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The only known picture of my car.

It took a year to find this baby.
I just wanted to show what it used to look like.
this must have been around 1996.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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The only known picture of my car.

Reply #1 –
What kind of paint is used up there?It must be crazy strong,because that's all that was holding your car together.LOL !!! LOL !!! Nice looking Cat in the picture.
Those hubcaps gave me an idea.Get the factory steel wheels widened a few inches,slap on some really wide tires and install the hubcaps.Sleeper,and don't you have a fondness for those old spoked caps anyway?LOL.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #2 –
Yeah, Jerry those old spoke rims are the same ones we have on our Cat. :rollin:

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #3 –
of course he likes his spokes there still on the car in his avatar pic!!! So daminc, you owned your car since new? or what..
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Just enjoyin the ride!!!!

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #4 –
Post #235 of "Project Evolution"

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In case anyone is interested in the history part of the project.
I found the bill of sale for the cougar. I paid $8,370.00 for it on October 12, 1989 and was paid off in November 4. 1992

Yep, I had it for a looooooooooong time
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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The only known picture of my car.

Reply #5 –
, man I bet when you uncovered it from being stored, that's how you expected to see it again. Instead you find it rusted.

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #6 –
Quote from: baxo;250816
, man I bet when you uncovered it from being stored, that's how you expected to see it again. Instead you find it rusted.


Yea, It sucked.
here's a partial pic of the side of my car the year before I put it away.
Notice there's no rust at all on the side


here's a pic before that one. must be 98 or 99 (back when I thought Eric's site was better then sliced bread)
I must be replacing the back brakes
This was my baby most of it's life, and half of mine
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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The only known picture of my car.

Reply #7 –
Wow, thats pretty neat.  Now I see why you're so determined to get it back to its previous glory.

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #8 –
They kinda grow on you after 20 years or so
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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The only known picture of my car.

Reply #9 –
why'd you park it?

i musta missed somthing..

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #10 –
I know what you mean about being attached to these cars.I've been driving '88 Birds since November of '87.Vinnietbird......it's just who I am ( weepy chick flick moment).
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #11 –
So that all happened during STORAGE? Wow. I would never have imagined that.
1987 20th Anniversary Cougar, 302 "5.0" GT-40 heads (F3ZE '93 Cobra) and TMoss Ported H.O. intake, H.O. camshaft
2.5" Duals, no cats, Flowmaster 40s, Richmond 3.73s w/ Trac-Lok, maxed out Baumann shift kit, 3000 RPM Dirty Dog non-lock TC
Aside from the Mustang crinkle headers, still looks like it's only 150 HP...
1988 Black XR7 Trick Flow top end, Tremec 3550
1988 Black XR7 Procharger P600B intercooled, Edelbrock Performer non-RPM heads, GT40 intake AOD, 13 PSI @5000 RPM. 93 octane

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #12 –
I put it away in winter of 2003 because I started remodeling our house and working building new homes 6 days a week. I let the registration run out and took the insurance off of it to save money knowing that I wouldn't have time to drive it. I figured I was going to drive it in a couple years and everything would be alright.
then I dug it out of the garage in the summer of 2006 and planned on repairing what rust I started to see, but it was a bad year because work was slow for 6 months and my wife had to have surgery on her back, so no money at all for half a year and living off our savings. (the other reason we didn't have cabinet doors in our kitchen)
things got back to normal in the spring of 2007 and I became a member here instead of being a permanent guest like I was for a couple of years. and the rest is fox rebuilding history. My wife told me to get another cougar, but I couldn't let it go. I had it for so long, that I figured I could at least try to rebuild it after it had gotten so bad. If the back and the front were as bad as the floor and rockers, I would have let it go already.
And for those who didn't hear what caused the severe rust..... My garage floor was soaking up water from the property like a giant sponge, and was always wet. I have since taken care of that problem.
And that's the story in 1000 word or less.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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The only known picture of my car.

Reply #13 –
You should write a book,with lot's of pictures.I'd read it.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..
 

The only known picture of my car.

Reply #14 –
You already read half of it.
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***** Project "EVOLUTION" 1987 Cougar LS  & 1985 Cougar Convertible *****
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5.0 HO 306 roller block, machined GT-40P heads, Wiseco dished forged pistons, Eagle forged floating I-beam connecting rods, Lunati pushrods, ARP bolts, Scorpion aluminum 1.6 rockers, Comp Cams Magnum 266HR, Explorer intake, 65mm TB, MAF Conversion, 19# injectors, Ford Racing stainless P-headers, 2-1/2" cat-less exhaust w/ Flowtech Afterburner lers , SC AOD with 2800 BDR torque converter, 3.73 T-Lok rear, CHE rear control arms, full 2-1/2" frame w/1" jacking rails & seat supports, Rear disk brakes, Turbine wheels, All original interior w/ floor shift upgrade .......
Pretty much every panel on my 87 is new, rebuilt, or re constructed. :D
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