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Blue 2-door coupe, 3/4 front view, parked by old building with 'BABY CHIX' text
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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

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1968 Mercury Cougar — It is Nordic Blue (Mercury name for the Ford color Acapulco Blue) 1968 Mercury Cougar — Engine bay detail showing black radiator support, brackets and bolts with radiator fins below 1968 Mercury Cougar — V8 engine bay with chrome 427 round air cleaner and spark plug wires 1968 Mercury Cougar — Engine bay close-up with black distributor, spark plug wires, and blue engine block 1968 Mercury Cougar — Engine bay close-up with carburetor, throttle linkage, and gray intake manifold 1968 Mercury Cougar — Underside of vehicle showing rear axle, differential, leaf springs and tire on a lift 1968 Mercury Cougar — Close-up of metal throttle linkage with spring and pivot arm 1968 Mercury Cougar — Vehicle underside showing exhaust pipe and leaf spring suspension

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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 t…

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1968 Mercury Cougar — Blue-painted cast engine housing with brass part and rusty bolts

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1968 Mercury Cougar — Chrome slotted wheel with Goodyear Wide Tread G70-14 raised-white-letter tire Blue Mercury Cougar coupe doing a smoky rear-tire burnout, side/rear view

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1968 Mercury Cougar — Man brushing coating on underside of raised dark blue trunk lid in a garage

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1968 Mercury Cougar — 427 side oiler rear bulkhead

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1968 Mercury Cougar — Car fully masked in brown paper and blue tape in a garage for pinstriping 1968 Mercury Cougar — Blue painter's tape masking a thin pinstripe line between brown paper on a car body Teal 1968 Mercury Cougar front fender with pinstripe and chrome wheel in garage

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Close-up of a brass cartridge case head and primer on a wood surface Chrome American Airlines logo lighter with a brass cartridge case on wood
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