Cougar Country Funny Car 3/5 up date

[41chevy]

I dug this out to build since a reissue is due this year. I hope the reissue is gone through and the issues are addressed.
Chassis builds up okay with the steering wheel the biggest issue. It is a stock Cougar wheel. I sliced a 1/16 inch thick piece of Evergreen 1/2 inch tube to make a new rim for it. The other issue, at least on the Cougar Country /Air Lift Rattler kit is the 427 SOHC. It is an odd collection of parts. The block and trans appear to be a Chrysler Hemi with a Torque Flite. The heads and front chain cover don't come close to fitting. But the Cougar badged smooth SOHC cam covers are some what correct. I ended up using the Malco Willys Cammer and the Malco FMX auto. I smoothed out the Malco Cam covers and cut/ thinned and glued the Cougar badge to them. Cougar Country rand an injected SOHC so I had to machine the Malco blower manifold to fit the injector manifold to it. Last modification was to cut and fit the Cougar kit front motor plate to the Malco Cammer. Next fit the Distributor and Fuel pumps to the Malco Cammer the way it was done in 1967.


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[70sprostockfan]

Nice work. I really like the extra detail your doing to the SOHC. A lot of work but it's already paying off.

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That's a whole lotta very detailed custom work. Looking forward to seeing the progress.

[41chevy]

Engines in and only missing fuel shut off cable, throttle linkage and lines to fuel tank. Got the tin work adjusted to lower body only a bit more than kit allowed. The car naturally set kind of high. Filled the blower hole in the hood, added the scoop and cut the cover down on interior tin work. Re radiused the front of the rear wheel wells to match photos better. I generally do a trial fit and a few photos of it, you can usually see issues that you don't see just looking at it. I'm pleased so far. Now it's on to making all new glass and the correct sliding side windows. Paul

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[70sprostockfan]

Lookin better all the time Paul. You're gonna make me get a couple of those kits when they come back out!

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I agree. It's most definitely moving along in grand fashion.

[41chevy]

Mar 2, 2018 21:47:08 GMT -6 70sprostockfan said:

Lookin better all the time Paul. You're gonna make me get a couple of those kits when they come back out!

I see a few for the chassis alone, a lot of potential for others Merc's.

[41chevy]

Got the body work done and got the color matched. 3 coats of Ford Bright Red Metallic, 2 coats of Candy Red and 3 coats of Clear. Now it sits, before I rub it out and start making a full set of glass for it. Paul

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I keep coming back to this thread to look at the photo of the 1:1 car doing the burnout. It puts a little tear in my eye as I recall the burnouts I did with my Cougar. Funny how attached I was to some of my previous cars without really realizing it.

, I think you got the color just about right.

[70sprostockfan]

This is gonna be another killer. What is your process for matching the color Paul? Do you use the old spoon trick or ?. The reason I ask is a lot of the time I get in a hurry and don't test and end up with a completely different color than what I really want. For instance the roll cage on my 55 is a completely different shade of red than the stripes and the only difference is the color of the primer underneath it. Patience Allen Patience! LOL

[41chevy]

Mar 6, 2018 6:23:44 GMT -6 70sprostockfan said:

This is gonna be another killer. What is your process for matching the color Paul? Do you use the old spoon trick or ?. The reason I ask is a lot of the time I get in a hurry and don't test and end up with a completely different color than what I really want. For instance the roll cage on my 55 is a completely different shade of red than the stripes and the only difference is the color of the primer underneath it. Patience Allen Patience! LOL

No spoons just eye ball. I start with a close base color and than use a primer coat that will darken or lighten the color and vary the number of coats to get the close shades. One thing I learned from aircraft and ship modelling is that colors change when you scale it, most times it shows slightly darker the smaller the scale. Paul

[david]

Agreed. I shoot at times on a scrap piece and shooting over black or gray or white can make quite a difference. And any kind of clear or candy color will change radically (and I mean radically) depending upon whether it's over silver, gold, white, black or whatever.