Tex-cat restoration by XR7-Gry

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Time flies and very little have been done to the Cougar lately as we ahve been waiting for the new hood to arrive to continue the restoration. The new hood was supposed to be dent free, which unfortunately was not entirely correct. The hood had been hit in the front and the nose was badly bent. To make sure everything would fit properly I had to order a new reproduction grille and a lower hood nose piece from WCCC so I could see if the grille would fit as it should. It was surprisingly hard to get it right as these hoods are incredible stiff and has double layers steel, but it seems like I finally got it where I wanted. By the way, the reproduction grille is a really nice piece  



My brother also wanted an Eliminator scoop on the car so I pulled one out of my closet and drilled the holes. I think there is no other single part you can add to a Cougar that brings this much attitude to the car as these hood scoops  



The box with the cylinder heads, intake and exhaust manifolds also has arrived. Unfortunately the seller of the parts had thrown all the parts in the same box without anything to protect them from scrubbing and denting on each other. As a result the rebuilt cylinder heads had bent valves, cracked valve guides and the aluminum intake was trash. The cylinder heads are right now at a machine shop here in Norway where they are trying to save them, so we are crossing our fingers and hoping for the best.

BTW, I am still in need of the idler arm bolt for the center link or a complete center link.....