This sighting of a well preserved example, which I believe is the same car that I saw regularly in the same parking lot over 30 years ago, prompted this look back at a largely forgotten Mercury. The 1977-79 Cougar XR7 shared the chassis, body and most of the styling of the contemporary Thunderbird, differing mostly in lacking the Thunderbird’s most distinctive details, its hidden headlights and basket handle B-pillar with inset opera window.įar removed from the Cougar’s luxury pony car origins in 1967, this mid-size offering of Ford’s middle division suffered from classic middle-child syndrome, which continues to afflict it today, starved for attention among Ford personal luxury cars between the Thunderbird and the top-of-the-line Lincoln Mark V. Made of Energy's Hyper-Flex(TM) performance polyurethane and heavy duty hardware - for added durability.(first posted ) After a recent week of Ford Thunderbirds with a healthy dose of the intermediate-sized 1977-79 generation, a profile of the Mercury Cougar XR7 of the same years will create feelings of déjà vu. Resistant to under vehicle fluid oils, coolants and road contaminants. Replaces the original, short lived and typically too-soft rubber mounts and outdates those hard-running metal transmission mounts. Maintains proper drive shaft angle to help prevent early wear and unexpected power train damage. Helps control torque on high performance vehicles. Soft running enough to absorb vibrations for street use yet rugged for racing use. For racing/competition, yet popularly used for street vehicles when more horsepower is added. A true performance application component for cars, trucks, hot rods.
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