Cougar Funny Car Kits

[mk11]

This hood comes up regularly on the auction site; only gte part I know of...

 

 

[Ragtop Man]

Raising this thread from the dead... 

Mach Won has made the compartively rare Kenz & Leslie High Country Cougar II a distinct possibility once again.  While the original kit wheelwells were radiused like the original, I don't think the fronts got the same treatment, or do not appear to have been hit. Incredibly, I have the original, untouched decal sheet of which scans are attached.  Even more unbelievable, a raidused wheelwell body turned up in a junk bag years ago, pretty well untouched. So a build is defintiely in the cards. 

However, advancing age and the print quality of the original sheet are conspiring to make the open areas on the sheet appear blank, much counter to AMT procedure in the era. 

I can barely make out a tapered white hood stripe at the bottom of the sheet, and some script "Mercury Cougar" logos. Anyone have art or reference  to where these appear on the finished model? 

Any possiblity that a better, modern sheet got printed in the recent-ish era?

And as a side note to anyone who can access their stuff and has both the MPC F/C body and the AMT kit body (stock is fine) can you please comment on the fit of the glass and possibly, the interior tin? 

Many thanks! 

[Mark]

I never had the AMT Cougar FC kit, but I'd bet that it uses the same interior "tin" piece as the Mach Won, Longnose Mustang, AND (first) Funny Hugger '69 Camaro.  Yes, the Camaro and Mustangs used the same main interior piece (not sure offhand about the scoop).

'69 Cougar kit trivia: if you have the Countdown series issue, take a good look at the rear wheel openings on the custom version build photographed for the box art.  Whoever built that one probably got a test shot that included the body that hadn't been restored to stock yet.  

[thatz4u]

the current Mach Won F/C kit will accept an AMT 69 Cougar body like it was made for it....