The lower pic that Lee posted is the first time I have seen a rim that might match my spare. Spare has never been mounted and if you compare the center caps they mount differently. 429 SCJ you are the closest expert in the room ?

What I'm guessing is the orig. carb was in the trunk with a new float bowl added. The old bowl was also there.

429SCJ where do these tags go ?

The lower tag goes on the rear end, but doesn't seem to match your gear ratio. It shows a 9 inch rear end with a 3.50 gear and Traction Lock differential. I believe your car has a 3.91 gear, so this tag would be from another car. Check your rear end and see if it still has the tag on it.

Carb is correct just need a Ford front bowl, the top tag is correct too 829A for a 429 SCJ "C" Code. All 429 1970 Cyclone Spoilers were C code, not "J" even though it was a Ram Air car, weird how Mercury did things. Big Gear Head is correct the bottom axle tag is not correct it would have a 3L91 not 3L50.

I have the front bowl.

If it's threaded on both sides you've got the right one.

----Gee! Wonder where the carb will go for resto?......Bill S

Pic of your gauges when you can...especially close up of the Tach.

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Judging by your spare and the build sheet, it looks like the car had the basic 14x7" steel wheels with conventional pop-on hubcap and trim ring. The hubcap is a later version of the '63-'64 era Mercury cap but simpler, stamped without "Mercury" lettering. I assume the wheel is the same as found in '70 Mach 1 Mustangs of that year. The 14x7 "Styled Steel Wheel" option was listed at $36.90. It was a new design with 5 slots versus the 12 slot '68-'69 14"x6" wheel your car seems to be fitted with. Center cap design was the same, snapping to the inside of the recessed bolt circle as opposed to outside the nubs of the conventional steel wheel. These wheels were also offered as a no cost option on 1970 Mach 1 Mustangs for just that year but continued to be offered by Mercury on Cougars in 1971. (Last photo is a '63/'64 era Mercury scripted cap of mine mounted on a Rocket chrome reverse wheel just for reference)

I need a set of the standard rims. Anybody selling them new ? I think I have the trim rings and center caps.

https://i.postimg.cc/rFQvFgQh/35nnn.jpg

Same wheels used on the Cougar????

The silver tag is the engine ID tag that bolts onto the coil bracket. Here's the one on Grampa's Lincoln

No "c":

http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/mer...o/bilder/9.jpg

steve honnell had a cyclone spoiler identical color to this one back in the late 80's. he offered it to me at a bargain price but I was buying a trans am he owned and only had a single car trailer. I always wished I had went home and turned around and went back for it.

Not quite-all 1970 Cougar Eliminators got 14x6" wheels, 1970 Cyclone received 14x7" wheels. Caps are the same but trim rings are likely different? You can see the caps sit deeper inside the dish of the Cyclone rims in pictures. I know Mustangs had 14x7 in Mach 1 and 15x7 on Boss 302/429, but Cougars didn't. Not even Boss 302 powered ones (I do know that the 15" rims and F60-15 tires required an upgraded spindle for the Mustang to pass Ford's durability tests). Ford and Mercury did things differently on many details in that era, I've learned never to assume anything.

This looks like a nice pair of 14x7s on EBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-1969-1972...UAAOSwu4dcMAZe

Dammit...I just bought a set from a Cougar guy up by you for more money than that. Also found NOS center caps.

Here's one with a black vinyl roof. I bet a white roof would be rarer.

Is that Blue/Black top Marti report from the restored car in Tacoma, WA that's color changed (to a very high standard) to burgundy?

Read again. It’s not blue.

My bad, I think I saw "Competition" and just assumed you posted another Competition Blue car with a vinyl top to continue your point about relative rarity.

The option as listed doesn’t discriminate against color.

Back in 1979, I was at a Grad party, I saw an Orange one, like brand new. we began talk cars, I was looking for a 442 or a T/A, Later the guy totaled it on Woodward in a race. A lady pulled out in front of him.

It wasn’t like this, but look at this one.


https://youtu.be/UdVY2XrTEIo

OMG Burd...that is a freaking rare and cool car with the Boss 429 and that wicked front nose!. And the guy found it in a barn in Indiana...

FWIW, no mid-size FoMoCo vehicles came with the Boss 429 from the factory.

So I send the Cyclone to Randy the crazy guy that restored my Bonneville with instructions to make it presentable for MCACN. Next thing I know he is obsessing with gaps...On no.......

Wow, that's extreme. Looks like it's coming along great. Lots of talent there.

Charlie:

Just remember . . . the original task was to drain the swamp . . .

https://i.postimg.cc/prm5cR2V/sey.jpg

Randy stumbled upon a build sheet.

----Bingo!!!......Bill S

I leave him alone for a minute.

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Clean body. coming right along!

But we were just going to paint it.

I guess that means MCACN is out?

Wow. That's like me when I was a kid and got a new toy. I had to take it apart to see how it worked.

I saw the video of your carburetor being tested after it was restored. https://www.facebook.com/15728980262...rofile_browser