What Have You Done to Your Cougar Today?

[catbus]

Recently fitted, original blue oval has gone back on, and rear lip spoiler (cheers Andy)
Plus new richbrook handbrake cover and gear knob.
Mot due end of the month!
Photo taken today:

 

[backseateducation]

Love it, that spoiler makes the back end so modern. Glad it's still serving you well mate.

 

[catbus]

Thanks, yes she's still running really well!
Love her to bits

 

[nvingo]

Just a quick five-minute upgrade that all European Cougar enthusiasts should perform,
spot the difference time:

 

[Foobar]

Nice one Norman, I find a lot of people are intrigued by my car when they can't quite decide what it is !

 

[nvingo]

Unfortunately the boot still gives it away

 

[Mako]

Tiger wears no Ford badges, so people don't get what she is unless they ask (or unless they remember the Cougar from back in the day).

Wildcat still has her bootlid badge, but that's going away. I've been in touch with my guys in Ft. Lauderdale and a proper Mercury badge is on its way.

 

[WildV6]

I had one of those proper Mercury badges, but passed it onto someone at Combe last year, think it was Ricky. If I'd known then what I know now, then I would have hung onto it for you.

 

[Mako]

I had one of those proper Mercury badges, but passed it onto someone at Combe last year, think it was Ricky. If I'd known then what I know now, then I would have hung onto it for you.

I appreciate that, but it's no big deal. Right place at the right time, yeah? It's not as though I had Wildcat then.

Anyway, there's a ship pulling out of Port Everglades that will eventually reach Southampton. And then that badge will make its way from the port northwards in some sort of van, and some time after that it will end up on Wildcat's bum.

At some point after that I'll need to decide whether I want to keep that Wings West upper grille or go for a USA-spec Mercury C1 version. That's probably going to be my first divergence away from your vision aside from your tailgate badges.

 

[catbus]

I've gone full circle regarding the badges.
On my first Cougar I fitted a US grille, and a Mercury badge on the boot.

On my current cougar it already had a mercury badge on the boot, but all the black started coming off one day whilst it was being washed, so I temporarily put a US Cougar special edition emblem on it, and now back to the standard Blue oval.

With time I've grown really tired of seeing boring vauxhall's /Audi etc
In a world of faceless euro boxes everywhere, I'm prouder than ever to be driving an old ford, and don't want to disguise it as anything else

 

[Foobar]

I currently have a foot in both camps...

 

[backseateducation]

Fitted heated washer jets. So much for the low-spec Zetec

 

[dandamano]

You may have upped the spec but you'll never get those two pistons

 

[backseateducation]

 

[Foobar]

I thought they were on the front ?

 

[Quicksilver]

Fitted a late spec. US centre console.

 

[backseateducation]

Looks brilliant mate. Two usuable cupholders too - I expect cut glasses and a crystal decanter next Sunday

 

[Quicksilver]

Yes, multiple cup holders and coin slots which, weirdly, the LHD C2 console didn't have. No rear ashtray though but that's no great loss.

 

[nvingo]

Fitted a late spec. US centre console.

What do you have between the gearshift and the radio?

 

[Quicksilver]

Still the ashtray and separate lighter surround at the moment, Norman.