I was born in the back seat of a 1967 mercury cougar on April 13, 1967, in a dairy queen parking lot on Alexis Ave in Toledo, Ohio. My mom wanted ice cream on the way to the hospital. I loved that car so much that when my dad tried to sell it, I took the only keys and locked myself in the car. When the guy came to pick it up, he had a slimjim and opened the door. It was a sad day that i remember like it happened just now. I was 7. Thank you so much for this video it hit me in the heart, and cougers don't get enough love. 😂 Bryan
My mother sold our 70 cougar that was supposed to be my first car...ughhh..omw home from school seen the guy peeling around the corner n it . OMG I was furious
Hey Stacey, my son told me about this channel and sent me the link to this particular video. Being I am a former autobody and paint technician and drag racer, he knew I would love it and he was right. I watched it straight through and loved every second of it. Thank you for what you do and for documenting everything via video (which I know isn't easy). I learned a lot and was thoroughly entertained at the same time. Looking forward to more! Scott Evans Longmont, CO.
Stacey, I must tell you... I don't know if you'll even read this. I hope you do. I as any regular man love cars. All kinds of cars. I have a few favorites and must say a Mercury cougar was NOT on my list. Watching your show, the attention to detail you have, the experience you have and the way you plan things and explain things first and foremost made it next to impossible NOT to subscribe. Secondly that Mercury Cougar looks amazingly powerful, slick, unique, refined and super mean all at the same time... simply great. Thou I don't have the means to own a car like this I can wholeheartedly say just watching What you created brought joy to me. Thank you... oh and now Mercury cougars are on my list of favorites. Thanks again and keep up the good work.
I like cougars too.. like mercury though, they can be a little toxic by nature. Just goes with the breed’n… 😂 no joke, I remember watching since I was a kid in the 90’s and I always appreciated the attention to detail and passion for building better!
Great build Stacey! Thank you for originally setting the TV Car Show bar high and keeping it real. I’m a huge Jaguar guy and my wife has always wanted a classic Mustang, I’m leaning her towards a Cougar, I like unique and what everyone else doesn’t have. I’m thinking I need a US Cat to go with my UK Cats!😉
This is the most thorough video of what to, and what not to do with a project of this depth. What you can do with sponsorship and unlimited budget is always great to see. This ones a winner!
My childhood neighbor got a cougar from one of his relatives, spent a lot of time on it, mainly on the engine. Once he was happy with it, probably just close to happy, it took it out for a run. I believe he twisted the drive shaft into three pieces. He must have had some major damage in excess of the driveshaft because after that he didn't do anything to it. It was a nice car, about the year of this one. I believe it was a dark green. Pretty car.
Watching this build was so much fun. I'm just a home garage builder but having fun. My first was a 64' Vette then a 28' Ford, now a 1926 Model T 302 roller with a blower. The T has won several local car shows, it's not perfect but putting my 3 teenage girls through cheer leading and trying to build a car....well you know the story. Now I'm a retired cop, yep I said it, a retired cop that has loved muscle cars and hot rods since I was 12 years old. Thanks Stacey, watching this build I felt like I was a part of it.
Thank you for your years of of service to the community sir. And congrats on your builds. My father and I used to do the same thing we’d build what we could under that old carport at my parents house. It taught me a lot about cars and life appreciate you triggering a happy memory.
It did our hearts good to see what Jonathan McClanahan did with that sweet guitar but OMG that sugar maple dash and steering wheel were/are absolute, classy perfection!
That's one of the most badass cars I've ever seen. I haven't seen Stacy's stuff since I had cable years ago. Glad to see you still got it going on if I had a couple hundred grand I'd buy that car
This was the beset thing I have "ever" watched in all my years on TH-cam . I had a '72 Ford Maverick for almost 10 years, from stock to street / strip modified all by only me. Nothing even close to expensive as any of these top tier parts though. Man , this build is just mind blowing ! I'm in such a pumped up mood I feel like I'm back in my tiny garage bay near The old Sunshine Drag Strip in Pinellas County , Fl. in the late '90's again. You made my day,, brother !
