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    Four Doors Is One Thing... But A 1980 Cougar Is Another!

    Perhaps this ad is a bit lighter on the cocaine than the Hot Stuff '81 Mustang ad, but we're talking a few grams at most. Otherwise, it's all there: high heels, polyester, anorexia, miserable engine outputs... and the Ford Fox platform. The sad thing is that the Cougar's (claimed) 34 highway MPG would be pretty decent among the bloatmobiles that pass as "economy" cars today.


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