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Featuring a bore and stroke of 4.00 x 3.50 inches, a four-barrel carburetor and 10.70:1 compression, it was officially rated at 290hp and 385-lbs.ft. of torque (exceeding a standard Cougar's two-barrel 250hp version); code M appears as the fifth digit in the VIN.
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The Cougar Eliminator debuted as a prototype at the prestigious Los Angeles Auto Show in October 1968. Its sleek design, aggressive styling, and powerful engine options garnered an immediate positive reaction from critics and car enthusiasts alike.
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With the Eliminator book, we learn that the name officially appeared as a show car in the fall of 1968 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, and it made the cover of the January 1969 edition of Hot Rod.
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The purpose of the database is as follows: resolution. Click HERE to see the story how the database helped recover Tom Jacobellis's 1968 Cougar. 5) The database can put owners of similar vehicles or similar localities in touch with each other--such as the small group of Sunroof Eliminator owners, or the small group of early production cars.
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The Eliminator featured a wide range of improvements and changes from the standard model, including front and rear spoilers, upgraded suspension, uprated wheels and tires, as well as racing stripes. Only four color options were available to the Eliminator: Competition Orange, Bright Blue Metallic, Bright Yellow, and White.
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The Mercury Cougar Eliminator possesses an interesting blend of performance and style, but it's still not getting the recognition it deserves.. In the case of the 1968 Cougar GT-E, the 427 FE.
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The new design was a little longer and wider than the first generation 1967/68 Cougars, with side sculpting that swept from the front fenders to the rear wheel wells. The hideaway headlights were now covered by a horizontal grille and Cougar's trademark sequential taillights became concave, ending in wrap around back up lights.
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1968 Mercury Cougar "Eliminator" Funny Car (#2) A new Cougar body was procured from Fiberglass Ltd. and mounted to the Logghe chassis of Don's 1967 Comet. The new Cougar would debut in August. At the NHRA Nationals held over the Labor Day weekend, Don would win class and set low ET for the Funnies with a 7.84.
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The Cougar grille took a 90-degree turn, going from vertical bars in '68 to a fully horizontal affair while still retaining the car's signature hideaway headlamps. The rear end, too, got a refresh, with the tail lamps going the width of the rear and the license plate getting moved from above the bumper to below it.
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4 40 1968 Mercury Cougar 2,231 mi • 390 V8 • Gray Metallic $ 69,900 or $885 /mo 1968 Mercury Cougar S - Code VIN: 8F91S571752 Check out this gorgeous 1968 Mercury Cougar! This Cougar is a Factory S - Code Car thats undergone an extensive 3 - year long Rotisserie Restorati… Vanguard Motor Sales Plymouth, MI 48170 ( 481 miles away)
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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.
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In 1968 Motor Trend also said that, "Driving comfort is so groovy, owners might want to move 15 or 20 miles farther from work just for the pleasure of the ride back and forth each day," so who knows what they were smoking. Certainly the tires, as the S-code 390 with the GT package pounded out 420-lbs.ft. of torque.
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The door trim tag contains nothing to identify an Eliminator either. The only way to positively identify one is by getting either a Marti Report or Lois Eminger copy of the original build sheet. Royce Peterson. Royce Peterson. CCOA MEMBER #590. 1968 GT-E 427 XR-7 Augusta Green / Saddle It looks all stock Heh - Heh.
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1968 Mercury Cougar Engine Used 390ci/335hp Zero to Sixty 8.0 sec Quarter Mile 15.4 sec @ 91.0 mph On the surface, it doesn't seem like much changed from the initial Cougar of 1967 and the 1968 model, but quite a few changes were happening both under the hood and to the styling.