The Cougar is one of the best looking cars of that era, my old man had a 1969 Cougar Eliminator back when he was in high school and the Navy. So this is one of my favorite builds you have done.
West Coast Classic Cougar has a bunch of vids here on YT. Shows things like servicing electric window motors,other stuff. Worth watching if you like this.
I love the suspension 🚟 kit and steering system replacement.. AND the brake system. I'm bet the handling difference will be like night and day compared to the original set up
Love Stacey's builds.....all top drawer stuff and properly put together. How I'd love to see this shop! I just put Strange axles into my souped 1986 Bronco. I spun the splines off the stock Ford axles and decided that the Ford axles had the tensile strength of string cheese. LOL! I had a buddy that bought Cougar rather than a Mustang.....I really liked that car.
Stacey, there are no words to express the excellence in the craft, that pleases us. Not to mention the way you guide us through the process, to show us it can be done. In (other "words"), "PEOPLE WHO THINK IT CAN'T BE DONE ARE PASSED UP BY PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT." Brother Stacey, you are "doing it"!!! Thanks for bringing me several decades of watching you "make it happen"!!! Thanks, Carlos McMahon of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The car as always was fantastic, but the end with Deputy Barney Fife was genius, true production value and a makes this a real stand out from other build videos. Would like to see more of him in future videos.
My very first car was a 1968 Mercury Cougar XR7. Dark blue with a black vinyl top with every available option. Leather interior, power windows, seats, steering and brakes. Had a 302 4v and AC. Am/Fm stereo from the factory full console and overhead console too. I got it in 1975 and it only had 42k miles on it. When I was in the service home on leave I had the opportunity and most importantly the cash to buy a 1967 Mercury Cougar GT that had a numbers matching 427 with manual transmission. Sadly I passed on this cat from Louisiana.
This car is boss! It’s an exercise in automotive customization. Mad max tribute with bonkers performance and comfort of a luxury muscle car. Frankly I think it’s a brilliant way to show viewers what’s possible. I can only imagine he loves all the personal comments including criticism because that’s the whole point of building these TV dream cars, to get folks thinking. Rock on Stacey, that’s one bad kitty! 🤘
I've seen only a few of Stacey David's car projects but of those I've seen this Cougar is hands down my favorite by a Cheetah's furiously FAST MILE! Thanks Stacey for bringing us along for this project,, it is almost beyond description beautiful.
Thanks! Check out my channel for more builds. I'm building a Cheetah replica, so you either made a great reference to it or that's a great coincidence!
Stacey, shortly after you finished this car I met up with you at your shop. This Cougar was absolutely stunning in person. I have watched each episode on this build and now this full version. I like both, but I am picking up things in this full build platform that I missed the first time. I hope you are able to do this with all your builds. Keep up the good work!
Hey there Stacy , I have too say that of all of the cool cars and trucks that you have built , this is by far my favorite ! You checked every box that should be checked for a build of this high quality ! While paying respect to old school cool with new modern technology ! Keep up the great work man , I love what you do !
FINALLY… been waiting years for the completion of this awesome build. Thank you, for a great documentation of an awesome car. Stacey, you Sir are the best.
A 1969 351 Cleveland powered Cougar was one of the sweetest cars I ever drove in the 1970s. It belonged to a friend who needed my wrenching skills to keep it well tuned.
BTW Stacey, if you ever wanted to make an old disabled Army vet's day, driving a jet black V8 Interceptor Mercury Cougar happens to be on my bucket list!😂😂
Lol I love Stacey. His videos are timeless. Mostly because his hairstyle never changes, and he's had the same one since the beginning of the internet! Lol no hate Stacey! You're the man!
Man one of our buddies back in the day early 70s had that mustang with that boss 429 It was bad to the bone I miss those days I’m 67 now yeah that was a good days
You know I'm getting old & can't even get it up anymore! But watching your show to the level of setting up a car or truck you guys do, Gives me shevers! I'd like to see you do a 1967 SS Chevelle before I Go!!! Thanks... You know I'm still sitting on my 68 C10 short bed that got me started watching your show! Want to buy it?
