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Green GT-E Photos

From 1968 Mercury Cougar, documented by 68Wcode427.

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1968 Mercury Cougar - Color is Augusta Green Poly with Sheffield Silver lower body. All GT-E's have the silver lower body and the unique GT-E only side molding a… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Out on a drive this house built in 1805 is fun to look at. The location is the south side of the Ohio River, about 3 miles down stream from… 1968 Mercury Cougar - The beautiful all leather upholstery was done at Nationwide Auto Restoration in Jeffersonville, Indiana using the finest Spinneybeck cowhid… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Nice from this angle too. The Augusta green color really pops in the sun. Pictures don't show how nice it looks. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Got a 427 side oiler? Betcha don't. 1968 Mercury Cougar - I used a set of Precision Oil Pumps end rocker support stands and thick wall shafts with the stock adjustable rockers. The pushrods were fr… 1968 Mercury Cougar - I repainted the dash and replaced the carpet in 2007 when the new leather was installed so it would all look like new. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Here's me at Mid Michigan Motorplex about to whoop up on a '71 429SCJ 4 speed Torino Brougham. I ran a 14.2 at 98 and got him at the start… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Round two 2006 Pure Stock Muscle Car Drags. Got him by .2 at the start again. He almost caught me. Almost! 1968 Mercury Cougar - Craig Vandenburg on test and tune day at Factory Stock Drags 2006. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Closer view by the Ohio river 1968 Mercury Cougar - Seat backs 1968 Mercury Cougar - Back seat - the leather smells great! 1968 Mercury Cougar - Installing the correct C8AE 6090-J heads (top) and removing the C8OE 6090-N heads (bottom) 1968 Mercury Cougar - Big day in the garage....... 1968 Mercury Cougar - New stainless valves are 11/32" stem size. The intakes are 2.15, the exhausts are 1.76". 1968 Mercury Cougar - I have Cobra Jet exhaust manifolds on this car which means I have to drill one hole in the driver side head and tap it 3/8" X 16 NC. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Installing the new cam. Notice the lobes are coated with Comp Cams prelube and the journals are coated in motor oil. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Cam going in.... 1968 Mercury Cougar - Distributor date code 8B10 1968 Mercury Cougar - Adjusting the valves. I put a piece of tape on to mark which ones have been set. 1968 Mercury Cougar - 1968 Ford 428CJ intake gasket. The 428 CJ did not have a heat riser valve like previous engines, so the intake gasket has a restrictor on t… 1968 Mercury Cougar - 428CJ gasket, driver's side part number 1968 Mercury Cougar - Alternator harness 1968 Mercury Cougar - In back of the gas station down town 1968 Mercury Cougar - Ford-blue big-block V8 short block on an engine stand in a garage, dressed with bare aluminum cylinder heads, exposed valve springs and roc… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Blue-painted V8 engine block and oil pan mounted on a heavy-duty engine stand in a garage, viewed from the side with the oil-filter adapter… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Top-down view into the open lifter valley of a V8 engine with the intake manifold removed, showing the oiled lifters in two rows down the c… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Blue-painted cast iron transmission bellhousing bolted to a black bracket, with a raised cast part number on the casting. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of the exhaust side of a bare aluminum cylinder head on an engine, showing the raised "6008" casting mark between two installed sp… 1968 Mercury Cougar - A bagged set of new steel pushrods lying on their Crane Performance Components box, part number 34645-16 on the end label, photographed on… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Bare steel automatic-transmission flexplate lying face-up on a concrete shop floor, showing the toothed starter ring gear, six crank bolt h… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Ford-blue painted harmonic balancer / crankshaft damper laid face-up on a concrete floor, showing the cast part number beginning "C8AE-A1"… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of the lower side of a Ford-blue painted V8 engine block, showing a bare machined pad with raised casting numbers and a bolted-on… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Low-angle close-up of the side of a Ford-blue V8 block on a heavy-duty engine stand, showing the blue oil pan, freeze plugs, hex-head plugs… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Side view of a Ford-blue V8 engine on a stand, showing the block, blue oil pan and a bare aluminum cylinder head with four open exhaust por… 1968 Mercury Cougar - A dark green 1960s Mercury Cougar hardtop coupe photographed from the front three-quarter angle at dusk, parked on asphalt in front of a we… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Engine bay close-up of a V8 with its valve cover removed, exposing orange roller rocker arms on a shaft-mount stud girdle over the cylinder… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Dark green Mercury Cougar hardtop coupe photographed from the front-left three-quarter angle on an asphalt driveway in front of an open whi… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Interior dash view of a classic coupe with a wood-rim steering wheel bearing a cat-emblem horn pad, woodgrain instrument panel with round s… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Driver's-eye view out the windshield of a classic car on a divided mountain highway, with the wood-rimmed steering wheel rim, black dash pa… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Dark green Mercury Cougar hardtop with hood and driver's door open, parked at the edge of a motel or shop lot with roadside repair work und… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Overhead engine bay shot of a Ford blue big-block with a "427 High Performance" checkered-flag air cleaner lid, chrome ribbed valve cover,… 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of a vehicle's engine bay, highlighting various components and a prominent air filter. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of engine belts and fan assembly, with a blue painted component visible. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up of a ribbed engine belt showing the DAYCO 17435 part number and "MADE IN U.S.A." text. 1968 Mercury Cougar - This document displays various angles and specifications for the 1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Hemmings-style collector profile card for the 1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E; the 427-cubic-inch V8 was rated 390 hp at 5,600 rpm and 460 lb-ft a… 1968 Mercury Cougar - A green 1968 Mercury Cougar is loaded onto a trailer, ready for transport by a black pickup truck. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Men stand around a dark green 1968 Mercury Cougar, discussing the vehicle. 1968 Mercury Cougar - White Ford Excursion SUV stopped on a paved road alongside a dark classic coupe, with two people standing nearby on a cleared course. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A row of classic cars, including a 1968 Mercury Cougar, are displayed with hoods up. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A sticker celebrates 35 years of the Cougar Club of America, alongside an XR7 emblem on a dark green vehicle. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Engine bay detail with carburetor and throttle linkage visible. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of a vehicle's engine bay, focusing on the carburetor and associated components. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Close-up view of engine components, including a carburetor and various hoses, with directional arrows indicating specific parts. 1968 Mercury Cougar - Engine bay detail showing a carburetor and various hoses and lines, with an arrow indicating a specific component. 1968 Mercury Cougar - A dark green 1968 Mercury Cougar is parked under a covered structure, with a pickup truck beside it.