68 R Code

Being a '68,did this car come with the chrome grill in the hood scoop opening or was that 69?

I don’t believe either did - there were some magazine photos of a prototype '69 Cougar with what you are describing but to the best of my knowledge it never made production.

  • Phillip

Some early '69 CJ’s did: https://secure.cougarpartscatalog.com/c9wy-16a624-a.html?attribs=87 .

Cool!

  • Phillip

It also required a special scoop that had bosses for the two screws to attach the chrome grill.

Went for a nice drive yesterday. Hoping to get the pin stripes done today.

Looks fantastic. Will you be photographing the pin striping process? I am interested in that.

If it doesn’t bother him I will.

Are those rear tires a little wider than stock or is it just the picture?

All of them are Goodyear F70-14. That’s what came with it when it was new.


8F93R569384_dlxrpt.pdf (199 KB)

How’s it running ?

Jay Leno needs to drive a Cougar on “Jay Leno’s Garage” and this should be the one.

  • Phillip

Oh yeah! That is looking awesome.

Pretty decent. I rebuilt the carburetor, fuel pump, differential, driveshaft, suspension and transmission myself.

Still waiting on the pinstripe guy. Got out and took a few pics today.



Looks great Royce. I hope I can see it in person someday.

Looks great, missing the caution f…BLAM, BLAM,BLAM

::runs away, prepares the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch::

(feel free to :biggrin2: me)

It does look great.

But thanks for reminding me Chris. I still have to find a fan shroud. :wall:

Looks fantastic. Keep the great images and updates coming.

Thanks for all you are doing to promote the hobby!

:paw_prints:
www.CougarClub.org

The detailing looks great, Royce is you cars interior a 6G ?