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Sounds groovy.
Rousch (I think - the details are lost in time to me) did a Lincoln-bodied TransAm car back in the '80s, as part of an internal effort to convince some marketing person that it was a good idea.
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Actually "Lincoln Mercury Merkur" dominated Trans Am from 84-87. However, those cars were the "Mercury" Capri and the "Merkur" XR4ti. As usual the the SCCA responded to success by spazzing out, and legislated out the turbo 4. Roush had started swapping back and forth between V8 and I4 cars at that time, and decided to stick with the V8s and Mustang bodywork. About that time, Roush also switched from the XR4ti bodywork to the Cougar XR-7 bodywork for IMSA GTO winning drivers titles in 88, 89, and 90. I think it was either the 89 or 90 Daytona 24 when one of his drivers was some roundy-round guy named Mark Martin.