FoMoCo proved it was getting serious about making muscle cars when it rolled out the Cougar-based Eliminator for 1969. With so many cars dotting the landscape, you had to be a serious player to compete in the muscle car wars, and the Eliminator was, especially if you went up the ladder and opted to swap out the base 290-hp/351-cid Windsor V-8 in favor of a the 290-hp, 302-cid small-block “Boss” V-8, S-Code 390 (320 hp) or the 428 Cobra Jet with 335 hp, which is what Pacarenuk dialed up. Buyers could get hood scoops that were either for looks or functional.
To get the Super Cobra Jet version, buyers also had to select the 3.91 or 4.30:1 rear gears and engine oil cooler in the Drag Pak option. Right off…