Stacey David, I'm sure ya get this all the time, But? I watched ya years ago on reg TV and enjoyed your show, Highly! Now I found ya again an Love your new channel! Go Stacey! 😙 Motor on Bro!
Super thumbs up dude I enjoyed every minute. Brought back so many memories of me working on my old 91 1g GST. Remember DSMs were never bad cars. They just had really bad owners. Make DSM great again.
I'm building a 67 Cougar right now, as a matter of fact...but, not NEARLY as nice as yours. Heck, I'll be happy if it moves under it's own power, LOL. BTW, love the Don Knotts imitation in this video!
Best part about this video is the fact he talks about safety. I worked in a motor pool my whole army career. If I got caught without the proper PPE there would be hell to pay. This was early 2000s push ups in the snow army. It irks me when I see people working on cars with no gloves.
AGREED!!!! My dad was an automotive fabricator in long beach from the time he met my mom until we moved to Reno my junior year. He built a 72 cougar that is still to this day one of the coolest cars I've ever seen. He made some really aggressive sheet metal fender flares. All 70s trans american racing series style. It had a super high strung 289 and a 3 speed in it at first. But my dad built a legit 14.5:1 cobra jet 427 when my mom was pregnant with me. I remember how perfect all his port matching was, how smooth and polished all the passages were. So he found a tremec t5 out of a fox body, he put in a straight cut hardened gearset and a crazy clutch I guess they used in outlaw cars. The thing was unreal badass man. That's the car that turned me into a car guy. It had Porsche 992 front seats in it, no stereo, no back seat, no center console, roll cage with the pool noodles as padding zip tied to all the bars remember that? I remember coming from victorville back to long beach my uncle was in his twin turbo callaway vette driving with us. Him and my dad raced the entire way and I remember his cougar absolutely GAPPING that corvette while the tires were spinning! The thing was just hazing tire at 140 mph and freight training that damn quarter million dollar corvette. I guess those had a really accurate digital speedometer and my uncle said it read 180 and my dad was still pulling away. That car was so stable man. He had so much work into it though. I wanna say it had like a full custom dual wishbone racing front clip from morosso or something. I remember they were always on the back of hot rod magazine in the mid 90s. That car was unreal man. He sold it and bought a 1995 impala S's. The B body LS1 cars ya know? He turned that into something virtually undrivable. He had to line the hood with aluminum foil because the thing would melt the paint. I remember him completely destroying this f355 and the dude was so impressed he offered my dad a job. He goes "Is that a fuggin car seat in the back man???" My dad goes "Nope...theres 2."
For those that don't know,...David Kindig did not originally design that flush mount door handle. The original design was done by John Deloren for the 1969 Grand Prix. John just built a solid base and a different shape. Thank God he did, because nobody made repo parts for that year of Grand Prix. Making the originals very rare indeed!
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I was born in the back seat of a 1967 mercury cougar on April 13, 1967, in a dairy queen parking lot on Alexis Ave in Toledo, Ohio. My mom wanted ice cream on the way to the hospital. I loved that car so much that when my dad tried to sell it, I took the only keys and locked myself in the car. When the guy came to pick it up, he had a slimjim and opened the door. It was a sad day that i remember like it happened just now. I was 7.
Thank you so much for this video it hit me in the heart, and cougers don't get enough love. 😂 Bryan
My mother sold our 70 cougar that was supposed to be my first car...ughhh..omw home from school seen the guy peeling around the corner n it . OMG I was furious
That sounds like a story your parents told you just for fun. It's fun to have stories like this when growing up, even if they aren't true.
Hey Stacey, my son told me about this channel and sent me the link to this particular video. Being I am a former autobody and paint technician and drag racer, he knew I would love it and he was right. I watched it straight through and loved every second of it. Thank you for what you do and for documenting everything via video (which I know isn't easy). I learned a lot and was thoroughly entertained at the same time. Looking forward to more! Scott Evans Longmont, CO.
Awesome, thanks for watching!
I have to say i think the Cougar is the perfected version of what the Mustang was intended to look like ;) (maybe)
Stacey,
I must tell you... I don't know if you'll even read this. I hope you do.
