Classic Cougar Community

I'll second Alicia Slay's 1968 XR7.

Midlife wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2018, 17:46

Jumper the underdash harness to the tach (male/female 2 prong plug) and then see if the car starts. If so, your tach may be bad.

But it is starting and running g now...

mo2872 wrote: ↑

18 Apr 2018, 07:40

Intermittent tach failure issue?? Or is that not applicable to a '71?

I don't recall if the tach was reading when it fired or not...

It is a nice looking Cougar. Adding pictures form the add here for after the add closes.

About 10 days ago my brother came by. He has been out of town for a couple months. He left before I put the engine back in to this Cougar. So I was going to start it for him. Thought is would be cool. Well, it would fire but die as soon as I let off the key and let it return to the run position. I h...

I like the Cougar air cleaner and valve covers. The little details like the wood grain inserts on the door pull straps make the car look good.

This one has been for sale for awhile. Looks like a decent Cougar. I offer no opinion on asking price... https://images.craigslist.org/00404_fPMaQTZhYdb_1200x900.jpg https://images.craigslist.org/00m0m_cmuRafdALo_1200x900.jpg Under hood needs a good sprucing up... https://images.craigslist.org/00K0K...

Congratulations Brian, Great story. The Track Cat also makes a sweet looking header picture.

Midlife wrote: ↑

11 Apr 2018, 18:37

Just out of curiosity, what was the yard for when you bought it? A standard junk yard? A rural mechanic's shop? A Cougar yard?

Don will chime in soon. It was a general wrecking yard for a long time before Don bought it.

67429merc wrote: ↑

10 Apr 2018, 12:28

I've been wondering how many were made and how many are still around? I seen one on Ebay,I think last year? But it was rough!! I figured maybe more members would chime in that they own one??

I think that one was for sale by user name cougar67-9, It is ruff and dirty.