1970 Mercury Cougar Boss 302 Eliminator: Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 272 V8TV 

Beautiful car

So the same options but different. That would be NOT the same options.

D.B...….XR 7 ……..blue …….428 CJ …..4 speed......brought 5 Escambia county deputies home one night $$$$$$$$

You had a BOSS 302 Cougar?

@@dalelc43 ; Relax man. "Same options but mine also had the rear spoiler and different wheels". There, is that better for you? Also YOUR grammar? "That would be NOT the same options." Should've typed; "That's not the same options".

Cobra Charmer it would actually be “those aren’t the same options”, then. Thanks for playing, though.

I agree. Mustangs are a dime a dozen and Cougars were definitely a higher quality car than a Mustang with a little more chrome and a much more comfortable and quiet interior as Mercury's had more sound deadening insulation in them than a regular Ford did

@@jeremythompson9895 is like luxury and comforble like Chevelle vs Impala

Truth

Not sure what code my father's eliminator had but it was 351 Cleveland was a beast

I'm sure it was a M code Cleveland. That's the 351 4V engine option

Hurst stick manual trans too?

Yup u corrected it

In independent test it also made about 15 more HP, .5 of compression isn't really that much in terms of performance ~6hp the heads had bigger impact. The DZ's 30 30 cam was more aggressive too which shows how good the Boss\Cleveland 4v heads were for making HP. Shouldn't comes as surprise to anyone familiar with BBC heads as they share a similar canted valve design. Did take a torque torque hit for it though but both engines were peaky. In high school ages ago I had friends with both cars a 69' Z\28 and a 70' Boss 302 Mustang and they were pretty evenly matched, the guy with the Boss still has it 100% stock with the original paint. The guy that had the Z\28 swapped the motor and tubbed the car for drag racing before I got out of high school had it running mid 11's in the late 80's with I think a 350 stroked to a 383, it was crazy fast for street car back then.

Never owned a work truck?

Nah, put the black wing back on.

I don't like the wing myself 😰🤢🤮😫😰

TheAcworthdude - whenever I’ve read the history of the Boss 429, it says there were 2 Cougars...

Jeffrey Reynolds Man finds one of two rare Cougars in a barn .................:)

A pair...

@@V8TV are they hiding in the brothers collection?

I wouldn’t exactly call them “factory production” cars. They were specially built for Dyno Don Nicholson and “Fast Eddie” Schartman.

If you prefer mercury’s over fords, wouldn’t that make you a MERCURY guy...?

Hey thanks Stefan!

I've heard that Boss 429 Cougars were built but have never actually seen one

Mercury only built 2 429 cougar race cars. one given to fast Eddie Schartman, and one to dyno Don Nicholson.

No way, it was probably more like 350-360 legitimate hp. No car with a small block made 500 hp in that era, unless you built it up with aftermarket parts and were prepared for it to blow up at 6500 rpm.

@@MrJett1971 I heard 375. Compared to Z/28s 365hp of similar vintage. They say those engines have some very, very special heads

Good question; the woodgrain was for the XR7s. A simple build mistake, perhaps? It happened from time to time.

Also i find it hard to believe it doesn't have the rear spoiler. Would love to see the actual dealer build from lois emmiger of ford. To many red flags.