I as any regular man love cars. All kinds of cars. I have a few favorites and must say a Mercury cougar was NOT on my list. Watching your show, the attention to detail you have, the experience you have and the way you plan things and explain things first and foremost made it next to impossible NOT to subscribe.
Secondly that Mercury Cougar looks amazingly powerful, slick, unique, refined and super mean all at the same time... simply great. Thou I don't have the means to own a car like this I can wholeheartedly say just watching What you created brought joy to me.
Thank you... oh and now Mercury cougars are on my list of favorites.
Thanks again and keep up the good work.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!!
I like cougars too.. like mercury though, they can be a little toxic by nature. Just goes with the breed’n… 😂 no joke, I remember watching since I was a kid in the 90’s and I always appreciated the attention to detail and passion for building better!
The level of workmanship on this car is over the top
The nicest build Stacey has ever done and thats no easy feat. Congratulations Stacey
Love this guy. He's the one who started all the automotive shows we have today i grew up watching him, great dude !
Great build Stacey! Thank you for originally setting the TV Car Show bar high and keeping it real. I’m a huge Jaguar guy and my wife has always wanted a classic Mustang, I’m leaning her towards a Cougar, I like unique and what everyone else doesn’t have. I’m thinking I need a US Cat to go with my UK Cats!😉
I love watch the whole build like this with Stacey - he gave me my love for cars from my youth
Just WOW!!! What a piece of art. Well done friend.
These longer videos are the best... Great build!👍🏼
Love his car builds no matter the project.
Yes, I like the longer vids too
Glad you like them!
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This is the most thorough video of what to, and what not to do with a project of this depth. What you can do with sponsorship and unlimited budget is always great to see. This ones a winner!
I appreciate that!
@@OfficialStaceyDavid My Pleasure! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇
My childhood neighbor got a cougar from one of his relatives, spent a lot of time on it, mainly on the engine. Once he was happy with it, probably just close to happy, it took it out for a run. I believe he twisted the drive shaft into three pieces. He must have had some major damage in excess of the driveshaft because after that he didn't do anything to it. It was a nice car, about the year of this one. I believe it was a dark green. Pretty car.
Watching this build was so much fun. I'm just a home garage builder but having fun. My first was a 64' Vette then a 28' Ford, now a 1926 Model T 302 roller with a blower. The T has won several local car shows, it's not perfect but putting my 3 teenage girls through cheer leading and trying to build a car....well you know the story. Now I'm a retired cop, yep I said it, a retired cop that has loved muscle cars and hot rods since I was 12 years old. Thanks Stacey, watching this build I felt like I was a part of it.
Thank you for your years of of service to the community sir. And congrats on your builds. My father and I used to do the same thing we’d build what we could under that old carport at my parents house. It taught me a lot about cars and life appreciate you triggering a happy memory.
I've been wanting to see this full episode for close to 30yrs! 🎉❤
Always digged those old cougars.
It did our hearts good to see what Jonathan McClanahan did with that sweet guitar but OMG that sugar maple dash and steering wheel were/are absolute, classy perfection!
That's one of the most badass cars I've ever seen. I haven't seen Stacy's stuff since I had cable years ago. Glad to see you still got it going on if I had a couple hundred grand I'd buy that car
Thanks! All episodes of Gearz are on my channel. Check it out!
This was the beset thing I have "ever" watched in all my years on TH-cam . I had a '72 Ford Maverick for almost 10 years, from stock to street / strip modified all by only me. Nothing even close to expensive as any of these top tier parts though. Man , this build is just mind blowing ! I'm in such a pumped up mood I feel like I'm back in my tiny garage bay near The old Sunshine Drag Strip in Pinellas County , Fl. in the late '90's again. You made my day,, brother !
Stacey David was hands down the best automotive show for me.
Thanks! I'm still making new episodes, too!
The Cougar is one of the best looking cars of that era, my old man had a 1969 Cougar Eliminator back when he was in high school and the Navy. So this is one of my favorite builds you have done.
Love these cougars also. Wish there was more around.🍻
West Coast Classic Cougar has a bunch of vids here on YT. Shows things like servicing electric window motors,other stuff. Worth watching if you like this.
