Whoa Nelley, another moldy oldie, if an older good looking woman was driving it, you'd have a cougar driving a Cougar, but I digress.... Walker Carburetor products was started by former employees of either Pacer (the wholesale/reboxing side of BWD) or Tomco, and they branched out---but used the same catalog system. They are still in business, so you can look up the kit # on their website or in Google and it will give you the applications. If it's been sitting for a while, the gaskets may be a bit on the dry side. We got the VIN, so we win: from the top, 9 for 1979 model year, H for Lorain, OH assembly plant, 93 for Cougar XR7 two door hardtop, H for 351 V8 with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence. Trim tag: 65L should be the body style for the Cougar XR7 hard top, A for AC is factory installed AC, possible X on the transmission which would be FMX, axle code appears to be B which is 3:07:1, DSO of 22 is Dallas, TX, I think I see a paint code of A which is black exterior paint and the molding color corresponds to the exterior molding color. Yup, we got the VIN, we win. We got the (door) tag, we can brag.....good job.
People will look back at videos like this in twenty years and cry asking why weren't these cars saved! When everything becomes automated and nothing lasts more than a few months people will be willing to pay Big bucks for even the most average of old car!
Black paint, red upholstery, cast aluminum wheels...very sharp car when new! Farrah Fawcett's 1977 Cougar XR-7 television commercial has a black car like this one.
A buddy of mine put a 4 speed in one of them using all the stuff from a 72 torino totally looked factory too. And the car was mint cond loved that car really and it hauled ass with the 351 c and 4 speed in it.
i don't know how y'all find anything in that yard. Mercury sitting next to a CRV on the other side a Mazda 6 I guess they don't organize by make or Foreign Like most yards.
love old those 77 and 78 t bird and mercurycougar 77 and Lincolnmark5 77 best looking cars and LTD too and the Mercury Marauder ill like to have a car like that to restore
These late 70s disco era fomocos are beautiful cars but I never understood their appeal because they waste so much space. You can fit two or three people and a big engine and that's about it.
In my part of the country it's the 4.6 32 valve Lincoln that's hot. I have a factory supercharged sitting in the garage 65,000 miles on it. Some day I'll get around to it.
Whoa Nelley, another moldy oldie, if an older good looking woman was driving it, you'd have a cougar driving a Cougar, but I digress....
Walker Carburetor products was started by former employees of either Pacer (the wholesale/reboxing side of BWD) or Tomco, and they branched out---but used the same catalog system. They are still in business, so you can look up the kit # on their website or in Google and it will give you the applications. If it's been sitting for a while, the gaskets may be a bit on the dry side.
We got the VIN, so we win: from the top, 9 for 1979 model year, H for Lorain, OH assembly plant, 93 for Cougar XR7 two door hardtop, H for 351 V8 with two barrel and the rest is the production sequence.
Trim tag: 65L should be the body style for the Cougar XR7 hard top, A for AC is factory installed AC, possible X on the transmission which would be FMX, axle code appears to be B which is 3:07:1, DSO of 22 is Dallas, TX, I think I see a paint code of A which is black exterior paint and the molding color corresponds to the exterior molding color.
Yup, we got the VIN, we win. We got the (door) tag, we can brag.....good job.
As always look forward to your post on the breakdown of the codes.
Thanks
No problem, glad to do it.
Wow that Texas sun just cooks them car interiors 🔥😳
I have a 1977 Thunderbird and I love these cars. I'd love to get a Cougar from 1977-79. Great cars and very strong, too.
Lol
I have a 79 T-Bird, bought it brand new when I was 19 years old. Only has 33k miles on it.
People will look back at videos like this in twenty years and cry asking why weren't these cars saved! When everything becomes automated and nothing lasts more than a few months people will be willing to pay Big bucks for even the most average of old car!
I often wonder about this as well. Or will they even care
@@ClassicRideSociety they won't care until they they see somebody else driving it and wonder why they are not having as much trouble 😏🤨
Black paint, red upholstery, cast aluminum wheels...very sharp car when new! Farrah Fawcett's 1977 Cougar XR-7 television commercial has a black car like this one.
Reminds me of my gray 77 cougar. Paid 50 bucks for it, put in a good 351w and it was a second car for the next 12 years. Miss that one.
A buddy of mine put a 4 speed in one of them using all the stuff from a 72 torino totally looked factory too. And the car was mint cond loved that car really and it hauled ass with the 351 c and 4 speed in it.
The 351 is still there ripe for the taking...
Don’t get that lube mixed up with the Blue RTV silicone😁
My grandmother had a red 1978 cougar xr7 with a white vinyl top in the 90s
Still can't get over the baby knuckles lol and the give it a try on the lube, lol. Classic CRS.
XR 7 top of the line in its day.
Day has come and gone
@@toyoscio 🤣🤣🤣
i don't know how y'all find anything in that yard. Mercury sitting next to a CRV on the other side a Mazda 6 I guess they don't organize by make or Foreign Like most yards.
I come back from taking the 66 out for a little drive and here's number 3 for the day. 100 miles on 12 gallons of premium gasoline.
It's right where it needs to be !!!!!
Do you ever find any GM color coded hubcap keys? I just paid 50 for one on eBay because no junkyards in my area even carry anything after 1990.
Where was this car I need some parts out of it
@@sbdah6059 it was at Crain's in Ft Worth Texas. But it's long since been crushed
would you do a pick n ship?
i like these
I also spotted a wagon
Is that the Olds Wagon? Seen at 0:50
love old those 77 and 78 t bird and mercurycougar 77 and Lincolnmark5 77 best looking cars
and LTD too and the Mercury Marauder ill like to have a car like that
to restore
Too fuelish
Where was this car
Cool another video
Where is this junkyard in texas and the name of it?
This is Craines auto salvage in Fort Worth.
where is this car at ????
It was at Crain's in ft worth but it's been crushed
Cranes Auto. I took the cougar emblem off the passenger side
When I can I keep my Lincoln all Motorcraft.
Fairly decent body.... 😥..
Damn Benny slow down! Let's take a better look at the seats.
I had a 68. It was badass until a drunk driver did it in.
These late 70s disco era fomocos are beautiful cars but I never understood their appeal because they waste so much space. You can fit two or three people and a big engine and that's about it.
I could really use most of the parts off that cat
Only Ford that I ever liked was the cougar NOT the T- turd . Dude that's a 77 the dash changed in 79 a cousin had a brand new 1.
Lol misnamed. a cougar is stealth and fast, Mercury Cougars were not.
Nope, tail lights clearly say 79.
Gauge package is rare...
The only good thing I can say about it is that it had a 351W---those are still in demand for hot rod builds
In my part of the country it's the 4.6 32 valve Lincoln that's hot. I have a factory supercharged sitting in the garage 65,000 miles on it. Some day I'll get around to it.
A thunder chicken's brother chubby cat so ugly but not the first generation. Oh and it's the cus of the continental mark five. Lol .
My opinion, 1976 was the last year for the nice-looking Cougars. Never liked this style
ford made some fugly cars and this was one of them
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