Cars and Coffee

[loman]

Events like this encourages me to have a streetable car again.

Yea who needs 3 race cars anyway?

You may be right Johno. However I only have 2, but maybe that is 2 to many.

[poboyjo65]

Events like this encourages me to have a streetable car again.

Yea who needs 3 race cars anyway?

You may be right Johno. However I only have 2, but maybe that is 2 to many.

I thought you had 3 65's?

[loman]

Yea who needs 3 race cars anyway?

You may be right Johno. However I only have 2, but maybe that is 2 to many.

I thought you had 3 65's?

Your right, I do have 3 65's but no plans to make a race car out of the 3rd one.

[Jims65cyclone]

Your right, I do have 3 65's but no plans to make a race car out of the 3rd one.

There's your streetable 65!

Jim

[Jims65cyclone]

Went to C&C this morning. Mine was the only Comet there (of course). There was a full array of everything from an army jeep to a couple of Ferraris and everything in between. If you were interested in late model Mustangs, there were enough to start a dealership. A number of Coyotes. Couple of things that caught my eye were a Cougar with a Boss 520 in it, and a Cobra with a hardtop attached. That was the first Cobra I had seen with a HT, and I have to say I didn't care for it. It looked.....weird, especially from the rear, IMHO.




Jim

[Joe Travers]

The Cougar is........Boss

Haven't made it to the local C&C in a few months. Sometimes weather, other times commitments.
Crazy because it's only a mile away from my house

Joe

[JimsHot66]

No C&C here for the last several weeks due to weather. There is sometimes a 64 Comet that shows up but that is it. I have yet to see another
66 Comet at C&C, Cruise nights, or car shows...or anywhere. Who knew these cars would become "rare".

Jim

[SASSY]

I think that Cougar would look gawdy with those "things" sticking out of thd hood cruising down the road. The 520 isn't enough statement?
On the AC it just hit me how far back the engine is from the front spindle center line in that side shot.
Thanks for the pics! Still a while before cruising here too cause the white stuff keeps coming. Last year I insured my motorcycle on the 17 march,, not looking good for this year.
Have you been affected by the weather there, seeing some incredible pics coming out of CA. but don't know where you are relative to the problems.

[Jims65cyclone]

I think that Cougar would look gawdy with those "things" sticking out of thd hood cruising down the road.

Yea, there's nothing practical about that car. The objective is shock and awe. Can you imagine getting stuck in a rain storm on a cruise? It would convert to a steam engine. Come to think of it, it did have a sort of calliope look when he closed the hood.

Jim

[JimsHot66]

Have you been affected by the weather there, seeing some incredible pics coming out of CA. but don't know where you are relative to the problems.

I'm in the Sierra foothills at about 1,400' elevation so not too much snow. C&C is at about 2,500' elevation and that area has gotten several feet of snow; nothing like the Lake Tahoe area which got hammered. Tahoe ski resorts will probably still be open into June.

Jim

[Boss/Cyclone]

They built that Cougar on Stacy David's "Gears". Great build, but I hated the velocity stacks. That car with a factory sytle Cougar GTE hood scoop would be amazing.

[Joe Travers]

They built that Cougar on Stacy David's "Gears". Great build, but I hated the velocity stacks. That car with a factory sytle Cougar GTE hood scoop would be amazing.

Was it set up for racing or just show biz?

Joe

[Jims65cyclone]

They built that Cougar on Stacy David's "Gears".

You're right! And to think, my Comet was only five cars down the row from it. Probably the closest mine will ever come to fame. It was beautifully finished, though. I was thinking there were some deep pockets that built it. Curious how it was in Columbia, SC. Be interesting to see if it shows up at a future C&C. He had the cut-outs open when he left....had all the heads swiveling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifpiyb1OjDs

Jim

[Joe Travers]

They built that Cougar on Stacy David's "Gears".

You're right! And to think, my Comet was only five cars down the row from it. Probably the closest mine will ever come to fame. It was beautifully finished, though. I was thinking there were some deep pockets that built it. Curious how it was in Columbia, SC. Be interesting to see if it shows up at a future C&C. He had the cut-outs open when he left....had all the heads swiveling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifpiyb1OjDs

Looks like Barney answered my question

I'm w/ Boss on this one. Put some short stacks on the injectors and cover them w/ GTE scoop would really be sharp.
Screens on Webers and Hilborns kill benefit of running them. That part is all show biz.

Joe

[Jims65cyclone]

Spring is finally here! Beautiful day in the upper 70's. Went to Cars and Coffee this morning and another local cruise in this afternoon. The guy with the "Gears" built Cougar was at C&C again and let my 9 year old grandson sit behind the wheel.


He also got to sit in a Corvette. He was all smiles by the time we left.


The cruise-in this afternoon was the first since December, so there was a good turn out. Just a few shots of that:





Mine was the only Comet there






It was good to get back out and mix with a bunch of like-minded folks.

Jim