I love the suspension 🚟 kit and steering system replacement.. AND the brake system.
I'm bet the handling difference will be like night and day compared to the original set up
Love Stacey's builds.....all top drawer stuff and properly put together. How I'd love to see this shop! I just put Strange axles into my souped 1986 Bronco. I spun the splines off the stock Ford axles and decided that the Ford axles had the tensile strength of string cheese. LOL! I had a buddy that bought Cougar rather than a Mustang.....I really liked that car.
This one give me goose bumps. The Eliminator was the first car I felt the pull towards hot rods from.
Stacey, there are no words to express the excellence in the craft, that pleases us. Not to mention the way you guide us through the process, to show us it can be done.
In (other "words"), "PEOPLE WHO THINK IT CAN'T BE DONE ARE PASSED UP BY PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT." Brother Stacey, you are "doing it"!!! Thanks for bringing me several decades of watching you "make it happen"!!!
Thanks, Carlos McMahon of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The car as always was fantastic, but the end with Deputy Barney Fife was genius, true production value and a makes this a real stand out from other build videos. Would like to see more of him in future videos.
The guy did an amazing job at it.
My very first car was a 1968 Mercury Cougar XR7. Dark blue with a black vinyl top with every available option. Leather interior, power windows, seats, steering and brakes. Had a 302 4v and AC. Am/Fm stereo from the factory full console and overhead console too. I got it in 1975 and it only had 42k miles on it. When I was in the service home on leave I had the opportunity and most importantly the cash to buy a 1967 Mercury Cougar GT that had a numbers matching 427 with manual transmission. Sadly I passed on this cat from Louisiana.
I met the guy who currently owns this car and i got to say its an absolute work of art. Seeing it in person just makes difference.
This car is boss! It’s an exercise in automotive customization. Mad max tribute with bonkers performance and comfort of a luxury muscle car. Frankly I think it’s a brilliant way to show viewers what’s possible. I can only imagine he loves all the personal comments including criticism because that’s the whole point of building these TV dream cars, to get folks thinking. Rock on Stacey, that’s one bad kitty! 🤘
The German Shepherd package is sick. That's what we used to call black cars with peanut butter guts. And that dash is beautiful. Awesome car
I've seen only a few of Stacey David's car projects but of those I've seen this Cougar is hands down my favorite by a Cheetah's furiously FAST MILE! Thanks Stacey for bringing us along for this project,, it is almost beyond description beautiful.
Thanks! Check out my channel for more builds. I'm building a Cheetah replica, so you either made a great reference to it or that's a great coincidence!
Stacey, shortly after you finished this car I met up with you at your shop. This Cougar was absolutely stunning in person. I have watched each episode on this build and now this full version. I like both, but I am picking up things in this full build platform that I missed the first time. I hope you are able to do this with all your builds. Keep up the good work!
Thanks! We're working on full build videos for all projects.
I had three 67' cougars back in the day, good to see one done right!
I loved the end with officer Gomer Pyle just mashing the gas! The idea of a guy like that ripping around in that thing is great.
Barney Fife
Hey there Stacy ,
I have too say that of all of the cool cars and trucks that you have built , this is by far my favorite ! You checked every box that should be checked for a build of this high quality ! While paying respect to old school cool with new modern technology ! Keep up the great work man , I love what you do !
Awesome, thank you!
FINALLY… been waiting years for the completion of this awesome build. Thank you, for a great documentation of an awesome car. Stacey, you Sir are the best.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great idea! I enjoy watching entire builds in one video - doesn't matter how long. I'd like to see all the other build segments edited together too.
Check out the channel for a few more full builds if you haven't already! We're working on the rest of them now.
The amount of time and effort put into making this show has me in almost as much awe as the car itself. WOW!
Thanks!
I have been waiting for the full build of this absolutely powerful, evil, and badass machine.
A 1969 351 Cleveland powered Cougar was one of the sweetest cars I ever drove in the 1970s. It belonged to a friend who needed my wrenching skills to keep it well tuned.
BTW Stacey, if you ever wanted to make an old disabled Army vet's day, driving a jet black V8 Interceptor Mercury Cougar happens to be on my bucket list!😂😂
Oh man, I've been hoping he would post this!!! Thank you!
