Home Depot Slashes Prices! AND Thank You For The Hat Pins!! I Love Them!!

I watched your video this morning, ran down to HD, purchased a $6,000 zero turn for $900. You were right!!

I saw my brother's pins on your hat. Thank you, it choked me up. Tell Ron he has prayers a plenty and I hope he heals fast. Someone once said we should be born old and grow younger. Car projects are always a labor of love. And FRUSTRATION. Thanks for caring about folks out here.

Ron is in my prayers. I'm praying for a fast recovery and fully restored mobility.

About your Cougar, having restored many 60’s Mustangs and Cougars, I’d like to share a tip: 95% of the time the reason the floor pans rot out is because of the “pillow assy.” Of the cowl vent in front of the windshield. The cowl vent pillow assy spans the width of the car and is in fact a duct for the fresh air coming into the cowl vent to feed it to the kick panel vents on each side of the passenger compartment. Any water that enters the vent is supposed to exit via drains on each end of the pillow assy to drain the water down inside each front fender. Problem is this: those assy’s were never primed inside or painted from the factory. They start to rust when the car leaves the assembly line and is parked outside. Secondly, when they applied seam sealer to the body before the front fenders were mounted, they plugged those drains fully or partially. And lastly, but most often, since there is no screen under the cowl vent grid, leaves and debris enters through the vent grid and cannot be removed, eventually plugging the drains. Rain and other water accumulates in there and continues to rot the bottom of the pillow assembly, eventually perforating it allowing water drain onto the carpet saturating the pad and rotting the floor pans out. Most people think it’s the windshield gasket leaking and try to seal around the gasket or replace it, never realizing the actual cause of the water incursion. Can’t tell you how many times when I worked in garages in the late 60’s and 70’s people asked me to seal the water leaks around their windshields. We would lay a light on top of the cowl vent then look up under the dash and it would look like a starry night from all the pin holes. There are many vids (and methods) on how to repair or mitigate this problem, or you can buy a clear lexan plate that covers the cowl vent to end further water incursion. Failure to do either will result in your new floor pans and carpet getting wet again if it rains on the car or you wash it. BTW, the other causes for the remaining 5% of floor (and trunk) pan rotting is rust rot at the base of the windshield or back glass, or the car was parked on dirt for many years and moisture rotted the pans from the outside in. Good Luck with the repair. It’s a nice car. Problem is, old Lee Iococa never designed them to last.

I just graduated from high school and my Aunt had a Cougar like that. My uncle just left for Vietnam and bought that for her to drive. We went to visit her and she let me drive it around on a Saturday night. I thought I was the coolest guy around. My dad thought she was nuts, but she said “it’s a car-he’ll be fine”. This was his sister by the way. Love those cars.

A thing about stickers: I get "Magnetic sheets with adhesive backing" on amazon. I'll put a bumper sticker or whatever on one then cut around it (if only I had a box cutter.) Then my stickers are magnets. So I can swap 'em out without ruining the paint job on the truck or the "sticker" itself. Great for putting stickers on tool-boxes as well.

Ron won't known himself after the hip surgery, I had my hip done on a Monday an out of hospital on Tuesday night best thing ever that's after 18 months of crutches and wheel chair , Then went on to have both my knees replaced, 7 years later still pain free . Cheers from Australia Mick

I am so jealous! As a young teenager my 2nd car was a 1967 Mercury Cougar. That was in 1989 and it had severe Michigan cancer. At 53 now I have been looking to find a gem like yours!

My friend had a 67 Couger with a 390 4 barrel carb back in the early 80’s when I was in high school. We used 1/4 tank of gas going out for lunch!😂 That car is a masterpiece! Do what you need to do to make her whole and hang on to it!!

The attitude of your presentation of the “Cougar” is full on enthusiastic gear head. That car is a diamond in the rough. Anybody from that area knows it!!!!

My first car was a 68 Cougar XR7 built in 1967. I bought it used with about 20k miles for $2250. Kept it until 1988 when I sold it for $1200 to a guy who wanted to restore it. It had about 170,000 miles on it. Mine was a light powder blue.

Love the Corvette, I was a GM mechanic for 22 years worked on a lot of them. Every thing is hard to get at and work on, BUT the test drive afterwords is awesom. 😁

I had a ‘68 or ‘69 Cougar in high school (1975-76). That vehicle you have is a keeper! Harold! The cutters are a priceless and innovative idea.

the Cougar tailights are very cool also. I drove a 68 Cougar for 32 years, great cars

I'm glad those box cutters made it there OK. If you ever need any more just mention it on one of your videos (I watch them all) and I'll ship you out another box. Thanks for all you do for us!

I had a hip replacement almost 2yrs ago and it was the best thing I did. Rehab was easy but you have to make sure you clean the area like the pre-op directions say. I walked out of the medical center 7 or so hours after the operation at 67 years old. Infection is the biggest thing so make sure you do everything they say to do.Prayers are coming his way.

Thank you for reviews of the GOOLOO products! Today I did order the GOOLOO GT4000 car/truck battery jump starter for my family vehicle and also may be able to help someone else in a bind.

You put a smile on my face thanks

Thoughts and prayers going out for your husband. All the pins are cool.

I had a hip done 2 years ago in December. It has turned out to be one of the best things I have done. Much more comfortable now.