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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 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… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a vehicle's rear suspension showing a freshly painted black rear axle housing and differential, with tan/gold shock absor… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underbody view of a vehicle's exhaust system showing polished stainless steel pipes and mufflers with visible weld seams, mounted beneath a… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a vehicle showing metal suspension or subframe components, a chrome exhaust pipe with a clamped joint, and a black weathe… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a vehicle showing chassis and floor pan components, with a freshly painted red-oxide primer frame section and mounting po… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a rear differential with a maroon/red-painted cast housing, showing the driveshaft yoke, pinion flange, and a silver muff… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Underside view of a vehicle's front suspension and steering components, showing the steering gearbox, tie rods, control arm, and a coil spr… 1968 Mercury Cougar - A teal-blue 1968 Mercury Cougar two-door hardtop coupe shown in profile from the passenger side, parked along a road with a weathered white… 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 - A weathered blue 1968 Mercury Cougar two-door coupe parked on a concrete driveway, shown from a 3/4 front angle with faded paint, surface r… 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 a blue-painted engine component, likely a cast housing or bellhousing, with a brass/gold-colored part above and rusted bolts an… 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… 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… 1968 Mercury Cougar - 427 side oiler rear bulkhead 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… 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.