I knew you'd build back better. After seeing the rear quarter damage I guessed you'd come up with something removable. Very smart!!
That's one of the best looking cars I've ever seen. There's some stuff I'd change but that's officially one of my favorites.
Always enjoyed watching this show back in the day. this guy was a genius
Ouch.., was??
I’m dign’ the full build vids.
Never been a fan of the cougar. But it’s great to see something other than a mustang get this kind of treatment. Awesome build. 👍
That is one of my favorite cars ever. It was done just enough. Love it Stacey
Me too, it’s a shame to see it hacked up like that.
Stacy David is an artist I’ve been a fan since you hosted Trucks!
Lol I love Stacey. His videos are timeless. Mostly because his hairstyle never changes, and he's had the same one since the beginning of the internet! Lol no hate Stacey! You're the man!
Man you 🥶 with it.
Amazing job , very nice car and video
Thank you! 👍
What an awesome rig.
When you said what car you were fixing to do I was definitely skeptical , it sure turned out.
That paint and body is amazing.
Thanks for sticking around to see the finished product!
Turned out so nice!!
What a GREAT Video! I would LOVE to have that Car! You rock! I've loved Cougars since I was a kid. Thank you for such a great video!
Stacey, your explanations of 'how to' & 'where to' get parts & Custom Builders is Amazing. Your time & effort is Priceless!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love to see an entire build in one video ! This cougar was amazing
I could never afford a build like this by I love to do this to my Cougar 1000%
Man one of our buddies back in the day early 70s had that mustang with that boss 429 It was bad to the bone I miss those days I’m 67 now yeah that was a good days
Man you really do great work
I appreciate that!
You know I'm getting old & can't even get it up anymore! But watching your show to the level of setting up a car or truck you guys do, Gives me shevers! I'd like to see you do a 1967 SS Chevelle before I Go!!! Thanks... You know I'm still sitting on my 68 C10 short bed that got me started watching your show! Want to buy it?
Beautiful Paul Reed Smith there brother, and some mighty impressive picking, as well ! 👌👍🎸
Thank you kindly!
Stacey David, I'm sure ya get this all the time, But? I watched ya years ago on reg TV and enjoyed your show, Highly! Now I found ya again an Love your new channel! Go Stacey! 😙 Motor on Bro!
Thanks! I'm glad you found the channel! Welcome back.
Been wanting to see this vehicle on the road since you started this project. Love it!!! it’s also a 1967.
Super thumbs up dude I enjoyed every minute. Brought back so many memories of me working on my old 91 1g GST. Remember DSMs were never bad cars. They just had really bad owners. Make DSM great again.
LMAO 🤣 🤣 🤣. Stacy, my comment from earlier was meant for another video, but this cougar is awesome as well.
Thanks Bro ,love the edits an vlog!!68 cougar ,retromod!!
I never noticed how beautiful that car is it’s better looking than Camaro mustang of the 60’s
Nice blast from the past :) One of my favorite builds... wish it would come out in a 1:18 diecast
That was my 1st car in 1986 had a lot of fun with that stock 289 and little breaking action and no frame !
Sheesh thats kickass. What an engine too.
LOOKS EXCELLENT
Thanks!
I'm building a 67 Cougar right now, as a matter of fact...but, not NEARLY as nice as yours. Heck, I'll be happy if it moves under it's own power, LOL. BTW, love the Don Knotts imitation in this video!
All your teams are making miracles with vehicles man
Love the content. Update intro 🙏🏼😬 (2000’s, shorten) 🧘🫶🏼
I remember trying to wake up to make sure I didn’t miss your show. 👨🦳🥲
I had a 23 tbucket with sidepipes would go down the main street downtown and set off car alarms 😂.
Best part about this video is the fact he talks about safety. I worked in a motor pool my whole army career. If I got caught without the proper PPE there would be hell to pay. This was early 2000s push ups in the snow army. It irks me when I see people working on cars with no gloves.
Fantastic Video-Fantstic car you showed
Glad you liked it!
