AMT '67 Mercury Cougar "Puma GT"

That's cool!  Following. 

Oooooo , i like that....  A fastback kitty.  I want a 1:1 of those.

Is that a custom built 1:1, or a model, or a prototype?

I followed a car with a Washington vanity plate one morning....for 3 miles I tried to figure out "SPTNKTN".  He finally hit the turn signal, blink, blink, blink.......blink, blink, blink.   Almost ran into the ditch laughing....a Cougar.

Lookin' forward to this!

Oh yeah I want to see this.

I used my regular tools of destruction to carve out the roof section of the Mustang......

Likewise with the Cougar......

The first test-fit showed promise......

After some tweakin', it nestled down in there pretty good......

It's really close to what I want it to be.

Now this is cool. A fastback Cougar. Super cool idea and it's clear you know what you're doing. I'll be watching with interest.

BK

That's looking real good.

I love the whole idea and your getting off to a good start.

Like everyone else here, I'll be following along.

Can't wait until the next update.

I got this GT-E hood from TMResins......

This is actually a stock hood for a 1968 Cougar GT-E.

The gold paint proved to be stubborn......

Most of it came off, but I had some left......

So, I resorted to using some brush cleaner with a cotton swab......

It took a while, but all the paint came off, and the plastic was not harmed......

Here is the cleaned Cougar body, with the Mustang fastback roof and window unit in place......

So far, this has been a fairly smooth project.

Looking at this from certain angles makes it have a bit of a baby Torino vibe. Pretty cool, I like it.

BK

Super cool 

Thanks for following along, fellas!

I decided to remove  the quarter vents from the Mustang roof......

Good ol' DREMEL tool made short work of it......

A little careful clean-up, and I have openings......

Turning to the blend area at the back, I noticed a difference in the lines between the Cougar and Mustang deck lids......

After a good bit of filling and filing, I shot some DupliColor Primer on it......

The primer showed me that I had some filling and filing to do! 

I got the body work like I want it......

I still have time to do some tweakin', if'n it needs some!! HAHAHA

Coming along nicely. 

Jim 

Stay Safe.

Well...after leaving this project dormant for about a year, I dumped it back out on the workbench......

On the way to modifying the Cougar dashboard to fit the Mustang interior tub, I seem to remember a mis-guided razor saw and a Band-Aid coming into play......

In the search for parts and pieces for this project, I pulled this kit down from the shelf......

I found these valve covers in the '69 kit......

Some of these parts will be incorporated into the Puma GT project, as well......

The '69 XR-7 kit has a badly warped body in it, so I'll most likely use some of those kit parts on this build.

Looking at hte grille, I thought it might need a little something extra......

So, I added just a couple simple pieces of .040" half-round trim......

Here's the Mustang engine, with the induction set-up from the Cougar kit, and a wired distributor Kris Morgan......

It seems to fit in the engine bay fairly well......

Now Mustangs and Cougars, like their Chevy II counterparts, had small engine bays and little room to change plugs and whatnot. SO, you'll have to throw the whole thing out. I'm just kidding. This is pretty neat. I love the curved velocity stacks. Nice touch.

BK

Headers and glass packs! Why not?......

This engine bay has a 390 V-8 in it......

As you can see, the radiator hose attaches to the passenger side of said radiator.

The radiator I got in the Cougar box, which might not be the original kit radiator, has the spout on the wrong side, as marked in red......

An easy fix. I added some styrene tube to the right side. After the glue set, I worked it down to size......

While I had the styrene stuff out, I filled in the hinge openings in the firewall......

That is one of the tightest, if not the tightest engine bay combos ever. I so much hate working on those. Glad this is a kit and not the real deal. Love the glass packs, you are definately talking my language now.

BK

These seats are from the Mustang kit......

Molded as one piece. I added the white shim so it would match up with the Cougar dashboard.

I cut the console away from the seats. The part in the back is the storage box that mount to the back of the console......

Box-on-console pic......

I added some sheet styrene to tie it all together......

Next, I added strips around the edges for trim......

Some fine-tuning will be necessary to make this all look a little better.

I added a seat track to the bucket seats......

These may be tweaked before final assembly.

DupliColor Primer was applied to several of the parts I've worked on, so far......

Those ejector pin marks will be dealt with before it's done.

I went ahead a primed the chassis, too......

Excellent and creative project, and nicely done!

I had a '68 Cougar way back then.  Fun car to drive and still one of my favorites.  

(Unfortunately, we never got the carburator working quite right, until a few weeks before I traded it in!)

Many thanks, guys!

The stock rear pan that goes under the bumper is sort of flimsy in the Cougar kit, so I chose to use the custom piece......

I glued it in place......

Then removed the orange part......

After some clean-up, the stock bumper and taillights fit pretty well......