Hello community,
I am one of a few Mercury Cougar owners in Germany. I bought the car a few months ago and i really love driving it. I own a 1968 Mercury Cougar XR7 which was sold to California. In 2013 the pre-owner brought it to Germany.
I hope that can learn a lot about my car here, because in Germany it is not easy to find a Garage which knows how to repair old cars. I know my car is not 100% original but i love the style.
Harry.
Nice Harry!
Hello Harry,
Sharp car, nice stance too. Lets see under the hood and thanks for posting. Do you have problems with it?
If so, you came to the right place as there is a lot of good folks here.
Photos of the nice 302 Engine will follow soon. I have some Problems, but just small things, today the rev Counter ( Is that the right Name for the Thing you see the rpm of the engine?) did not work… gotta look whats up with it.
What you are referring to as the rev counter, we call the tachometer.
give it a tap on the glass. Sometime they need a help to get started
this is a better idea
Here are now some pictures of the engine, at the moment there is a Holley carburetor mounted but I think about changing to a Edelbrock carburetor. What do you think about my Idea and the engine?
Harry welcome to the Classic Cougar Community. The Edelbrock carburetor is a good choice. I guess the question I would ask is why are you looking to change?
Steven
Well in Germany gasoline is not that cheap like in the states. so I want to change the carburator that i needs less gasoline. At the moment it runs with 18 liters on 100 km.
My other Project is to reactivate the heating system. I do have to change the heater core under the dashboard. I am freezing when I am driving… Not funny. 
I hope my english is not that bad…
With a 3.0 rear axle the best consumption you can expect will be 15 litres per 100km. With fuel injection and an overdrive transmission you might be able to get to 12 litres per 100km on a long run but it will still be around 14 litres per 100km around town. A 475cfm Holley is more efficient than a 600cfm
Do you know what rear axlre ratio you are running?
Harry, your english is just fine. Pros and cons of carbs comes up all the time and there are many threads on this site. You might start a new thread asking for advice too as there are many guys here with the knowledge to get you right.
The heater core is simple but a pia and I am sure there are threads addressing that too. I have done one in a 68 but it was long ago.
Beautiful car Harry.
Well you might want to check into getting the Holley adjusted and tuned to suit where you are living, it may have been adjusted fine for the place it came from, but that may not be the best adjustment for where you live
Also you may want to check what gearing the rear axle have, if it have low gearing like 3.50:1, 4.10:1 etc it will use more gas than if you have higher gearing like 3.25:1 3.00:1 etc.
I have a Edelbrock 600 on my car, 302, bored to 306, 345 hp, C4 transmission, converter with stock stallspeed, 3.00:1 rear axle gearing, my carburator is not perfectly tuned and adjusted to my engine yet, and it gives me around 12-14 liters per 100 km on citydriving, lowest i have managed to drive it, is 8 liters per 100 km, and this is in the northwest coast of Norway, no long streches of flat roads here, mostly uphills, downhills and in and out of fjords 
Welcome!!! Very nice car, Harry! I especially like the dash on your car - a cool option for dead woodgrain.
These guys will get you fixed up on a good carb to run. I wouldn’t go much taller than 3:50s in the rear as
acceleration will suffer. On the other hand if you are out on the Autobahn a lot you might want taller gearing.
I’m not sure why Ford did away with overdrive in the 60s and 70s. With gas as high as it is in Europe an AOD
or Gearvendors unit might pay for itself.
