Cool pic today: Edgewater Florida Police Maverick

[CroweMag55]

Wasn't there a 351 Cleveland also?

Yes. Our '69 Cougar XR7 had one.. Nice motor. Neighbors '69 Mustang Grande had one also I believe. Wish I could get that Cougar back..

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[Blue_Max]

Yes. Our '69 Cougar XR7 had one.. Nice motor. Neighbors '69 Mustang Grande had one also I believe. Wish I could get that Cougar back..

Unless it was a replacement engine, a 351 in a '69 Cougar would be a Windsor. The Cleveland didn't debut until the 1970 model year. (But the Boss 302 available in the '69 Eliminator was a Windsor block with Cleveland heads.)

 

[Guv]

1970 was the year of the first Cleveland.

 

[Maverickman74]

I seem to remember Ford actually advertising that, I thought it was pretty cool.
This was around the time the news media was doing it's best to rid the world of the Explorer because of roll overs due to tire blowouts.

Yep Explorers had the second highest output for a 302, right behind the boss 302 which of course used Cleveland heads

 

[Guv]

Yep Explorers had the second highest output for a 302, right behind the boss 302 which of course used Cleveland heads

I had a bit of a rare bird, 68 Ranchero with a 230 hp 302 4V. Cast iron intake, Autolite 4 bbl that ran on regular. Same cam, compression as the 2bbl version. It had a C4 and 3.00 gears and was not very fast. Good thing for my life expectancy though.

 

[Granger Ford]

Local police Mav.

Oh wow! That is awesome. I have never seen a police vehicle as a Maverick!

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