Vehicle Description
Great Lakes Classic Cars is proud to offer you this 1969 Mercury
Cougar Convertible,First year the cougar came in a convertible,
Dark Aqua Blue exterior over Black interior is powered by the
numbers matching 351-4v 4-speed manual transmission,Air
conditioning,Power Top,Power steering,2 build sheets and a full
Marti report. Restoration was done about 14 years ago and still
looks great,we have competitive rates and worlwide shipping.Here is
a little history on these awsome vehicles:The Mercury Cougar was
introduced in 1967 as an upscale fraternal twin to the Ford
Mustang, although the Cougar's wheelbase was 3" longer and they
shared no body panels. The Cougar also would not share the
Mustang's fastback bodystyle, a notchback bodystyle was the only
one offered. The "ponycar" market by this time was really starting
to heat up, as 1967 also saw the introduction of the Chevrolet
Camaro and Pontiac Firebird and Plymouth's second generation
Barracuda, and after an unprecedented 1,000,000 Mustang sales in
less than 3 years, Mercury desperately wanted to cash in on some of
the action - hence the Cougar. Mercury successfully combined many
luxury-car styling touches to the Cougar such as hidden quad
headlights, extra chrome-laden trim and large horizontal taillights
with the ultra-cool sequential turn-signal design borrowed from the
Ford Thunderbird.1969s got a minor body restyle and facelift, with
a new grille that was now horizontally-barred and stretched all the
way across the nose, replacing the previous vertical split
"electric-shaver" grille design. Taillights were restyled too, they
now canted inward instead of outward, but the style was largely the
same. A convertible model was added to the lineup this year. Center
Console Storage, Tinted Glass, Armrests - Dual Front, Power
Steering, Am/Fm Radio, Full-Size Spare Tire, Spare Tire, Bucket
Seats
