From the Pages of "Hemmings CLASSIC CAR" Magazine

I owned a 73 XR7 yellow with white vinyl top.  White interior.  Last of the mustang based smaller ones.  Traded it in on a new 1978 F250.

I had a 72 Cougar with the 351 Cleveland; dark metallic green with tan interior.  It was a nice car and quite fast; I put a shift kit in the automatic trans.

@frank Frank; I recall almost buying a new 73 Cougar XR-7.  It was a beauty; copper with off white leather interior and white vinyl roof.  It was $5100+ CDN.  I decided it was just too expensive at the time (lol) and sprung for the 72 I mentioned in my other post.  I liked the look of the 73 better than the 72; although they were quite similar.

George; my Dad had a 78 Mercury Grand Marquis; silver with silver vinyl roof and dark red interior...460 gas guzzler.  It was awesome; a real freeway cruiser.  

@jack-dodds, that 351/4V was a potent engine. Your green Cougar must have been a screamer. I remember those interiors, a few cuts above the Mustang. Great cars! But...weren't all '72 Cougars green? I think they made 300,00 green ones and about 7 or 8 brown. Or was it the other way around? I know there was a guy in Arkansas who claimed he had a factory-made white one but I never saw any photos. If there was a white one, I'm pretty sure Jay Leno has it now. 

So the question is does anyone make a decent 143 scale model of these?

... and an appropriate music video

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TEqX5CWh7tY

Very attractive cars. Like these and the early generation Cougars too.

@sizedoesmatter. In 1968 I remember being in awe of the '68 Cougar.  It was weird because when the Mustang debuted I didn't get goose-bumps over it like most folks did.  I liked them, but it wasn't that "I sure wish I could have that car" feeling.  But when the Cougar's arrived on the scene, I got that "oh man, now this is a car that I'd like to own/drive".  I remained a fan of them even when they started to get bigger and bigger.  

Loved the '67 & '68 Cougar.  Good friend bought a new one in '68 [heavy on the covit], 302 4speed, got the nick name Kenny Cougar, had it for years.

@brush, Thanks for the pic and the story.  I like it.  

@jkuvakas  Yes, that's correct....150,000 dark and 150,000 light green.  Bunch of gold and brown and a smattering of reds.  

@brush  My favorite Cougar is the original 67, although I never owned one.  I thought they were gorgeous, even prettier than the Mustang; especially the interior.  I did own a pale yellow 68 but unfortunately it had the tan interior; I would have preferred black.  It  was a car brought up from Oregon and to my initial surprise it had a 3-speed manual trans and factory air....both unusual for my part of the world.  I recall one afternoon pulling out of my local service station, wound it up and power shifted it into second; whereupon the flex tweaked the heater core and cracked it....immediate steam everywhere....and our hero's red face stuck out the driver's door window, trying to guide it to a safe stop.  That was expensive.

@frank  Neo made a 72 Cougar......I have it.....it's green. 😊