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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 04:25 PM
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Craftsmanship

This is not about a truck but about craftsmanship in the building of a car or truck. This car would fool everyone who would look at it except those of us who know Cougars. This is the car Mercury should have made in 1967-68 but didn't... a convertible. The 67-68 body lines were always nicer than the 69-70 body lines but it was only available as a hardtop. This eBay add is one of the nicest and most informative you will also ever see and the owner talks about what was done to seamlessly turn a 68 hardtop into a convertible and preserve the body line. So a craftsman, like e-tek, might appreciate.

Mercury : Cougar : eBay Motors (item 320500603973 end time Mar-21-10 17:40:46 PDT)
 
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 04:52 PM
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Just avoid the muffler shop.

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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 05:11 PM
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garbz is right.... those are some pretty nasty welds on the pipes. ive done better welding when i was 10. lol
 
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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You're right I hadn't noticed that since most of the pipe is held by clamps or tack welds. That last one on the muffler looks like solder was puddled all over the seam.
 
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 06:25 PM
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Nice ride here
 
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Old Mar 12, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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And who did the recover on the passenger seat? At age 13 I did a better job on my sister's Mustang convertible. Still nice car overall.
 
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