This 1969 Mercury Cougar Gets Down!
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2021
- Just driving home and seen this sad 1969 Mercury Cougar, I knew I had to save it. It sat in the same place we rescued the 1976 Lincoln. After it was pulled out of the warehouse it was for sale about a mile down the street from my shop. Does this car still Get Down? Does it have any fun left in it? I think it may........
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Please don't destroy that car it's worth more than you know
Great Find! Keep it original and by no means don't dirt track it! That would be a terrible waste of a great car!
Has holes in the roof
@@gavindesjarlais4491 That's an easy repair.
Fantastic find. Cougars and Mavericks are basically unknown to the younger car generation. Remember the Eliminators, two guys in high school had them, one was green and the other was red. Badassed rides.
Awe man if I found an Eliminator, that would be Game Over! That’s a nasty car, meaning bad ass!
Man, my sister had a '68 Cougar...360 V-8...Carter, I think, 4 barrel carb. All original... I was so jealous! Lmao
Looks like a good candidate for an easy restoration instead of thrashing it around. Worth a few good dollars as she is.
No respect around here for these classic finds. None at all.
You try fixing a rotted roof
Cougars are a lot of fun! Oh, and the cars are nice as well.
Hahaha! I see what u did there lol
I have a very close friend who is very much a cougar. Very petite & pretty, we have been mistaken for a married couple a few times (we have known each other for years), even with my younger daughter who is tall & blonde. Funny thing? She makes about $200k a year
That looks way to savable to run the Piss out of it.
There all savable! This one is really cool, but I’m not scared to have a little fun with them either….I changed the oil
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC hey it's your car, you don't see cougars that year in such good condition it's a good candidate for an Eliminator Clone.
Wheel covers are late '70s - early '80s Ford, used on Fairmonts, Zephyrs, Fox Mustangs, etc. Vinyl top is definitely aftermarket with the strange lower routing pattern.
That ford is a keeper!! Don't totally mistreat it. I'm sure you want.
I felt like shedding a tear watching it get trashed in dirt....that car/ year has memories ..someone will dish out bucks for it.
Don’t worry, the roof was fixed and the car was getting restored last I seen.
If that’s what you were gonna do with a great classic like that,it was better off right where you found her......
Wont hurt it only a bit of mud
Would like to give two thumbs-up, I love seeing these old rides,put back on the road. I would trade my rust free 95 Isuzu trooper, for an old ride.
I owned/drive to high school junior year a '69 Cougar drop top w/a 351C 2 bbl in '78. It was a very strong running engine and transmission. It had the sequential rear turn signals. Very rare find these days.
Hey Brad, those are called Sequential tail lights. Shelby Mustangs also had them. That FULL vinyl roof is Not a Landau roof. A Landau roof from that era, the Vinyl was covering Only the rear Half of the roof.
Sad to say there's not that Big of following for the Cougars, kinda like late '50s & up T-Birds. If you find someone who loves it more than you, don't be afraid to flip it so it will get taken care of & loved, & use the $$$ for your other builds.
Actually the TWO Gems you've got are the Doug Headers!!! & the Vintage Rail Dragster. I know it's unbelievable, But it's True. You should be able to find a good home for the Cougar easily. Remember... ALL Cougars Require a lot of Upkeep !! LOL Again Thank you for Your Service.
Yeah I agree, I see them for sale all day for 3000. This one sat for 20 years and it’s a shame. These cars like to get opened up, and we always have a great time with these cars. I can’t stand when people let them just rot away
That's a fairly rare car shouldn't fuck it up.
I didn’t i changed the oil
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC 🤣
Just subbed to you a week or so ago..I grew up around cars this old and Enjoy seeing them being saved
I always shoot some PB Blaster in the cylinders, then add a little two stroke oil on top of that, if the engine has been sitting and not run for years. At the very least, if it spins freely with a breaker bar, I give that first crank with two stroke mix gas, just to make sure everything is getting some lubrication after sitting dry all that time. That car is in great shape, might wanna give her some love on that roof and body/paint. I'm not a fan of vinyl roofs, but maybe peel that one off and see what you're workin with....might be able to paint it. That ending though? Bo and Luke would be proud! 😁
Top is completely gone. But I am noting the two stroke gas on the first crank. I’ll keep that in mind on the next one, no doubt
wow good looking car bro
Don't ruin that car! Keep it and put a badass engine in it. You don't come across those very often. Those cars are rare and collectible.
