Hi.
Mark
70 XR-7
69 SS
70 XR-7 conv
69 Elim
69 XR-7
68 Monterey
68 Monterey conv
64 Montclair Marauder
58 Parklane
58 Monterey
58 Montclair
78 Bronco
79 Bronco
78 F-150
78 F-250
79 F-350
75 C-700
70 C-800
61 Brockway
71 Brockway
71 Brockway
57 Mack
Wow, that’s quite a herd… Welcome to our Cougar Madness. 
That is a nice Cougar in your avatar. Here is a live shot of the same Cougar from my 68 Monterey. If you don’t like Barry Manilow, hit the mute button.
Mark, nice to see you here! First you shave and then you show up in a Cougar forum? What’s happening here and who is driving your Sport Special?
That is Paul Damato’s Cougar which is the same colors as my SS. The video was taken back in "07. Before I hit a deer with the Monterey and back when the SS was still black and top Mangy Cat.
Mark
Hey all,
Here’s a pic of my 69 Sport Special in the row at the hotel Carlisle on 6/2/2012
Here is another along with a friend’s 66 Cyclone on the Taconic Parkway in New York.
I bought this 69 Cougar in North Miami, Florida back in 1998. I bought it with a friend, he kept the engine and I got the rest. I had a 1970 Cleveland 2v that I dropped in and drove the car for about 7 years. It was pretty rough. In fact, the Cougar was rough enough to win the Mangy Cat Class at the CCOA Nationals in Fairfax, Virginia in '05. I moved from Florida to Massachusetts and didn’t register the car in Mass because they have safety inspection and it certainly wouldn’t pass.
The restoration began with a slow start. Here is a pic of the rolling shell after paint.
Then with the help of some good friends we had the majority of the car done in about 1 1/2 years. Just in time for the Cougar Nationals in Bridgewater, New Jersey. I placed 2nd in the 69-70 standard hardtop class.
Now, onto the next car.
thanks,
Mark
I vote for the Eliminator! For those who don’t know Mark, his Eliminator is considered to be the “first” Eliminator. It’s the lowest numbered Eliminator on record, which makes it historically significant and deserving of “next up” status. Of course, a nicely restored Marauder would be cool, too!
Great looking car. I’ll second the Eliminator as the next car to be pampered back to show status.
Steven
The Eliminator is on the list. I’ll try for 2019.
Just to clarify what Bill mentioned:
Hi Mark and welcome it’s nice to have a movie star 
present!! The SS is still looking good and as Dave W would say “wow” lol… After you get to know some of the Cougar people here you will have to share the bucket truck story 
. Are you attending the IMOA show?
The IOLA show In Wisconsin? Gosh, I don’t think I will make that one. It does sound like a good show.
Yeah, the bucket truck. What a time that was.
Mark
Here is one from when I used to live in South Florida. The 2v Cleveland ran pretty good.
Mark
Welcome!
Its always nice to see another SS!
When you have the chance I wanna hear about the bucket truck!
Welcome Mark…'bout time you showed up.
I remember the bucket truck story…parts of it anyway. It’s a good 'un,
Hey Chris, going to make any of the CCNE shows? I hear sme of the Jersey guys might be heading to Mustang Unlimited show on July 15th.
Here is a link to the whole bucket truck story on the Brockway Trucks forum.
http://www.brockwaytrucks.org/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2293
Mark
ROFL, WOW Mark!!! Awesome! Did I mention ROFL? Loved the story.
Hopefully getting your hood won’t prove troublesome in any way!
I always wanted to go to the MU show. That date conflicts with when I take my oldest to Boy Scout camp. 
The way things are goin, it could be the CCNE fall gathering before I do anything car-related this season. 
Hey Bob,
Here is another funny story with the bucket truck. A couple years ago when we had a ton of snow the wife and I were using the bucket truck to rake the snow off our roof. The house we have is pretty tall so the bucket truck comes in handy. Well, let me start by saying the gas gauge doesn’t work. You can pretty much guess that while we were up there the truck ran out of gas. Well, I had my phone and called a friend to bring some gas. White we were waiting and not working it started to feel cold outside. Well, she was “impatient” (actually, she had to pee) and decided to climb out of the bucket and shinny her way down the boom. I stayed up there until my friend got the truck started.
Mark