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 ...

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." ...

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 ...

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 wanted some of that presence as well for the Cougar, a model initially positioned ... had issues with headlight cover alignment. An ad that ran in February 1968 issue ofPlayboymagazine ...

If you’re a Mercury Cougar fan, we just found another late 60s ... According to its Bring a Trailer ad, the car was placed in storage by the original owner from 1978 up until 2002 and was ...

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 ...

Cougars For The Future Lucky 7 is the kind of number that you can't have enough of or so Mercury reasons. T-7 and 5-77 were early code names in the successful Cougar design and engineering project ...

One year later, the Mercury Cougar became a premium alternative to the Mustang. Sporting a unique and decidedly more aggressive front fascia, the Cougar offered more convenience features than the ...