That was a special order roof the landau ornament belongs there.
With the kitty cat.
Thanx mom !
Love it...first the Falcon & now this Cougar. I'd love to find a '68 Cougar XR-7
Or an Eliminator! Love to find one of those
You are the man bro I live in Boston can’t wait to retire move to the sticks and rip on some oldies
Sweet I want.
Awesome car, I have a 68 the same color
Looks good !!!
good job brad
Awesome stuff!!!
These cars were one step up in luxury from the mustang. I almost bought one in the early 80s. Very nice looking car. See quite a few of them around in the western states.
You are the best👍💯
Cool car, great video!
Amazing survivor car and great video !
Hell yeah bro
And that folks is how you have fun ! lol
That’s what I say! These cars like to be opened up and have a little fun with, not rot away to nothing….
How much to take the Cougar off your hands? And: did the tyranny fail?
Great video, dirt tracking man!!👍👍😊🇺🇸
kEEP GOING KID...YOU'LL GET IT .
Yeah I woulda put a lil oil in the top end to avoid the dry cranking after that long.
The tail lights are called a sequential system it was also used on the mustang calif special in 1969
That's such an awesome find! And the exhaust u did really set it off. Great stuff man.
Thanks bro it was a fun car! I love getting these old rides going and open them up a little. That’s all part of the fun
Thats a hell of a ride. hope its still kicking.
I've burned tires off of a 67' cougar. 3speed 289 lock diff. So a 69, 351...I can relate !
Hells yeah!
Dont trash it restore it....................
Such a cool car and she wants to run and drive why trash it seems nicer than some of the others just patch holes in the roof
Just opening up the 351 a little. These old cars like it. We drive it normal as well, you just got all the edited thrashing, lol
I had one a long time ago
Love it nothing wrong with having a little fun won't hurt she's still saveable after a good blat this channel should have way more subs
That’s what we say! More subs is always a bonus, lol
It has the open chamber heads in it good for 700 plus horses .
1969 mercury cougar accessory brochure shows the Landau roof bars being an available option. Wonder if that is a rare top on the car. I could not find a pic anywhere of a top like that.
I couldn’t either. Thanks for the update on the Landau option.
Thrashing that classic is a disgrace.
No letting them rot away is a disgrace!
It has holes in the roof
your a badass chanel keep it up youll be at 100 k soon love your chanel!
Thanks my man! Means a lot…
Those hubcaps are similar to the original but not the original ones.
It looks like someone added Landau Bars from a 67-68 Thunderbird on the sides of the roof. I’d restore that!!
I think you are right. It needed a new roof, I definitely remember that
aLL MOTORS...SPARK, FUEL LINE, COMPRESSION...NO SECRETS !
That's a keeper brother should take some of your cars to the ratty muscle car drag event's
That sounds like a must do….
They got one coming up in middle of Oct mopar vs brand X at jakes drag strip in Alabama
Not sure if they sell roof skins for these but if the poor boys way to bondo the hell of of the roof and prime and paint it put a new top on it and keep it inside
@@truegrits257 roof needs to be completely replaced. The whole thing is gone.
Well lucky you got a car that does have aftermarket support can get a new skin for it for 400 bones. If you ever want to fix it you can just depends on how roasted the inner structure is could be a easy fix.
No position to buy it off you or tell you what to do with your stuff, but can you update us on what finally becomes of the car?
I always wanted one
They are definitely out there for sale.
Such a waste of a great Car
I used to have a 1970 cougar with the 352 Cleveland I actually only paid $400 for it and it was not in bad shape they are a factory built race car and one of the best road hugging cars I ever drove it would get up and go! I sure wish I still had it my favorite muscle car.
I meant 351 Cleveland
My grandma had one of those and it had a 289 rocket and a 4 speed
Don’t see those to often. Anything 4-speed is pretty tough to find
My parents had a 67 and 70 cougar when I was young. The 67 had those hubcaps so I’m betting they are probably original
I watched to the end but wished I hadn’t.......:
Yeah those are the original hubs
Grecian Gold
Too nice a car for dirt track
As soon as mom is done with the apple pie, she'll come over and will start it.
