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This site is dedicated to 1967-1973 Mercury Cougars. It contains pictures and information on the cars I currently own, cars I may have for sale, NOS (and used) parts needed to restore these cars and whatever other information I can gather for our interest.

Please email me at richladd@earthlink.net with any ideas, questions or suggestions you may have. Happy driving!

(All 1970 Competition Orange - by chance, really.)

• Eliminator - 351C/4V, auto, stock restoration - now in Chicago.
• Eliminator - 351C/4V, auto - sold for parts (too many cars).
• Eliminator - 428SCJ, auto, 20K miles - donor for 428SCJ 4 speed.
• XR-7 Convertible - 351C/4V, auto, white leather, competition handling - stock restoration. Sold in California, then also went to Chicago.

This car was sold in Maine in 1969, where it spent many years drag racing in stock classes. The owner moved to Texas in the 80's. We found it at the Musclecar Nationals in 1987 with 50,000 miles. We bought it and a matching competition orange 351C/4V convertible. Both were restored to stock original in every detail, completed August 1988.

Details: 428 Super Cobra Jet, Ram Air, C-6 Automatic , 3:91 Traction Lok. Drag Pak P/S, PDB, Competition Orange/Black deluxe interior, console, AM/FM, styled steel wheels, rear sway bar, 3 spoke rimblow, manual choke, Cougar cat mats, dual point distributor, dated Holly carb, all parts NOS/Autolite/date coded, 13.5 sec./105 mph in the quarter on stock Goodyear Polyglas with full smog connected.
 
 

SOLD!!

This car was sold in Texas in 1969, went to Hawaii (for at least 10 years), went to New Mexico and was sold to me in 1989. A concours restoration was completed in November 1993. A car this rare and beautiful deserved to have a trailer queen period. It never had the chance because of the January 1994 earthquake which took out one side of the car. After a series of restoration disasters, we gave up the concours status and put it on the road (still pure stock) in 1995. It is a great car to drive anywhere and show. It won Best of Show at the Western Nationals in 1998, competeing in Concours in which it also posted the top score.

Details: 428 Cobra Jet, Ram-Air, C-6, 3:00 open axle, P/S, PDB, Air, intermittent wipers, tilt, console, Red/White leather interior/white top, white Cougar cat mats, wood shift handle, manual choke, styled steel wheels, rear sway bar, AM/FM, all NOS/Autolite/correct, top speed beyond tire capability.
 
 

This is a California car with 57,000 original miles. the interior and other key parts came out of a 20,000 mile 428SCJ Eliminator.

Details: 428 Super Cobra Jet, 4 speed close ratio toploader, Hurst shifter, Drag Pak, 3:91 traction lok. Competition Orange/Black-White hounds tooth deluxe interior, 3 spoke rimblow, P/S, PDB, AM/FM, console, original styled steel wheels on custom chrome rims, stock door speakers, stock oil cooler, dual point, Holley, manual choke, rev limiter, full smog, CA emissions, correct and complete restoration with NOS/Autolite/dated coded parts, 200 miles since completed, pure stock except for upgraded engine internals (very, very fast) and updated Global West suspension (and it handles).
 
 

• 1967-1970 Cougar Parts
• 1971-1973 Cougar Parts
• Miscellaneous Cougar Parts

Also, in 1970, all 428CJ's were "Q" codes and Ram Air was an option rather than an "R" in the VIN like the Mustangs. Ram Air option usage was not tracked so any production figures are a guess, but I understand new information may be coming out soon.

The same is true for Cobra Jet vs Super Cobra Jet production. The SCJ option which was really a series of options, additions and upgrades to the "mechanicals", was not tracked. Trying to determine a combination of these options (SCJ, Ram Air, etc) becomes a guessing exercise.

One big block combination question is easier to address: how many 1970 convertibles had 428CJ's?

Here's how I read the production report:
 

(The 4 speed numbers are the same for each category across the production so it surely is double counting, since 59 has been the recognized totalfor 428 convertible production in 1970.)

Again, it is unknown how many of these were SCJ's, But I have found at least two that were.

If you actually cared enough about this to read this far, then maybe you could add your opinion or knowledge. Looking forward to hearing from you.