Mercury joined the pony car race full speed with its Cougar, based on a stretched version of the Ford Mustang. Only a two door hardtop was available with standard simulated leather bucket seats, hideaway headlights, and a V8 engine, impressive enough to be named Motor Trend's Car of the Year. The XR-7 package included a wood-rimmed steering wheel, black-face competition-type instrumentation in a simulated walnut dash, toggle switches, an overhead console, a leather-covered T-handle automatic transmission shifter, and combination leather/vinyl seats. For performance buyers, the GT package, a $323 option, included a firmer suspension with solid rear brushings, stiffer springs all around, bigger 1.1875 inch shocks, a fatter 0.84 inch anti-roll bar, power front disc brakes, 8.95x14 Wide-Oval tires.
Mercury got serious 1968 with performance with the introduction of the GT-E. It initially came with the mild 390 bhp E version of the 427 cid V8. The Cougar was important to Mercury's image for many years, and advertising often identified its dealers as being "at the sign of the cat.
To order the 1968 model Cougar, Just proceed to order the 1967 in your color choice. Once completed, hit your back button to return to this page. Fill out on the form below using the 67 item number from your initial order. Hit "submit order".
The only difference between the 67 and 68 is the side marker lamps as shown on the right.
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