Cougar 2 works...almost

[Richieflax]

I got this Cougar 2 works off ebay the other day, hope it will clean up nice.

On closer inspection one of the metal driveshafts has gone and one half of the ballraced steering too







Hopefully there is a clean chassis under there!

[CAT3K]

I was watching this one on ebay too

Seemed to be a real mixture of Cougar, especially the MK1 front end. I wonder why on earth someone reverted a works Cougar 2 front end to Cougar 1.

I take it the chassis has a plastic protection sheet on the underside?

Nice Cougar 2 regardless, especially at that bargain price

Paul.

[GJW]

get that baby cleaned up, just watched some carbon front and rear tower's sell on ebay yesterday. would have been perfect for this works

[Bormac]

Hi Richie,
PM received.

The front arms could have been changed as a tuning option. The Mk1 arms lengthen the wheelbase making the car handle differently to the Mk2 items.

[Jay Dub]

The MK1 arms would make the front end more similar to the more modern cars like the B4.1, 22, etc. Maybe you should work with it for a while . LMK if you would like to sell the one rear aluminum slider you have too btw. -Jeff

[Bormac]

The Cougar2 works was the last word for the alloy pan cars of that time. Ultimately the car was refined to a point where I dont think it could go any further. It was and still is a great performing car especialy on grippy tight twisting tracks (so I have found). This is where the swept-back front arms came into their own. The car turned really easily and I have gone back and forth between the Mk1 and Mk2 arms depending on the track design, track conditions and the class of motor I have run. All factors which can effect lap times I suppose.

I have owned 3 of these cars and raced one on numerous occassion in recent years and they are quite nimble. Keep the parts that are on the car and seek those that are missing, only then you'll be able to appreciate the pro's and con's of the different items. They all have their place.

I'll reply to your PM with regards to your 'wants' shortly.
Chers-Jason

[Richieflax]

Thanks for all the comments, it is cleaning up quite nicely and will post some pics shortly

The diff is an MMS diff from a cat, that was a surprise!

[Jay Dub]

Nice. One of the diggest issues we had with tha car back in the day was weight distribution. The front end was very light. If memory serves I started with an ounce of lead in the front, right under the steering rack. After that I eventually worked my way tward sweeping the front arms, which would place more weight on the front tires. -Jeff

[DerbyDan]

Nice buy - should be a rewarding restoration

As mentioned before - this looks to be a right old mix-up of parts, it almost seems that it was a Mk1 Cougar that had the Works chassis and transmission parts brought for it, certainly its odd to find the MMS diff in there - if it had originally been a Cougar 2 you'd have thought the Pro-diff would have been still in there?

I look forward to seeing how this progresses

[Richieflax]

So far so good, shame about the bodyshell!




Bit of corrosion under the battery trays



Underside came up well under all that plastic

Just need some Cougar 2 arms

[Richieflax]

The MK1 arms would make the front end more similar to the more modern cars like the B4.1, 22, etc. Maybe you should work with it for a while . LMK if you would like to sell the one rear aluminum slider you have too btw. -Jeff

Jeff, sadly the plastic end of the aluminium slider was cracked and broke when removing the metal crucifix but the rest is ok if you are after it for spares?

[Jay Dub]

Both I guess, I have a rebuild kit, and it would match the ther single I have. So I think I could rebuild it and have a functioning set. -Jeff

[jeroen206]

The MK1 arms would make the front end more similar to the more modern cars like the B4.1, 22, etc. Maybe you should work with it for a while . LMK if you would like to sell the one rear aluminum slider you have too btw. -Jeff

Jeff, sadly the plastic end of the aluminium slider was cracked and broke when removing the metal crucifix but the rest is ok if you are after it for spares?

Here is a repairkit U819
http://www.cs-shop.de/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi?action=showdetail&wkid=17815&ls=d&nc=1315379251-17909&rubnum=&artnum=U819&file=7&gesamt_zeilen=0Tsuche--u8

And a new Ballraced rollerdriveshaft U854
http://www.cs-shop.de/cgi-bin/cosmoshop/lshop.cgi?action=showdetail&wkid=17815&ls=d&nc=1315379251-17909&rubnum=&artnum=U854&file=12&gesamt_zeilen=0Tsuche--u8

I also got multiple repairkits in the for sale section

[Jay Dub]

Thanks for the post, but I wasn't looking to spend $75 USD for a new one. -Jeff

[DerbyDan]

Looking good Richie.... certainly looks much better than when you first recieved it! I wish the u/side of my works chassis looked that clean!

The shell is... urrrrm.... interesting, but kinda well done