There’s been a bit of a kerfuffle lately about wild animals in the jungles of Thailand. However the Cougar population in Pattaya seems to be growing.
The Cougars we are looking at locally were from the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company, and in some ways were spin-offs from the highly successful Ford Mustangs, designed to attract the upper end of the pony car market.
The cougars came with a range of Ford V8’s with the 351 cu. in. being the top category.
At the last count, there are three Cougars locally, with one sent to Bangkok for a total mechanical make-over, and the other two both on the Dark Side. Two are blue and one is brown. The years of manufacture for these three would be 1967-68 and would have been shipped out by GI’s to use on their R&R’s.
The one in Bangkok has matching numbers for the body and engine (a 351 cu.in.) which makes it a desirable item. In Thailand one is never surprised at finding an Isuzu diesel up the sharp end as acquiring and shipping/Customs regulations make import difficult to well-nigh impossible.
