The Kougar Resto Thread

[Steffan]

SWH said:

Good to see you again at the PH meet last night Paul.... the Kougar looked absolutely superb, what a lovely thing:


I'm sure others probably took better photos than my random shot

What an excellent car! I do like the very high quality finish, trimming and style, redolent the cars I loved many decades ago. Superb effort. I particularly like the period Wire Wheels with Nock off hubs. These really do set the car off exceptionally well. Realy adds to the period feel? Bloody good show! Outstanding result!

[GoodOlBoy]

That's looking very nice. Any more pictures ?

[V8 FOU]

Thanks for reviving the thread!
I will post more pics and details very soon - and thanks for the kind comments.

It is going for a r/road session soon as it is very spluttery and used £30 of petrol from Tunbridge Wells to the meeting and back!!

[TonyBrooks]

Car for sale here
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/5206207627....

[V8 FOU]

Thread revival again!
Been so busy that I havent had a chance to do all the fiddly jobs.
Now just about done. Had a r/road session, but still needed fettling.
There are always so many bits to fettle on a job like this. Leaky hose, the carb setting up, handbrake cable breaking, fitting mirrors, rear lights sorted, final odd bits of paint on the suspension etc, setting up the angle of dangle, etc etc.

A few pics from Brooklands











Note the genuine Spitfire starter button! The red knob is the ign on/off button as it is keyless - just use the immobiliser thang. Led lights, etc. Machined turned dash - my first attempt!

It is fun to drive, pulls so well. About 240bhp and the same torque figure. Jaguar were a little optimistic with their figures - a stock 3.8 is usually around 130/150 bhp.

Electronic ignition, lightweight starter, alloy rad (Chinese Ebay of course!), very modified interior with proper seats - unlike the original design.


Now up for sale!

Edited by V8 FOU on Monday 25th July 23:26

Edited by V8 FOU on Tuesday 26th July 22:06

[Davel]

That looks stunning!

[The Surveyor]

I bet that's an absolute riot to drive. Lovely

[Little Pete]

Top job. I rebuilt the engine in one many moons ago and the customer asked me to put it back in the car for him. They were the longest road tests I have ever done
It was nowhere near as stunning as yours though, well done.

[mph]

Lovely car, but then I'm biased I'm on my third one ! Sold my last one to a friend and I've just bought a project.





Project Car. It's worse than it looks in the pictures.

[Astacus]

Very cool car. I would absolutely love one.