i took a trip cross country in a 68 cougar with several other people. we all had to squeeze into the car along with a german shepard. it was nuts. the illinois state police tried to pull us over but were unsuccessful due to the fact we were tossing IED's out the windows at them. all the rape charges were dropped in time as well...shouldve brought a camera....i think the car was a 302.....
Cougars are basically Mustangs, and there was quite a bit of change in the bodies between '68 and '69 on both cars. As was stated before, the grills and tail lights are different (vertical to horizontal, plus the 69 was full width, not two seperate grills) and the body itself is changed and a bit larger, just like the Mustangs.
The '67s and '68s are almost identical, the tip off as to which is which is the side marker lights (the '67 cars, Cougar included, don't have them).
Of course, you can always look them up on Google images.
I had a '68 Cougar - 302. It had seats with leather as thick as a baseball glove, a slew of switches on the ceiling panel (like a 747 cockpit), retractable headlights, and those cool one-two-three tail lights (they used a small motor to fire the bulbs). Hated to let it go, but a guy offered me ten times what I paid for it.
There was a guy who went to Nyack college that was selling this same model car for $800 in 1989 I needed a few months to come up with the money and by the time I did he was no longer interested in selling it to me and he sold it to somebody else I then heard the car ended up being wrapped around a tree To this day I really l long for buying that car I wish he would've sold it to me It was white with black interior and it was a nice car
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Love the Cougars.
The hidden headlights incorporated into the grille is so great.
I believe that's a '68 Cougar, not a '69.
fair enough, jeff. how can you tell?
from wiki:
"For 69, On the exterior, the grille switched from vertical bars to horizontal bars ". so it must be a 68... or a 67
SWEET. fixed the title.
I think this is the only car to sport matched front and rear lights.
i took a trip cross country in a 68 cougar with several other people. we all had to squeeze into the car along with a german shepard. it was nuts. the illinois state police tried to pull us over but were unsuccessful due to the fact we were tossing IED's out the windows at them. all the rape charges were dropped in time as well...shouldve brought a camera....i think the car was a 302.....
cool story, bro
Sorry for the delay, Tony.
Cougars are basically Mustangs, and there was quite a bit of change in the bodies between '68 and '69 on both cars. As was stated before, the grills and tail lights are different (vertical to horizontal, plus the 69 was full width, not two seperate grills) and the body itself is changed and a bit larger, just like the Mustangs.
The '67s and '68s are almost identical, the tip off as to which is which is the side marker lights (the '67 cars, Cougar included, don't have them).
Of course, you can always look them up on Google images.
Nice blog, btw.
Candidate for "best of 2013"
Really great, great images. The patina and paint oxidation is awesome. Love that front grill.
Never cared about these cars before, now I think they deserve a special monument in our nations capitol.
Vulvanator.......my sides are now in orbit. I laughed HARD.
This Cougar has a lot of personality. Great patina.
the color, condition, lighting and single non-masked-off "whitewall" tire bear a nauseating similarity to february's glas.
at least they pulled off the hubcap before spraying.
I had a '68 Cougar - 302. It had seats with leather as thick as a baseball glove, a slew of switches on the ceiling panel (like a 747 cockpit), retractable headlights, and those cool one-two-three tail lights (they used a small motor to fire the bulbs). Hated to let it go, but a guy offered me ten times what I paid for it.
There was a guy who went to Nyack college that was selling this same model car for $800 in 1989 I needed a few months to come up with the money and by the time I did he was no longer interested in selling it to me and he sold it to somebody else I then heard the car ended up being wrapped around a tree To this day I really l long for buying that car I wish he would've sold it to me It was white with black interior and it was a nice car
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