If you grew up in Southern California, you know the look: blue-and-gold plates, opera windows glinting in the sun, and just enough chrome to catch a passerby’s eye on Wilshire. This ’79 Mercury Cougar ...

Out of the 100,000 pony cars assembled by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company for 1969, over 90 percent were hardtops. The remaining 9,020 Cougars were convertibles split between the base and ...