My favorite car build he's done
Call me weird, but I always liked the Cougar just a little more than the Mustang.
Me too
Same here.
AGREED!!!! My dad was an automotive fabricator in long beach from the time he met my mom until we moved to Reno my junior year. He built a 72 cougar that is still to this day one of the coolest cars I've ever seen. He made some really aggressive sheet metal fender flares. All 70s trans american racing series style. It had a super high strung 289 and a 3 speed in it at first. But my dad built a legit 14.5:1 cobra jet 427 when my mom was pregnant with me. I remember how perfect all his port matching was, how smooth and polished all the passages were. So he found a tremec t5 out of a fox body, he put in a straight cut hardened gearset and a crazy clutch I guess they used in outlaw cars. The thing was unreal badass man. That's the car that turned me into a car guy. It had Porsche 992 front seats in it, no stereo, no back seat, no center console, roll cage with the pool noodles as padding zip tied to all the bars remember that? I remember coming from victorville back to long beach my uncle was in his twin turbo callaway vette driving with us. Him and my dad raced the entire way and I remember his cougar absolutely GAPPING that corvette while the tires were spinning! The thing was just hazing tire at 140 mph and freight training that damn quarter million dollar corvette. I guess those had a really accurate digital speedometer and my uncle said it read 180 and my dad was still pulling away. That car was so stable man. He had so much work into it though. I wanna say it had like a full custom dual wishbone racing front clip from morosso or something. I remember they were always on the back of hot rod magazine in the mid 90s. That car was unreal man. He sold it and bought a 1995 impala S's. The B body LS1 cars ya know? He turned that into something virtually undrivable. He had to line the hood with aluminum foil because the thing would melt the paint. I remember him completely destroying this f355 and the dude was so impressed he offered my dad a job. He goes "Is that a fuggin car seat in the back man???" My dad goes "Nope...theres 2."
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Same. The Mustang still repulses me.
this video was amazing, but NOBODY had as much fun as dude playing the police officer 🤣🤣
NIP IT! Nip it in the bud! 😁
The car is BAAAD, but Barney stole the show! 😎👆✔️🇺🇸💥
Cougar was beautiful. And the cars in the best condition are usually the off color cars. They don't seem to get beat on quite as much.
@2:20:55,, WOW!! That car is breathtakingly beautiful,, absolutely wonderful eye candy!
Ive been watching bits of this video to pshyc me up to go and work on my 67 cougar.
Awesome! That's what I like to hear!
A 67 Cougar is my dream car.
If only my dream could come true.
WOOT! It is a 67. :) I want brown with a white top.
In the process of building a 557 with a six speed also for the truck, you see as my icon
Need more of these full builds
I have a few more on my channel, and more are in the works!
Somewhere between that laugh and the hair, the cars and guitars, this may very well be one of the coolest guys I ever saw...
Just beautiful ! Stacey is the man ! Wow !!
I loved my 93 cogar but this is how every cougar should be
Awesome Dave here watching now Sunday morning Next to a black on black 1969Z 28 Camaro that mercury is one of my other favorites
Drip rails are good to have and are not ugly, I disagree with this current obsession with getting rid of them , same goes for original door handles.
Yeah that’s what I’m talking about, look at that engine beautiful ❤️👍👍😎
Beautiful build but I would of went with a smaller rear tire and gave it a little less rake. It's just a personal choice thing. Great work!
This car is super cool, makes me want one myself
I owned a 1969 XR7 with the 428 Cobra Jet, one fast car. 🙏
For those that don't know,...David Kindig did not originally design that flush mount door handle.
The original design was done by John Deloren for the 1969 Grand Prix.
John just built a solid base and a different shape.
Thank God he did, because nobody made repo parts for that year of Grand Prix.
Making the originals very rare indeed!
That little MIATA was the best thing In my opinion I loved that thing I WISH I COULD DRIVE THAT DAMN THING
Jon Kaase is bada$$
Dude, great to see you again !
Welcome back!
Badass build, not a fan of the hood stacks but everything else was spot on especially those door handles! Those door handles would look good on a c10.
Beautiful car
Love it!!! Way to go!!
Thank you!!