1968 Mercury Cougar

Top 8 Model Years in Hot Rod History (#7): 1968

What is the best year ever for cars and why? We put that question to the performance-minded people on Summit Racing’s Facebook page. Using their answers as a foundation, we’ve compiled a list of the Top 8 years in automotive hot rodding and performance history. Why? Because it’s fun to make lists. And it’s even more

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SEMA Mini-Feature: 427 Wildcat Mercury Cougar

[portfolio_slideshow id=25493] LAS VEGAS, NV. — When last we left Wes Adkins, he was thrashing away on his 1968 Mercury Cougar project and fretting about whether there’d be a spot for the car at the SEMA Show.  Fast forward one month, and Adkins is standing with his Cougar outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. It’s not that

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Mercury Rising: Wes Adkins Builds an 800-Horse ’68 Cougar

Wes Adkins, owner of Wild Wes Paintworks in Dover, OH, used this 1968 Mercury Cougar as his daily driver for almost seven years. But as you’d expect from a guy named Wild Wes, he had something radically different planned for the Cougar. “I always had a vision of the car set for a Trans Am/Road

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