What you need is to find a supermodel that someone else bought all the drinks for first.. and er.. by that I mean, maybe you can find a car that someone has already put some $$ into for the basics(exhaust, headers, etc). Not necessarily a cougar. Nissan have plenty of coupes with go, they'll never be as stylish as the ford cat though ;)
Yead AD - if I had the $$$ I'd stump up for two cars - a daily drive and something like THIS.