Welcome Back to Americana. This is a 1969 mercury cougar Sport Special, a one year only super rare model only rivaled by the XR7 and Eliminator Cougars. This particular example is powered by a 351ci Windsor 2v v8. Which turned out to be a surprisingly snappy little devil for its age! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Tell us what you thought in the comments below!

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Model years

1967–1997
1999–2002


Mercury Cougar is a nameplate applied to a diverse series of automobiles sold by the Mercury division of Ford from 1967 until 1997 and from 1999 through 2002 model years. While the nameplate is associated with twodoor coupes, at various times during its production, the Cougar was also marketed as a convertible, fourdoor sedan, station wagon, and a hatchback. mercury cougar ss will it run and drive

With 2,972,784 examples produced, the Cougar is the highestselling nameplate produced by the Mercury brand; its 34year production is second only to the Grand Marquis in the Mercury model line (made for 36 years). During the 1970s and 1980s, the Cougar was closely tied to the marketing of the Mercury division; Mercury advertised its dealers as "The Sign of the Cat" with big cats atop LincolnMercury dealer signs.[1] Catrelated nameplates were adopted by the division such as the Bobcat and Lynx.

During its production, the Cougar was assembled at the Dearborn Assembly Plant (part of the Ford River Rouge Complex) in Dearborn, Michigan from 1967 until 1973, San Jose Assembly (Milpitas, California) from 1968 into early 1969, Lorain Assembly (Lorain, Ohio) from 1974 until 1997, and at Flat Rock Assembly (Flat Rock, Michigan) from 1999 through 2002.