I bet my step mom would buy it, it was her first car.
And is sell it to her….
It sounds like that cougar on Forza on Xbox 😃👍
Not a ford/merc guy but that car is worth fixing. I would like to have seen a popo grab ya 😆
Cops and Marines stick together so he probably would have jumped in the car and done burnouts too
😳No automobile cougars but a few Cougars 🙄
The unique landau portion of the vinyl roof extending down the top of the quarter is a rare aftermarket accessory. The goofy t-bird s things on the xr-7 qtr medallion's not sure if their rare ?. I've seen 2 other cougars in the past 25 years with that same top. Not sure if it was a factory or a dealer add on?. Rare none the less. (Preserve it as from the corner down is all different from the standard vinyl top.) I've seen this on a 70 Mustang fastback too in california, that 1 looked extremely goofy ;) I have a 58,000 mile 69 Xr-7 R-Code 428 Cobra Jet, C6 Auto, Fact AC, Tilt away. Black with Black vinyl Roof and Black leather interior and Red stripes. Original color was Maroon. But you have a Great score there ! Semper Fi Brother !
It is a good car, only downside is it rotted away for so long the hole roof is toast, I mean the whole thing! Still a fun car though, for what’s left of it
mORE STUFF IN THE CARB AND THE CHOKE...YOU KNOW !!!
Awesome bro... Keep it up... Wish we had cars like this in south africa...
Good content... Keep the action flowing... Unlike other videos that just bore the crap outa me coz they only talk bullshit.....
Trying my best over here, thanks my man!
Put some old slot rims on it it will look good
Well if your trip is lights...smoke it up and trip !
In 1969 the 351W was the base engine in that year it went right up to 428 SCJ anyway does that 351 have a 2V or a 4V?
2v
He said H-code, that is 2V. But those breathers much better than a Windsor motor.
It a h code it came with a 351 Windsor not a Cleveland Cleveland is the m code
Mean machine. Good score. Should make a buck on this one if you don't wrap it around a lamp-pole. High fives.
Hahaha, it needed a new roof. It actually got fixed, and I think it’s getting a restore last I checked, or may be a cool ratty driver……thanks Scott
Put the Holly EFI, JRGO loves, put on on his FE pickup, and a V6 Bronco.
That stripe on the back pillar from a 68 t- bird
You never mention if you change the oil and filter in the cars you find? Sludge in the pan and a clogged up filter can destroy an engine your trying to start.
Just curious?
Yeah I change the oil, especially if I know I’m going to open them up a little bit. I wish I could show everything I do but if I did these vids would be to long…..
Sounds evil, great vid thanks
Thanks brother, much appreciated
That was the businessmen Hot Rod back i n the day. 351 ci.
No doubt. Mercury’s are the higher end cars of Ford
Today there worth $$$ in the bank hope u got it back on the road for it's a cool ride
@@armondoborjas4362 in this condition probably looking at about 25-3000, not to big of money. Now if it was an Eliminator that’s a whole different ball game……
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC it looks much better on the video. A project for sure 👍
@@armondoborjas4362 no doubt
Hi my name is Charlie love ya work. We live in good old North Carolina also in walnut cove where are you Buddy love to meet you I have a 1982 Cadillac Eldorado triple white she only got 75000 miles on her just thought I'd share so man car talk with ya love the couger
We are down here in New Bern NC
Nice area my wife and I were there before we went to the outer banks beautiful
@@charlieboisvert9699 I retired from Cherry Point so we kind of got stuck here. But it is a beautiful area
The cougar and the third were the same car at one time
Can it be moved up to 383, 390, 440...340 wedge ???
The vinyl top on this car isn't an original , The original ones didn't have the ''spear'' mouldings with the vinyl between them running back the quarter panels, I would tear it off and throw it in the trash! Do you let your boy rip around in these cars a little? That's how I learned to drive! In an old rusty Studebaker Hawk GT on the farm I grew up on I was 11 years old and I was in a 30 acre field with nothing to hit I pulled into the field and floored it and held it there I learned to drive flat out and sideways!
