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'79 Cougar Factory Orange car YW

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Forum Name: 1977-1979 Ford and Mercury
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Topic: '79 Cougar Factory Orange car YW
Posted By: fordnmerc
Subject: '79 Cougar Factory Orange car YW
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 5:09AM
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Cougar-XR7-351-v8-CLEAN-WEST-COAST-CAR/273584748654?hash=item3fb2ebf86e%3Ag%3AY0EAAOSw5wFb~0MK&LH_ItemCondition=3000%7C2500" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.com/itm/1979-Cougar-XR7-351-v8-CLEAN-WEST-COAST-CAR/273584748654?hash=item3fb2ebf86e%3Ag%3AY0EAAOSw5wFb~0MK&LH_ItemCondition=3000%7C2500

Never seen one like that before!

Closest color I can find in the charts for '79 is code 85 Tangerine. Can't find that YW paint code anywhere....

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David



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Posted By: Regul8r 2
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 6:47AM
IT IS ACTUALLY A BEAUTIFUL CAR!
And it has that gas tank strap spoiler.
Still haven't figured out what those are for.
Maybe to deflect air down to prevent some buffering sound or that helped deflect the air from catching on the rear bumper and keep it from acting as a parachute that would cause drag and a drop in MPG??


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Posted By: fordnmerc
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 7:35AM
Yeah, that's a good question on what the purpose is. Here's the pic:



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David


Posted By: Big Bird
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 9:51AM
My T-bird has that as well.
Mostly, we used to tie cans to those on our buddies cars in the 80s.
It's like the factory WANTED us to be A-holes...


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"What we do in full frontal view, is more honest than your cleaned-up mind."
Randy
1979 T-Bird
2005 F-150 STX RCSB 4.6, 3.55 LSD
How the Heck does a REGULAR CAB SHORTBED weigh over 5200 pounds?


Posted By: unlovedford
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 2:34PM
That is nice. Change the Polycast Thunderbird centers to Cougar centers, detail the car and it would be incredible. Couple of cool bits I noticed - power antennae, rustproofed, tilt wheel, converters, and the exhaust is run very close to what it was originally. Nice touch.

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Joe
1972 Mom's Squire Wagon
1972 Torino Wagon
1976 Torino       
1968 Cougar XR7-First batch
1972 Torino 460
1989 BroncoII/Jeeps/Titanimous
Popeye and Brutus (Rams)


Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 3:06PM
1977 Vista Orange?



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72 GT Ute
   


Posted By: californiajohnny
Date Posted: 10-April-2019 at 7:18PM
Originally posted by Big Bird Big Bird wrote:


Mostly, we used to tie cans to those on our buddies cars in the 80s.
It's like the factory WANTED us to be A-holes...
LOL OMG we used to do that too back then... tie an old shock or headlight bezel under a buddy's car with heavy steel wire up by the tranny cross member, so it was out of sight or easy access ! LOL


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JOHN
74 GRAN TORINO S&H CLONE
74 VETTE CUSTOM
90 S10 BLAZER 4X4 LIFTED
77 CELICA CUSTOM
75 V8 MONZA SUPERCHARGED
79 COURIER VERT. SLAMMED
75 VEGA V6 5 SPD
70 CHEV C10 P/U
68 MUSTANG FB CONVERSION


Posted By: Rockatansky
Date Posted: 11-April-2019 at 5:54AM
that's one way to get the candle lit




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72 GT Ute
   



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