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The same issue of the magazine with the Cougar ad also has this Studd Cologne masterpiece of 1960s-style misogyny, providing inspiration for the Cougar buyer who needed to prop up his Y ...
1969 Mercury Cougar XR7 from ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret ... restoration undertaken by the man who found it in a classified ad in the late 1980s. He originally just wanted it for the engine ...
Mercury Cougar XR-7, a family-owned classic with 99,507 miles, is the last of the MN-12 platform, meticulously maintained and ...
Lots of ads of fantastically dressed models out walking their exotic felines became an ongoing element of the Mercury marketing aura. The Cougar growl ended every Mercury ad. And yes, that’s ...
We're talking about the Mercury Cougar ... Almost 12 years later, a Cougar fan came across the ad when he found an old issue of the aforementioned magazine at a swap meet. On a whim, the fan ...
The Mercury name has since been applied to a ... According to the brief description in the ad, this Cougar "Drives perfectly!" It's so good, in fact, that it's claimed to feel "like a new car." ...
There were cougar-shaped cookies and cougar-shaped burger patties given away, live cougars used in print and TV ads, and Lincoln-Mercury built an entire brand campaign around "the Sign of the Cat." ...
Mercury Cougar XR-7 is one of the few models that left the factory with the GT-E package; the Marti report confirms the low ...
The sleek lines of Mercury's new ... rekindled the Cougar dream with a '70 XR7 convertible he found in Arlington, Virginia, for $1,700 via a Washington Post newspaper ad. The drop-top Cat became ...
Even the T-7's name was inherited from its Ford cousin: The winning design in the 1962 styling competition had worn Cougar badges. The Mercury Cougar went on sale Sept. 30, 1966, following an ...
In general, the Cougar's overall styling allowed the Mercury line to establish its own niche. The car was clearly not a Mustang. It was a few inches longer, had a bigger wheelbase, and was packed ...