68 Cougar

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http://tucson.craigslist.org/pts/573153545.html

located in Tucson AZ.

I'm parting out a 1968 Mercury Cougar. This started as a frame off restoration. The body has been stripped, straightened, sanded and is in black primer sealer. It is mounted to a heavy duty body dolly. The body is complete with hood, fenders, doors, etc. I also have some interior parts such as seats, door panels, etc., and headlights, headliner, intake manifold, taillights, and many more parts. I even have the original green/blue glass. I almost forgot to mention, there's a roll cage installed inside the vehicle. The majority of these parts are interchangable with a 1967 or 1968 Mustang Shelby. This is a great classic car that would be perfect for your bracket racer, oval track, street strip, etc. Contact John at 520-628-0062 asking $1,700 or make offer, will sell in whole or in part.

[wikd69]

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http://tucson.craigslist.org/pts/573153545.html

located in Tucson AZ.

I'm parting out a 1968 Mercury Cougar. This started as a frame off restoration. The body has been stripped, straightened, sanded and is in black primer sealer. It is mounted to a heavy duty body dolly. The body is complete with hood, fenders, doors, etc. I also have some interior parts such as seats, door panels, etc., and headlights, headliner, intake manifold, taillights, and many more parts. I even have the original green/blue glass. I almost forgot to mention, there's a roll cage installed inside the vehicle. The majority of these parts are interchangable with a 1967 or 1968 Mustang Shelby. This is a great classic car that would be perfect for your bracket racer, oval track, street strip, etc. Contact John at 520-628-0062 asking $1,700 or make offer, will sell in whole or in part.

Man, that'd be a sweet project to adopt, and for the right price, too. Drum up an original 390 block and set of heads and you could end up with a nice machine when you were done. I had a buddy in high school who would take his parents 68 Cougar out on the weekends - 390, automatic, lots of grunt in that ride.

[Scott Liggett]

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My buddy's 68 is really sweet. Even with a mild 302, it's pretty quick. I've always thought these better looking than the 67-68 Stang coupes.

[JOES66FURY]

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looks pretty straigh, would be a nice start fro a road race car (trans am)....

[fast Ed]

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I'd be all over that if it wasn't 2/3 of the way across the friggin' continent from me. :




cheers
Ed N.

[Dirt Rod]

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Any pics of Trans Am race cars make me smile.

ah

Ax

[wikd69]

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That shot reminds me of the auto-cross / conference stuff I was involved in/exposed to in 78, 79 & 80...

We had a little 72 Datsun 510 with a full cage, reworked suspension, little bitty slicks, and an obnoxious engine build: twin SU carbs, lumpy cam and a triple S head with headers, etc. Back in the day a Datsun 510 was *the* killer ride for the SCCA and Conference series, hil climbs and auto-cross stuff. I wasn't really involved long enough to say I competed (ran out of money and eventually went back to school). My partner however ended up later on owning/driving a Formula V car, a not-sure-what-class SBC Camaro, and finally ended up driving Formula Fords for many years.

I went around the track in that Camaro with him at SIR (Seattle Internation Raceway), now called Pacific Raceway Park or something. Yeehaw. Straight-line racing is cool (1320), turning left is less so (circle track), but turning left *and* right gets scary, especially if you're not driving and you're running at 130 mph+ ;D

[fast Ed]

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I went around the track in that Camaro with him at SIR (Seattle Internation Raceway), now called Pacific Raceway Park or something. Yeehaw. Straight-line racing is cool (1320), turning left is less so (circle track), but turning left *and* right gets scary, especially if you're not driving and you're running at 130 mph+ ;D

That's the part of instructing at track events that I love the most ... taking passengers. Nothing like flying down the Boot at Watkins Glen, or turn 2 at Mosport, to get a terrified look going on the right-side seat occupant's face. ;D


cheers
Ed N.