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Mercury Cougar Archive
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![Over the years, the Mercury Cougar wore many different hats, but for the first seven years of its life, from 1967 to 1973, it was a bigger, more luxurious sibling […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1973-Mercury-Cougar-XR-7-convert-Gold-Glamour-Met-Cars-Remember-When-front-3q-right-inset-115x115.webp "1973 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Convertible: Still A Mustang Underneath, With Q-Code 351 And Rare 4-Speed")
1973 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Convertible: Still A Mustang Underneath, With Q-Code 351 And Rare 4-Speed
Posted on May 5, 2026 | 21 CommentsOver the years, the Mercury Cougar wore many different hats, but for the first seven years of its life, from 1967 to 1973, it was a bigger, more luxurious sibling […] -
![In a previous post, I talked about the unit body structure of the early Ford Falcon, Comet, and intermediate Fairlane. The 1965–1973 Ford Mustang, the early Mercury Cougar, and Ford […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ford-platform-composite-1964-Mustang-1967-Cougar-1970-Maverick-1971-Comet-front-115x115.webp "CC Tech: How the Mustang, Cougar, And Maverick Differed From The Original Ford Falcon Platform")
CC Tech: How the Mustang, Cougar, And Maverick Differed From The Original Ford Falcon Platform
Posted on November 28, 2025 | 27 CommentsIn a previous post, I talked about the unit body structure of the early Ford Falcon, Comet, and intermediate Fairlane. The 1965–1973 Ford Mustang, the early Mercury Cougar, and Ford […] -
![If you’re a fan of unit-bodied Ford or Mercury cars of the ’60s or ’70s — Mustang, Cougar, Falcon, Comet, Fairlane, Montego/Cyclone, or Maverick — you’ve probably heard of a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/1966-Ford-Fairlane-torque-boxes-arrows-115x115.webp "CC Tech: What Is A Torque Box? What They Do – And What They Don’t")
CC Tech: What Is A Torque Box? What They Do – And What They Don’t
Posted on November 22, 2025 | 22 CommentsIf you’re a fan of unit-bodied Ford or Mercury cars of the ’60s or ’70s — Mustang, Cougar, Falcon, Comet, Fairlane, Montego/Cyclone, or Maverick — you’ve probably heard of a […] -
![Auto enthusiasts talk a lot (and complain a lot) about badge engineering, where automakers slap a few bits of unique trim on a car or truck and try to […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1967-Mercury-Cougar-XR-7-Lime-Frost-Metallic-Bring-a-Trailer-2-front-3q-left.webp "1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 – How Different Is Different Enough?")
1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 – How Different Is Different Enough?
Posted on June 27, 2025 | 30 CommentsAuto enthusiasts talk a lot (and complain a lot) about badge engineering, where automakers slap a few bits of unique trim on a car or truck and try to […] -
![(first posted 7/19/2016) I’ve spoken before about the seemingly mythical beast that was the 1977 Mercury Cougar wagon. Available in either base or Villager trim, it was the latter that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/daniel-lucy-mercury-cougar-wagon-2.jpg "Cohort Classic: 1977 Mercury Cougar Wagon – Extinct Megafauna, Not Mythical Beast")
Cohort Classic: 1977 Mercury Cougar Wagon – Extinct Megafauna, Not Mythical Beast
Posted on July 19, 2022 | 116 Comments(first posted 7/19/2016) I’ve spoken before about the seemingly mythical beast that was the 1977 Mercury Cougar wagon. Available in either base or Villager trim, it was the latter that […] -
![(first posted 10/8/2015) It seems one could write dozens of these articles on special editions of the Lincoln Town Car alone. After all, Town Car special editions included the Touring, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/monarch.jpg "Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Lincoln-Mercury Edition, Part I")
Top 10 Obscure Special Editions and Forgotten Limited-Run Models: Lincoln-Mercury Edition, Part I
Posted on October 8, 2021 | 107 Comments(first posted 10/8/2015) It seems one could write dozens of these articles on special editions of the Lincoln Town Car alone. After all, Town Car special editions included the Touring, […] -
![(first posted 8/24/2015) I get it. I understand why personal luxury coupes were so darn popular in 1970s America. The days of high-performance were an increasingly distant memory, with rising […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercury-1977-XR-7.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR-7 – Grandest Torino")
Curbside Classic: 1977-79 Mercury Cougar XR-7 – Grandest Torino
Posted on August 24, 2021 | 74 Comments(first posted 8/24/2015) I get it. I understand why personal luxury coupes were so darn popular in 1970s America. The days of high-performance were an increasingly distant memory, with rising […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2015) Some regard the 1978-83 Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr as dull and boring, but to me I see these Fox sedans and wagons as being one of the […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mercury-Zephyr.jpg "Curbside Outtake: 1978-83 Mercury Zephyr – That Very Rare Clean Design")
Curbside Outtake: 1978-83 Mercury Zephyr – That Very Rare Clean Design
Posted on August 23, 2021 | 162 Comments(first posted 8/23/2015) Some regard the 1978-83 Ford Fairmont and Mercury Zephyr as dull and boring, but to me I see these Fox sedans and wagons as being one of the […] -
![One day during my trip to Mexico, I was taking the Metro back to my friend’s apartment and had to transfer at Chabacano station. While walking through the partially aboveground […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pontiac-trans-sport-obrera.jpg "CC Global: The Cars And Facades Of Colonia Obrera, Mexico City")
CC Global: The Cars And Facades Of Colonia Obrera, Mexico City
Posted on December 16, 2016 | 15 CommentsOne day during my trip to Mexico, I was taking the Metro back to my friend’s apartment and had to transfer at Chabacano station. While walking through the partially aboveground […] -
![Could there possibly be a more appropriately-named car for a mattress to lie in front of, as if implying an invitation for well… you know? Oh, the very many innuendos […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_95331.jpg "Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Cougar LS Bostonian Edition – What’s That You Say, Mrs. Robinson?")
Curbside Classic: 1988 Mercury Cougar LS Bostonian Edition – What’s That You Say, Mrs. Robinson?
Posted on June 24, 2015 | 73 CommentsCould there possibly be a more appropriately-named car for a mattress to lie in front of, as if implying an invitation for well… you know? Oh, the very many innuendos […] -
![Going though some old photos, I found this picture a then 5-year old me took of the cars on my childhood street, in the summer of 1998. In order, the cars pictured […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Hawthorn-Rd-Milton-MA-1998.jpg "CC Vintage: Cars On My Childhood Street, Hawthorn Road, In 1998")
CC Vintage: Cars On My Childhood Street, Hawthorn Road, In 1998
Posted on April 7, 2015 | 25 CommentsGoing though some old photos, I found this picture a then 5-year old me took of the cars on my childhood street, in the summer of 1998. In order, the cars pictured […] -
![On Friday, I showed you some photos Triborough had posted to the Cohort of cars spotted during a Brooklyn shoot for Life on Mars. Because I’d only shared a small portion […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Screenshot-2014-03-01-12.11.26.png "Cohort Sighting: Life On Mars Film Shoot, Take Two")
Cohort Sighting: Life On Mars Film Shoot, Take Two
Posted on March 2, 2014 | 22 CommentsOn Friday, I showed you some photos Triborough had posted to the Cohort of cars spotted during a Brooklyn shoot for Life on Mars. Because I’d only shared a small portion […]
