As luck would have it, I did indeed find another light blue '84 V6 Cougar recently. I had sold my first one over fifteen years prior and as time went by, I'd thought about how much I missed the first one. Throughout the years I kept the notion of owning another one on the back burner, hoping that one day the right combination of time, car and fate would intersect.

That happened in June 2006 when a gentleman contacted me through this site, wanting to sell his car. The description was eerie: it was my old car's clone alright. After making the 3-hour drive to see it, I knew it had to be mine. My friends and I towed it home and we immediately went to work fixing things. The biggest problem was the blown head gasket, which my mechanic was able to solve, along with new brakes and exhaust components, and some normal-wear things as well. It was back into tip-top driving shape in no time.

The body had some slight surface rust issues that I promptly had fixed. And it was in desperate need of buffing and waxing. Still the car has roughly 90% of its original paint and it's in incredible condition for being over 25 years old. I'm happy to report that it cleaned up much better than expected.

And the end results? The car is indeed a blast from my past, a nearly identical looking and driving version of my first car. Needless to say I'm thrilled that fate worked its magic in sending the car to me.

Eventually, though, it's going to need restored and that can get expensive. Fortunately I've been finding plenty of NOS parts for it and have them safely socked away until they're needed. I'm committed to keeping the original paint as long as possible; at the current rate it just may be another 25 years until it needs new paint!

	Left: The car as it was the night the body was finished and it was running for the first time. Original equipment included the 14" spoke hubcaps.
	Left: A shot in the shadows, where you can see how clean this car is.
	Left: A late-October photo which shows the brilliance of the paint in strong sunlight. It's almost as if the sky dripped down onto the body.
	Left: Also note the 15" turbine wheels which lend a much more sporty appearance to the car.
	Left: The interior simply needed a good cleaning. Everything works, including the air conditioning, and there were no flaws in the seats. It's pretty much a time capsule.
	Left: The stock engine bay. In the future a few things will be repainted or replaced under the hood but for now it's a pretty good representation of the V6 engine bay.