1979 Mercury Sign Of The Cat TV Ad

1979 Mercury Sign Of The Cat TV Ad

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• mustang
• ford
• 1983
• fox
• body
• notchback
• 5.0
• pony
• cougar
• mercury
• blond

[boogiewoman303]

That 1979 Mercury Marquis body continued up to 1991, but even though the square body style went, the frame of it still remains under the new Crown Victoria's and Grand Marquis' with minor changes, for almost 30 years! Very clever on Fords part! I've owned a '79 LTD coupe, 90 Grand Marquis, 91 LTD Crown Vic and a 2000 Crown Vic.

[Pumpinpig]

I have the 79 Lincoln Collectors series shown in this ad. 30 years later It's still a great car that Iturns heads whenever I am out!!!!

[uofmrules1]

@Mcnzlea Later ads had the couger meowing. lol

[save16thave]

My first car was a 79 Cougar. That thing was palatial! Fake wood dash, red velour upholstery and a 133hp 302. It doesn't sound like much now but in her day she was opulence on wheels. Now Ford is killing the Mercury brand. They've been built since 1939. It's sad to see them go.

[boofdfast]

I used to own an 80 Mercury Capri RS 5.0. It was the car I learned to drive a stick shift on. Talk about fun. :)

This ad is COOL. Back when Mercury had mostly RWD cars... except the gayass FWD Lynx and LN7.

[boofdfast]

I miss those 70's-80's Mercury "sign of the cat" commercials. Nowadays, car companies commercials are lame and unmemorable.

[LAmonk76]

@dnl5649 ford only made the wagon for 1977. only a few LTDII and cougar wagons left!

[Mcnzlea]

When I was little I used to think real cougars sat atop the L-M dealer's sign. Turns out I was wrong. Those signs were too thin to hang out on. What they did in the commercials was to take one of those signs, cut down the tall post attachment, build a set of steps and have the cougar climb to the top and keep on filming until they got a growl out of the pussycat.

Now, not only is the Cougar gone, but so's the entire Mercury brand.

[theOlLineRebel]

Oh my, my beloved Town Car! 1 of the most awesome regal cars ever.

[Doobie1975]

Didn't the early fox body full size Ford's have transmission problems? I seem to remember hearing something about that

[1967mustanggta]

@nomadcowatbk Thats funny!!!

[nomadcowatbk]

Cat stayed up on the sign until they sold 100 cars