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1968 Mercury Cougar

documented by 68Wcode427 82 photos documented since 14 years documented ♡ Follow this build

The story

I bought the car in 1999 and restored it myself except for paint and machine work. — 68Wcode427

Day one vs. today

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1968 Mercury Cougar in 2020
1968 Mercury Cougar in 2006
2006 2020

Photo history

82 photos across 8 years — drag the dot to travel through this vehicle’s life. Captions are the owner’s; where there isn’t one, the AI caption fills in.

2006

67 photos added — showing 8

1968 Mercury Cougar - It is Nordic Blue (Mercury name for the Ford color Acapulco Blue) 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of a vehicle's radiator core support and inner fender area, showing black-painted sheet metal with mounting brackets, bolts, and a… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of a V8 engine bay with a large chrome round air cleaner marked "427" and a checkered flag decal. Braided/black spark plug wires,… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of an engine bay showing a black distributor cap with spark plug wires routed overhead, a vacuum advance canister, and a blue-pain… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of an engine bay showing a gray-painted intake manifold with a four-barrel carburetor, throttle linkage, and a chrome/blue-finned… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a vehicle on a lift, showing the rear differential housing (painted white/silver), black axle tubes, leaf spring suspensi… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of a metal automotive mechanism, likely a throttle or accelerator linkage assembly, showing a bracket with a coiled spring, pivot… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a vehicle showing an exhaust pipe routed over a leaf spring rear suspension, with body sheet metal, floor pan, and a meta…

5 photos added

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…

1 photo added

1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of a blue-painted engine component, likely a cast housing or bellhousing, with a brass/gold-colored part above and rusted bolts an…

2 photos added

1968 Mercury Cougar - Tight crop of a chrome slotted wheel wearing a Goodyear tire with raised white lettering reading Wide Tread G70-14; the image is small and… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Blue Mercury Cougar coupe doing a burnout, shown from the rear three-quarter side with tire smoke billowing from the rear wheel and the 'Co…

1 photo added

1968 Mercury Cougar - A man wearing a checkered-trim ball cap uses a brush to paint or apply a coating to the underside of a raised trunk lid on a dark blue vehi…

1 photo added

1968 Mercury Cougar - 427 side oiler rear bulkhead

3 photos added

1968 Mercury Cougar - A vehicle is covered in brown paper and blue masking tape in a garage setting. A small can of liquid is visible on the floor in the foregro… 1968 Mercury Cougar - A blue zipper is taped to a piece of tan paper, obscuring most of the paper's surface. The zipper appears to be partially open. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A close-up, low-angle shot shows the front driver's side fender, wheel, and part of the hood of a teal 1968 Mercury Cougar. The vehicle fea…

2 photos added

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.
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