questions.
I do love a challenge.

[Hotrods6604]

I do know that in the 90's Ford came out with two different convetible packages. I was wondering how many of each one was made. I also was told that in California the cars were painted a dfferent color but i have never seen one or can find any info on it.

[falcongtho3]

You're probably refering to the 'Feature Car' packages. The red cars with the white wheels, then there was triple white cars, and I seem to recall yellow cars with chrome wheels. There was also the 7-Up cars that were green with white interior. Is that the ones you're talking about?

For today...Who is the person given credit for designing the tri-bar pony logo?

[Stangfan]

A fellow by the name of Phil Clark designed the tri-bar pony logo.

The 7UP Car is the 1990 Limited Edition Convertible. The red one came out in 92 I believe and the chrome yellow and triple white cars were 93s.

[falcongtho3]

Phils daughter, Holly, will be glad you know his name. (He passed away in 1968 from kidney disease) I've been in contact with her and she has an amazing amount of her fathers original artwork. She's thinking about haveing it reproduced to make prints available as well as doing a book. He was also one of the designers of the Mustang I prototype.

[Hotrods6604]

Yes but i didn't know about the red one. I was told that the California cars came orange instead of yellow.

[ponygt65]

Originally Posted by Stangfan

A fellow by the name of Phil Clark designed the tri-bar pony logo.

The 7UP Car is the 1990 Limited Edition Convertible. The red one came out in 92 I believe and the chrome yellow and triple white cars were 93s.

Yes the white and yellows were produced the last year of the Foxbodies.....they are very nice cars. I have seen one of each and a few in mags. I will have to double check one of the mags I have on these verts', I thought all three (didnt' know about the 7up) were produced in 93.

CA had yellow. I have not seen an orange one myself. Mag or in person.


BTW - whatever happened to the challenges send of to 04 comporamach?

[Hotrods6604]

so how many yellow and white ones were made?

[falcongtho3]

In 1992 there were 2196 Vibrant Red Feature Cars made.
For 1993, there were 1419 Yellow LX 5.0 Feature cars built. (There were also 25 4 cyl. convertibles built, all went to Hertz. None have been accounted for as of yet) There were 1460 White Feature Cars made. I can find no reference to orange feature cars of any sort. There may have been a regional promotion, but if that is the case it has not surfaced on any of my information sources.

[Hotrods6604]

Thanks for the info. I'm thinking maybe i should have bought that yellow one a few years ago. The guy was only asking $12,000.

[falcongtho3]

No problem, that's part of what this thread's all about.