hey all,
New to the forum and thought I’d share how I got my '68. Last year my Dad got a '68 from an old high school friend of mine. Although he’s a terrific paint and body guy (restored a '66 Galaxy station wagon and gave it to my brother), he didn’t have the energy to do the Cougar (his health was getting the better of him), so he sent it off to have it painted and some body issues fixed.
He drove it for a while, and then called me one night and we got in the discussion about how people fight over what’s left when someone dies, and it ends up consuming them when they should be grieving, and trying to hold on to the good times they had with that person (his girlfriend died around the time he got the car and he watched her kids all turn on one another for what amounted to very little). He ended up telling me he wanted my wife to have his '79 T-bird (beautiful unrestored car), and wanted to know when we could drive up to get it. I put in some time and while she was anxiously awaiting the week we were to go up, Dad pulls up in front of the house with this beautiful Highland Green '68 Cougar on a trailer. I felt like I was on a hidden camera show. I asked him why he wanted to give me the car and the best explanation he could give me was he would rather give us kids what he wanted us to have while he was still here so he could enjoy doing something for us, the looks on our faces, and that first “ride” with him in the passenger seat.
ZHe had one just like this when I was a kid, and I always kept the pictures of it. He bought this thing with the sole intention of giving it to me.
Anyhow, I know a lot of you guys have a lot of work in your rides, so please don’t think “Spoiled brat”. There are plenty of items left for me to sort out, but what a great start for a project. i would have never dreamed that he remembered me having those pictures of that car on my mirror when I was a kid.
Anyhow. That’s my story. I’m sure I’ll need some advice on things with this ride as I have some electrical stuff to sort out.
Have a great day,
Al
When you get a chance post some pictures of your cat. Great story and don’t worry most of us aren’t judgmental 
As to your other post 1st thing I would suggest is a service manual (very helpful on these old cats) try WCCC , I got the one on CD so I could print what I needed and not worry about ruining the pages with dirt and such. 2nd would be a wire schematic as these old cats are part black magic and head scratchers when working on electric. Theres a ton of knowledgeable people here that can help you through anything you run across. Back to your other post, i’m not a small cat owner but I would check all the fuses first, eliminate the easy. 