Man that front suspension is gorgeous. Outstanding
From your pictures it looks like your restoration turned out great. I have to say your grille and headlight doors look very straight, well done on that as well. 
Steven
Your car looks fantastic. Which company did you use for the suspension upgrade?
I am very curious too about the front end. Is there a big differance and what are the straps and buckles for? $$, mfg., curious minds gotta know!
Very nice indeed!
Well done!
Beautiful car!
Thank you for the comments guys, to answer a few questions. Oldwood, the straps are tie down straps that were not removed after I took it out of the trailer, yes I trailer the car as I live in the country and have a few miles of gravel that I am not going to take the car on. As for the front suspension it is a rod & custom with 2" drop spindles, as far as how it handles it feels quite a bit stiffer than stock, more like a performance suspension which is what it is. When I was 16 my brother had a 67 and for helping him work on it he would let me take it on the weekend so I do know how the stock suspension feels. I have to say I perfer the new, its more responsive, corners better, it just feels good. The color is Bahama Blue and I really like it over the original nordic blue that was on the car which was a not so good re paint. I would like to tell you all why I build this car, when I was 17 the brother I spoke of was killed in a motorcycle accident and not a day goes by that I dont think about him. I wanted to do the car to show in memory of Tim. Hence the lic plate (INMEMRY) I will never sell the car and hopfully Parker wont when he gets it. Well thats about it I think, thanks again Terry
Wow… The car, the memories both past present and future are rich. I bet this car stays in the family for generations. Would love to do a WCCC-TV feature on the car and the legacy.
Car looks nice. What part of Alberta are you in?
Thank you Don, you know a ton of this car came from you. As far as doing a feature I dont know, what would be invoved. My oldest son is going to school in british columbia and I was going to take the car down to do some cruising in the okanogan, mabey I should go a little further say Salem. Fordnutz I am in Whitecourt, ab. about an hour and a half west of Edmonton.
Absolutely gorgeous Cat! Whose coil-over front suspension kit is that, or did you come up with your own?
BUT, here goes the nit picker in me – for safety reasons here. Please do not think I am ‘ripping’ or that I am criticizing your work!!! I can only hope that mine turn out as nice!
Please get rid of the rubber fuel line on the pressure side of the fuel pump. Rubber line DOES degrade - even if it is covered in braided stainless or other such. Today’s high ethanol blends are even worse on rubber than the gasolines of old! My buddy almost burned his race car to the ground when his five-year-old braided fuel line started leaking - not at a fitting, but in the middle of a section of hose! Look where your rubber gas line goes - right around the sparking distributor! I learned my lesson the hard way - My '78 Country Squire’s 1-1/2" long rubber hose connecting the factory metal line to the carb sprung a leak and shot a gas stream right at the distributor. 351M BBQ!!! Don’t say it’ll never happen to you! I’d hate to see your gorgeous Cat burn because of a fuel leak!!! After my 351M flambee`, I’ll never use any rubber hose on the pressure side of the fuel pump! I hard-plumb all lines from pump to carb - using NO rubber at all! In fact, the only rubber hose I have in my fuel system at all is what is required to connect the main fuel line that is attached to the chassis (all the way to the tank) to the engine-mounted fuel pump. Engines shake and also move under torque - that’s because they have rubber engine mounts!!! That chassis-to-engine fuel line has to flex! If that chassis-to-pump rubber line develops a crack, the fuel pump will be sucking air, not spraying gas around the engine compartment!!! Oh, and that’s where I have the fuel filter as well - on the suction side of the engine-driven fuel pump.
Second, it is hard to tell from the pics, but did you use aluminum tubing for the trans cooler lines? If you did, please replace that with steel! Aluminum will fatigue crack if vibrated enough over time - and trans cooler lines will vibrate since they are attached to the vibrating engine and hang in space to connect to the chassis-mounted radiator.
Again, please do not take my post the wrong way - my intent is to spare you any problems later on down the line.
No problem cougrrcj that never crossed my mind and I am glad you pointed that out. Fuel line is an easy fix & I would sure hate to have a fire. Trans lines are steel so I should be ok. Thank you, Terry
There are a number of Cougar owners near Edmonton, many in the Fordnutz club. Check out our web site at http://www.fordnutz.org . Also you mentioned heading for Salem, a few of us from BC are heading to WCCC the second weekend of August for the annual open house. Maybe you can work it into your plans. I have me details if you would like to e-mail me.
Fordnutz, depending on how well the baseball team I coach does this year will be what determines if I could make it but I will sure keep it in mind I would really like to go and meet the guys who supplied so much for my car. I will take a look at the club site, Thank you, Terry
wow…that is really nice, congrats on a very nice restore. If and when I get around to doing mine, I hope it can come close to yours.
Really nice job, good looking restoration, you should be very proud of it. One question, are those AR TQ wheels, and what size are you running ?
Mike B
Sorry for the late reply MikeB, the wheels are mustang bullies from custom wheels and are 17" all around. Tire size is 225-45 fronts and 265-45 rears.
Thanks Terry
Wow Super 