here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

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here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

October 17, 2010, 12:21:28 AM

...but this time I like the idea a whole lot better than my Sable badge idea.

THese came off a 99-03 cougar. I don't know what year specifically.

I took a couple of pics for different placement and spacing... The pics look a little wierd around the cougar cause they have been photoshopped, the emblems aren't attached, they're just sitting on top of my old ones...

I think the hood ornament is going to be neat

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #1 – October 17, 2010, 06:56:33 AM

You guys are sure getting emblem happy.LOL.... I'd say for sure a big "no" to the hood emblem. There's a big Cougar head in the grill, another emblem on the hood is overkill......On the trunk, I can almost see the "Cougar" and barely the "Mercury" working out (with the c-o-u-g-a-r letters placed fairly close together), but not the "V-6" emblem. Again, over kill....too much going on there. I've said it before, the lines on these cars are easily broken up and made to NOT flow by the simple placement of badges and emblems that don't really belong. Now,all that being said, it doesn't really matter what I think, in the end, it's your car and you need to do it your way to please only you. It's a personal thing, I don't think badges placed all over a car does the car well, especially these cars. Like it was stated by a fellow member when talking about a Thunderbird...Ford didn't put "Ford" badges on the Thunderbirds...they didn't need to, everyone knew that a Thunderbird is a Ford. Same goes to the Cougar.You don't need it. I see Chevy guys with a big giant Chevy emblem stuck on the window, Bow-Tie shaped exhaust tips, Chevy emblems, the wording "Chevrolet'. It's just too much. The lines of these cars do a very good job of speaking for themselves.

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #2 – October 17, 2010, 08:47:10 AM

X2

The cougar letters look decent, but I would lose the v6 emblem, and definitely not put one on the hood for any reason. Maybe on the header panel, like the 4-eyes, but not on the hood. But as Vinnie said, there already is a giant emblem in the grille taking care of business.

I always wanted to use a late 60s-early 70s (not sure the exact year) cougar script emblem on my trunk, heh...

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #3 – October 17, 2010, 08:56:44 AM

taking another swing at a dead horse here, i like the cougar on the trunk....the merk can stay or go....dont care for the other two

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #4 – October 17, 2010, 09:07:46 AM

just leave the trunk, and hood blank

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #5 – October 17, 2010, 09:27:23 AM

The v6 and mercury are already attached. They have been for a while. I do think i'm gonna ditch the v6 emblem and get another one. I've got my eye on one that I like... i don"t know for sure yet, I might ditch the one off the trunk entirely... i've got a couple ideas. The only thing I was feeling out here was how and where to place the c-o-u-g-a-r. I'm stuck real hard between the first and third pics. I'm kinda thinking i'll go with the more stock look of having them closer together, and a little further away feom the edge of the trunk.

I'll prolly ditch the hood emblem... I just want to use it but i dont think theres really a good place to stick it anywhere...

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #6 – October 17, 2010, 09:27:35 AM

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #7 – October 17, 2010, 10:33:28 AM

I would leave the hood emblemless and I think Cougar would be OK on the trunk if the script matched the Mercury script

And I'm stickin by the FORD emblem on my trunk :flip:

(1955 Tbirds had Ford emblems)

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #8 – October 17, 2010, 12:20:54 PM

Quote from: hypostang;339769

I would leave the hood emblemless and I think Cougar would be OK on the trunk if the script matched the Mercury script

And I'm stickin by the FORD emblem on my trunk :flip:

(1955 Tbirds had Ford emblems)

It wasn't a blue oval;)

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #9 – October 17, 2010, 12:29:51 PM

Quote from: vinnietbird;339758

... I'd say for sure a big "no" to the hood emblem. ....On the trunk, I can almost see the "Cougar" and barely the "Mercury" working out (with the c-o-u-g-a-r letters placed fairly close together), but not the "V-6" emblem.....The lines of these cars do a very good job of speaking for themselves.

I'm going to have to agree, here.

The Cougar font is just not right for the 87/88 cars. It looks too out of place. Match that up with the different font of the Mercury font and the different font of the V6 badge & you've got one football bat looking project going on. No offense.

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #10 – October 17, 2010, 01:16:36 PM

The Mercury badge on the hood definitely has to go. It's just too much. Not only that the placement is wrong and would look better on the top of the header panel where they were on the four eyed kitties. The round Cougar head is all that is really needed on the grille.

The Cougar nameplate on the back was used close together on the left side of the decklid starting with the 1999 models but the last couple of model years of that generation had them spaced out considerably across the decklid center. I do like the classic Cougar script used on these cars but the contemporary one would look best alone with no other badges.

The right side of the decklid is cluttered with the gigantic V6 emblem competing for attention with the Mercury nameplate. I would do completely do away with the V6 emblem which is a virture that is not worth bragging about. I would also do away with the Mercury nameplate and let the Cougar one speak for itself.

Less is definitely more on these cars.

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #11 – October 17, 2010, 09:35:43 PM

Quote from: Watchdevil;339782

...which is a virture that is not worth bragging about...

Oh I can't wait till you guys are eating your words. :burnout:

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Reply #12 – October 17, 2010, 10:30:05 PM

I'm probably going to go with something along the likes of these two:

Not bad conisidering both are p/s's of my other pix

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #13 – October 17, 2010, 10:36:57 PM

btw this is what it looks like right now, so it can't get much worse....

^^^ those two are much bigger on my cardomain site

here I go again...COUGAR is on the car

Reply #14 – October 17, 2010, 11:35:12 PM

Quote from: daminc;339763

just leave the trunk, and hood blank

yessss!!!!!!