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Royce Peterson's blue GT-E

From 1968 Mercury Cougar — documented by 68Wcode427.

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1968 Mercury Cougar - It is Nordic Blue (Mercury name for the Ford color Acapulco Blue) 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of the engine bay of a blue 1968 Mercury Cougar, showing the VIN plate and radiator grille. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of an engine bay a chrome air cleaner with a "427 HIGH PERFORMANCE" decal and visible wiring. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Engine bay detail showing distributor and wiring harness. 1968 Mercury Cougar - This image shows a close-up view of engine components including the carburetor and spark plug wires. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a car's rear axle, leaf springs, and exhaust system, showing suspension components. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of a vehicle's throttle linkage system, showing cables and springs. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view shows exhaust pipe and leaf spring components. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The underside of a vehicle shows the rear axle assembly, suspension components, and exhaust pipes, with a website watermark at the bottom. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of the exhaust system and undercarriage components of a vehicle. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of a vehicle's exhaust pipe system, showing a chrome tip and mounting hardware. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Undercarriage view of a vehicle, showing suspension and exhaust components. Text visible: SUPERMOTORS.NET. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The underside of a vehicle shows the exhaust pipe and rear axle assembly, with a watermark for Supermotors.net. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Undercarriage view shows suspension and steering components, with a tire on the left side. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A blue 1968 Mercury Cougar is seen from the side, parked in front of a weathered building. 1968 Mercury Cougar - This is how it looked the day it was delivered by the transport company from Portland, Oregon to my house in Long Beach, California. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The interior was not bad except the carpet had been wet in the back seeat behind the driver. The window was left open for several years. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Dealer installed non - working 8 track player was mounted to the floor ahead of the shifter. I deleted this when I restored the car. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Here is the original door data tag. It was not removed during the restoration. I threatened the painter with bodily harm if it was damaged… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The GT-E trim was all there but in need of restoration. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The car had been repainted once a long time ago. The worst rust in the car was at the lowest point in the right rear quarter panel. Evident… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The hood was dented right in the center and the driver side grille was busted. Fortunately the GT-E grille bars were all there and restorab… 1968 Mercury Cougar - VIN plate was in decent shape except there was lots of tobacco and ashes all along the front of the windshield. It cleaned up nicely and wa… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Beautiful engine compartment and shock towers only needed to be stripped and repainted. There was one small (1/4" long) crack in the driver… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The car had a 390 FE engine when the previous owner purchased the car. It had been crudely installed using Galaxie type motor mounts. Fortu… 1968 Mercury Cougar - This blue Mercury Cougar has a distinctive grille and hood scoop, typical of the late 1960s models. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The Crager SS wheels and tires appeared to have been installed on the car and never driven since then. The tires were age cracked but had n… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Rust holes in the lower rear quarter. John Hudson replaced this section with a piece cut from a perfect original quarter panel including th… 1968 Mercury Cougar - I installed the rebuilt 427 in the unrestored car to make it easier to transport across the country during my job relocation. 1968 Mercury Cougar - You can see the replacement hood. I found a perfect used one with the same date code as the original thanks to Scott Behnke. 1968 Mercury Cougar - At my new house. The car on the left is a low mileage original that had been in a barn for almost 25 years. I had it at my house for a few… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The back end was very straight even before body and paint. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Disassembly beginning for paint 1968 Mercury Cougar - Out comes the engine. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Door jams being hit with color. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Painting the underside of the hood 1968 Mercury Cougar - Silver lower body color 1968 Mercury Cougar - Fresh paint inside the trunk 1968 Mercury Cougar - Still jammin 1968 Mercury Cougar - Final blocking before color 1968 Mercury Cougar - First color coat 1968 Mercury Cougar - Loading it on the trailer for the ride home!!!! 1968 Mercury Cougar - New insulation was installed throughout the entire car 1968 Mercury Cougar - Starting to come together 1968 Mercury Cougar - The fender shield rubber was removed and used as a pattern. The shields were bead blasted and painted in natural steel finish paint since t… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The new rubber was attached with staples hand made from stainless wire. 1968 Mercury Cougar - NOS headlight motors right before installation into the restored grille assemblies. Not cheap. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Instrument panel, passenger side being prepped for painting the black lip. The rechroming of all the plastic parts in the interior was done… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Krylon #1613 Semi flat black paint being applied to the dash parts. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The rechromed and detailed instrument bezel looks great. I painted the back ground areas on the dash emblems. The wood grain dash parts are… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Testing all the bulbs before installation of the dash. You can see the NOS temp guage. Not seen is the NOS Amp guage to the left. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Inner fender before I started cleaning and stripping 1968 Mercury Cougar - A week later after i wire wheeled the area to bare metal, painted it and installed the restored front suspension parts. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The original exhaust hangers restored nicely. Note how the R/H side has white rubber for easy identification by the assembly line installer. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Original Fomoco correctly dated brake drums. NOS Autolite Super Heavy Duty shocks in their distinctive copper color (Note: the assembly lin… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The original radiator was recored. Note the date stamping in the top takn 67 - 12 i.e. December 1967. The car was assembled in January 1968. 1968 Mercury Cougar - The engine compartment has new brake lines and all new hardware from AMK http://www.amkproducts.com/ 1968 Mercury Cougar - The original GT-E heads with C8AE 6090-J casting numbers and BF-32 plugs 1968 Mercury Cougar - The original transmission tag PGB-W 1968 Mercury Cougar - The original VIN stamped into the original transmission. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Rear window frames being sent for chrome plating 1968 Mercury Cougar - Original steering box tag on the original box before restoration. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A little polish makes the tag look new 1968 Mercury Cougar - All the steering and suspension parts were disassembled, bead blasted and reassembled after painting in the proper finish with all new hard… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The transmission was installed along with the torque converter 1968 Mercury Cougar - NOS Ford engine insulators have their proper yellow paint markings 1968 Mercury Cougar - Installing the engine with lots of protection 1968 Mercury Cougar - Rear seat showing interface between package shelf, seat and rear seat side panel. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Edgewater July 7, 2007 1968 Mercury Cougar - Annie and Bethany 1968 Mercury Cougar - Heating the tires 1968 Mercury Cougar - Lear Jet 8 track player is mounted to existing holes under the dash. The flexible cable to the right is for the antenna connection of a FM… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of an engine block with visible casting numbers and a chrome valve cover. 1968 Mercury Cougar - This image shows a close-up of a vehicle's wheel, a chrome hubcap and a Goodyear tire with visible text. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Blue 1968 Mercury Cougar performing a burnout at a drag strip. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A man works on the trunk lid trim of a blue vehicle. 1968 Mercury Cougar - 427 side oiler rear bulkhead 1968 Mercury Cougar 1968 Mercury Cougar 1968 Mercury Cougar 1968 Mercury Cougar - A spent 9mm bullet casing is shown, with visible headstamp markings. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A Zippo lighter with the American Airlines logo sits next to a spent bullet casing on a wooden table.