Mercury Cougar #1

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[Mike C.]

I think I may have talked to that guy at Carlisle some years ago but he had the one with the black top on display. 

[espo]

Interesting story on the background of this car. 

[Lunajammer]

I owned a 68 Cougar for about seven years and I totally relate to his comments like "love, hate relationship." It was an XR7 with a 302 and was clearly a cut above standard 289 Cougars in opulence and accessories. But vacuum power ran everything you could think of; brakes, carburetion, wipers, turn signals, headlights, pumps, gauges, etc. and when those hoses and diaphragms get old, cracked and pin-holed, the whole car becomes a gremlin village.