One of Mercury's Coolest Cats: The ‘Shelbyized’ 1968 Cougar XR7-G

Lincoln-Mercury introduced the Mercury Cougar in the 1967 model year and entered into an exploding pony car market. By mid-1967, virtually every auto company competed to sell pony cars, so Lincoln-Mercury added several trick models for the Cougar, such as the GT, XR7 and Eliminator, which were among some of the specialty versions of the  Cougar offered from 1967-73. But among the rarest and was the XR7-G ... read more