How does he know that??? I’ve learned so much from you guys!
1967 trunk lid before restoration. Build date 28 January 1967.
Merry Christmas!
That’s a nice looking car, personally I like the color combo. A few things that I noticed are the lack of a pinstripe, the repro Mustang kick panels, and the before mentioned Mustang steering wheel. I believe that the top of the covers for the seat hinges should be under the upholstry instead of over it. Maybe it is just me but something looks wrong with the driveshaft, in particular the rear U joint. Am I seeing all of the needle bearing cap? Like the driveshaft is broken.
As for being an early car the decklid also has the rubber bumpers in the corners. And the headlight assemblies look to be the early 67 style as well.
Randy Goodling
CCOA #95
Randy, speaking of paint, are “Trafalgar Blue” on this car and “Caribbean Blue Poly” in 1968 the same exterior color??
To me they look the same, but the paint codes and numbers I’ve seen are not the same. Trafalgar is Ford M1908 and CBP is M1070.
My plan is to have the 67 painted Caribbean Blue Poly with a standard aqua interior if I can find all the pieces.
Thanks.
They are not the same color. Trafalgar blue is a darker color metallic turquoise/blue - green.
The 1968 color is much lighter and brighter.
Les,
As Royce posted they are not the same color.
In 1967 color code W was Trafalgar Blue Poly for Mercury and Clearwater Aqua Poly for Ford.
In 1968 color code D or U was Caribbean Blue Poly for Mercury and Tahoe Turquoise Poly for Ford. It also had several other names for Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Thunderbird dating back to 1959.
Randy Goodling
CCOA #95
Thanks! I am hoping the guy that is going to paint the car is able to get the right color for the job.
Interesting car, but agree desirability is an issue, and interesting so much money spent to restore it, obviously a labor of love for the owner.
As long as you give the painter the correct color code that you want your painter should have no problem getting the correct color. The places that mix paint all have the formulas for mixing older colors. And even if they do not have them on hand they can call their manufacturer and get the formula.
Randy Goodling
CCOA #95
So the seller pulled the auction because it is “no longer for sale”…wonder what happened here 
I would say someone has made an acceptable offer and it was/is being sold off of ebay.
Yeah I assumed that too, should have just asked “so anybody know who bought it!?” 
I can confirm that it’s sold.
Does this mean that we’ll be seeing it at a Cougar Club of New England event this summer? Will you be the one bringing it? Inquiring minds, etc, etc.
Not me Bill. We have a “3 old car limit” in the family, so I’d have to sell R Code before I bought anything else. I have too many people to put through college to add to the collection…
I did have a conversation with Marc last night & he told me he sold it. I did not want to get nosy about who bought it. Sweet car though…
Thanks everyone for the compliments and the constructive critism. I actually bought the car back. To answer some of the questions that were raised… The exhaust is stock for 67, the master cylinder, well that’s the one I got from mustang unlimited, I’ll have to check into that, the kick panels are correct with speaker holes, I’ll have to fix the seat trim. I didn’t realize that 
Thanks for the kudos on the steering wheel, that’s one of my favorite changes, I gave the stock wheel, it just needs restored.
Brian
Brian I really like your Cougar. In you post you state that you bought it back. Does this mean you restored the car, sold it and now have repurchased it? If so that is very cool.
Steven
That is a really cool car and I’m glad you were able to get it back!!
Yes I was the one who restored it and I bought it back. I never should have sold it after 21 years of ownership. Oh well its back with the original family, I’ll pass it on to my kids.