Danny, I’m so upset! I woke that kid up at 8:00 and told him we are going to have the best time with you this Cougar. I was going to let him cut loose and all that stuff. We got it out there to my friend Jeff’s house, ripped it for literally 20 min and that was the end of it! I was a little sad, but I had all these different vids I wanted to do, and what you see is about what I could make of the footage. Man I’ll do better on the next one, no doubt!
Where do you get your USMC apparel?? Those shirts are awesome!!!
Mostly eBay! I love my veteran shirts
Still have this? Location if winning to sell pls
I went threw the same thing on a rotor for my Ford truck. Believe it or not for a 95 F150 210434 miles 302 and still runs great. Do you give out free stickers
I’m out of stickers. We are on the process of ordering a few more with the new logo….
Hey Sgt Brad! Too solid of a car NOT to flip it. IMO. Cheers from Motown! P.S. Find me a 67 like this one, and me and the trailer will be on our way.
The car looks great in the vid, but the roof is toast! Not just a few holes, the whole frickn thing….
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC Convertible conversion? hmmmmmm
@@robertclymer6948 hahaha your not the first one to say that. I just could never get myself to cut a top like that. I don’t mind opening these cars up and having some fun, but slice a top off, that would hurt my feeling. I’ll just leave a few holes. Lol
Nice Brad.....Good ol ROCK AUTO LOL :) Pretty sure H code has a Posi ????
Nope, Watch the video the part where I’m going around the circle
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC I saw dirt shootin up from both wheels....you would have to do burnout on street in straight line to find out for sure, put did see 1 wheel on circle!!! Still nice find....can't believe hide a ways still work
@@bigbobk1963 lol yep me neither, just fixed a vacuum leak and they came alive! Hahaha, coolest thing about the whole car….Happy Father’s Day
@@PoorBoysGarageUSMC and the tail light are like TBIRD !!!! Hope Jaden n Momma do something nice for ya today Buddy
Now being the proud owner of it and watching this answers my questions about all the dirt in the rear quarters 😂
P.S She's being restored now not dirt tracked lol
Hahahaha Right on Dusty, that car gets down for sure! It was about to go to the crusher before I was about to grab it.
How did 351 became Javelin AMC motors !?
You don't find them that rust free. Keep it and rip it. How's the super bee going
Sold the Bee. We had a great time with that car, but it was killing the wallet, so I talked to Jadon and we just decided to start over. That car was nasty! I love these old cars…..All of them
I love hot rods too very much so, but you have never had fun til you been in a jet boat, especially a two seater on shallow water.
I really want to try one. I’m working on that deal….
sell me that car, I had a 69 cougar in high school...
please
Those are the wrong wheel covers. Who put on the 69 Thunderbird Landau bars on it.
No idea, some people are saying that was a dealer option, and some are saying somebody just added them. I have no idea.
Bullshit not for a 1969 mercury Cougar
Of course, if seat leather is ok...engine must be too, right !?
did you put new gas tank in it
It could use one but not bad enough that I was too worried about it.
took a while to get rid of the Varish
Agree, and that smell is worse then 2 tours in Iraq…….
what’s the most that you have found inside a car on cleanup. It reminds me of my second uncle , he used to drive around with $10k in the trunk in his. LTD “for emergencies” I have been waiting for him to forget what he did.
Hahaha, I talk about that in some of my videos around here. Honestly for as many cars that I’ve had besides the usual change and tools, I really never found anything that blows me away. I think when I was stationed up in DC, doing cars I found a silver chain in the back floor. I do find a lot of combs though. Lol
I would flush the rad and engine right out and put fresh stuff in there because not knowing how old the coolant is in the rad and engine and the coolant crystallize and plugs shit up after a while from sitting and can cause overheating issues. That's what I do to cars that I'm going to be running then I know the rad and engine is flushed all the rust and crap is all out and it has new coolant in it that way it's not 10 or 20 year old coolant that is not really good anymore in it.
I did all that….I wish I could show all the stuff I did on the video, but I have to condense 8 hours of vid footage to 40 min, and even that is to long… but it was changed