painted cougar

[woodsnake]

I don't have the energy right now to put up separate pictures..

Here is a link that shows my 69 with paint.

I've only been working on this car since I was 22 years old.

As soon as it comes out of paint, hopefully next week, I can get started on the engine rebuild and trans swap!

http://www.mercurycougar.net/forums/showthread.php?60704-ladies-and-gentlemen-I-present-PAINT.

 

[comanchepilot44]

Great job, looks really nice!!

 

[whitesoc]

Very nice ....like the colour

 

[Nance]

Nice looks good.

 

[caspianwendell]

Great looking cougar

 

[Tnfastbk]

I like those cars

 

[c9zx]

Looks good! I also have a week spot for Cougars and Mercurys in general. Chuck

 

[Wolverine]

Thanks for the photos...no paint jokes this time.

 

[Jim and Jutta]

Nice looking Cougar!

Jim

 

[marks73]

I had a 68 XR7 still miss it! Yours looks graet!

 

[OLE PONY]

Great job, looking forward to seeing the finished product!

 

[woodsnake]

Thanks for the kind words, I really have been working on this car for over 20 years. Actually longer, if you consider the first 69 that I had, that I rolled.

I got to see the trunk and hood today, whilst dealing with a rear valance and mirror issue. the new valance I bought doesn't fit right at all! About a a two inch gap, where it meets up under the rear bumper.

By any chance, do any of you guys have a passenger sport mirror that fits a cougar? I have an "extra" pair of sport mirrors for a mustang ( I believe, I will post the part number if anybody is interested), but the door mount is wrong for my car...

 

[Knoxferatu]

I thought this thread was going to be about something else.

 

[woodsnake]

Bump....I'm kind of bored, so I thought I would add a few pictures of my other two Cougar's

Bump....I'm kind of bored, so I thought I would add a few pictures of my other two Cougar's

My 68, the gray one, and my 67, the blue one. The 8 got the T5 dual quad set up, the 67 has a 5.0 swapped in from a 84 Bronco. I have a lot planned for that car, as i have been stocking up on parts for it for the last 20 years or so. Also, about the 'Lemans' bowl carbs....I have been in love with them since I saw my first 65 Shelby, and so have acquired a few "extra" pairs of fuel bowls. I think I have 5 carbs with that set up now...


I've learned over the years, that my 67 is a 1 of 2 by color combination, and so will now get a cosmetic restoration, with the planned engine drive train upgrades..

 

[midlife]

I thought this thread was going to be about something else.

Yeah, so was I...

 

[rpmcarter]

good paint job. like the old school metal flake.

I had a 70 Xr7 351 Cleveland car. 38,000 original miles. She gave up 3500 profit to go towards my 67 convertible

 

[Don65Stang]

Nice. Post some pics of the black & gold one since you've got it back home. I bet it looks sic in the sun.

 

[woodsnake]

I got about 5 miles on it, before the engine came out. I was hoping that I could have finished the engine build before I moved the car, but that didn't happen. A couple of unforseeable things came up. Brad new, still in the box heads from trick flow, (bought in 05) had a bad valve in them. Plus the heads weren't drill for the larger 351 head bolts. So, that was some wasted time. Just enough to make me tow the car to Colorado "unfinished". I'm still kind of butt hurt about it. I don't know how the heads made it out of quality control with that bad valve in it. Of course, since the heads were bought in 05, and had stayed wrapped up in the box until last November, didn't mean anything..

Old engine in car, ran pretty good, but smoked. I thought the cam had failed in it, as I had a lot of shavings in the metal when I last changed the oil. I was wrong...The cam was fine, the shavings were from the fuel pump eccentric rubbing on the timing cover. The rebuilt engine, that is sitting in the car now. I couldn't find the rocker arm bolts, so I was unable to measure for push rods. The trans is just sitting on the mount, in the car, as the one I bought on Ebay, didn't quite fit...

Oh, another thing about the trick flow heads, they say that regardless of the cam, you will need a longer push rod.

I bought a complete retro roller cam kit from comp, that came with its own hardened push rods, just so I wouldn't have to measure....

I HATE it when I outsmart my self!

 

[Don65Stang]

I thought this thread was going to be about something else.

Yeah, so was I...

painted cougars...

:worthlesswithoutpics:

Any update Woodsnake?