Cougar Owners Club History

The Ford Cougar Owners Club is a web based community for owners of Ford Cougars and our aim is to enable owners to share information on all aspects of Cougar ownership.

Anyone who currently owns or has previously owned a Ford Cougar is welcome to subscribe to UKCOUGAR.COM. Although predominantly a United Kingdom based Club we welcome Cougar owners worldwide to join us and contribute to our community.

History of the Club
In 2000 Damian Cunningham purchased his Ford Cougar V6 in Silver Frost.

Soon his thoughts turned to modifications and enhancements but because of the relatively small numbers of Cougars sold in the UK aftermarket sales and support were rather poor and Damian was forced to turn his attention overseas.

Having trawled the internet it became apparent that the American market catered far more for Mercury Cougars, as they are known over there, and so Damian started the process of sourcing and importing parts.

During this process Damian wanted to chronicle his progress and created a website as there was nothing of a similar nature in the UK catering for Ford Cougars. Damian also approached the New Edge Cougar Owners Club, a club for owners of Mercury Cougars in North America and Canada, and discussed starting a UK chapter. Thus UKCougar.com was born.

Over the next few years more and more Cougar owners were attracted to the website and wanted to include details of their cars.

In August 2002 Damian organised the first Club meeting at the Interford Show, Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon and 12 owners displayed their Cougars on the Club stand.

Following the early meetings it became clear that many owners faced similar difficulties; little or no support from Ford following the withdrawal of the Cougar from production, difficulty in sourcing parts in the UK and generally a lack a knowledge about the Cougar.

It was clear that the focus of the Club should be upon sharing information for the benefit of all members and that remains our goal.

In addition to major shows, informal meetings are also arranged so members can meet, exchange ideas and generally chat about their cars.

As the Club grows we hope to be able to offer more to our members and are always open to ideas and suggestions.