Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

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Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

October 23, 2014, 11:43:19 PM

Good quality video. Dig the head unit in the car! It's a Ford piece. Never seen one like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnhqBkBYRuY

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #1 – October 24, 2014, 01:01:21 AM

Looks like an LS/elan, but no map/rear reading lights, auto lamps but not auto hi/low beam dimmer, no power seats or cruise control, how odd. Also, I've never seen a 3.8 with dual snorkels. 85/86 grille, but 83/84 tailights.

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #2 – October 24, 2014, 08:37:19 AM

I thought the dual snorkels looked kinda cool. Wonder if they would fit right in?

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #3 – October 24, 2014, 10:46:02 AM

I like that EQ, notice the big power button? I bet that doesn't break like all of ours eventually do. Funny it still has the hood ornament too.

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #4 – October 24, 2014, 10:52:45 AM

MexCougar needs to log in so I can find out how to order obscure non-U.S. NOS parts from Ford dealers in Mexico. Gotta be a way to do it....

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #5 – October 24, 2014, 01:21:09 PM

Here is a close-up of that head unit. Apparantly Ford sourced Clarion the Mexican market units.
This is from the 1986 Mexican Cougar brochure which also shows the same 85/86 style grill but 83/84 style taillamps and those funky looking "Geometric" wheels.

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #6 – October 24, 2014, 02:29:24 PM

So the Cougar was a Ford in Mexico? Interesting...

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #7 – October 24, 2014, 03:07:20 PM

Here is a rear 3/4 view.
Notice the Ford oval on the passenger side of the decklid, the Geometric styled wheels (they are 14"), and the alarm key-hole on the rear of the quarter. That rectangular badge in front of it reads "MEXICO".

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #8 – October 24, 2014, 05:39:59 PM

.......I'll add on the later cars The Mercury badge on the front bumper on the driver side is replaced by one that says "Cougar" with a small cat's head logo next to it. I actually have one of these MUCH better emblems on my car. AFAIK, I am one of TWO Cougars that has it that were badged as a Mercury and not a Ford.

I've been hunting without any luck for the part # for this little piece.

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #9 – October 24, 2014, 06:52:08 PM

That's pretty cool. Those wheels are ugly as hell, but I'd like to have that car just because of the rust free body. The 3.8/C5 could stay in Mexico.

I could actually legally import one of those if I ever really wanted to. Canadian law allows any vehicle over 15 years old to be imported. The streets here are crawling with tiny little KEI trucks and JDM rice rockets because of this. I wonder how hard it would be to buy one and have it shipped here, or even drive it. I'd imagine the biggest problem would be getting it into USA...

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #10 – October 24, 2014, 07:20:46 PM

you need a law to allow a certain age car to be shipped in country?

Its funny how we can still learn neat things about these cars.

this walk around was nice till I saw that someone at some point must have put on a roof luggage rack.. all those dents along the top kinda sucked to see for such a great looking car.

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #11 – October 24, 2014, 07:27:48 PM

what the hell is on the mirror,,
please don't tell me its a tiny arrow that lights up for "left turn"???????????????????????????????????

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #12 – October 24, 2014, 07:34:51 PM

Quote from: mcb82gt;439669

I thought the dual snorkels looked kinda cool. Wonder if they would fit right in?

I wanted to do a dual snorkel air filter housing when I had the 85, all you'd have to do really is relocate the windshield washer fluid tank.

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #13 – October 24, 2014, 07:36:42 PM

rear seat belts not retractable? double snorkel air cleaner..
nice car all around

Walkaround vid of a Mexican spec Cougar......

Reply #14 – October 24, 2014, 09:29:32 PM

Quote from: jcassity;439687

you need a law to allow a certain age car to be shipped in country?

Its funny how we can still learn neat things about these cars.

this walk around was nice till I saw that someone at some point must have put on a roof luggage rack.. all those dents along the top kinda sucked to see for such a great looking car.

More specifically, the law basically says that any car newer than 15 years must meet Canadian emissions/safety standards for the year it was manufactured. Over 15 years the standards don't apply, meaning we can bring in vehicles that were never sold in North America because they didn't meet our standards. I don't know American law other than what I've read in magazines, but I always thought vehicles imported into USA must meet the emissions and safety standards for the year it was made. That Mexican cougar, for example, probably would not meet US emissions standards, and those rear seat belts might not meet US crash standards. Those would not be issues here.

There are a few strange things about importing a car into Canada though. If the car was manufactured after December 31, 1989, it must have daytime running lights installed. And if the seat belts do not meet Canadian standards the car could not be imported at all UNLESS it was over 15 years old. For example US-spec 1989-1993 t-birds & Cougars were absolutely not allowed to be imported because their automatic seat belts did not meet Canadian standards. It is illegal to modify seat belts in any car in Canada, even if that modification would bring the car into compliance. Once the carshiznit 15 years old, though, they didn't have to meet any standards, so they could be imported.