In 1978  the owner of Gaudin Ford (Don Ackerman) sold John a 1978  mercury cougar xr-7, by the info below John hung on to the car for about ten years he then sold it to a Donna Hurst for a mere 3,800 dollars.Our newest member John has now bought the car and it is in Australia. He has done some research on the car  and found out it was John's car but he had no idea when he bought it. Some people have suggested he put it on EBay and the buy another one, John does NOT want to do this he has plans on using the car and getting plenty of  KMs out of it. Good on you John!  Higher Ground Australia has the copyright in place on the photos & documents just to protect John's investment. John thank you for sharing all of this with us.

Below is one of the things John has said about the car:

I ALSO GOT ONTO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WHO RECALL JOHN HAVING A MERCURY COUGAR AROUND 1980 BUT IT WAS LAST SEEN IN STORAGE IN A SHED ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF LAS VEGAS THEY WERE UNSURE OF THE PARTICULAR YEAR MODEL SO I SENT THEM A PICTURE OF MINE AND ONE OF THE PERSONS CONFIRMED THAT IT LOOKED IDENTICAL TO THE ONE IN A CLIPPING HE HAS AND SAID THAT THE CAR WAS POSSIBLY BOUGHT AS TRANSPORT TO GET AROUND BUT WAS STORED AWAY WHILST HE WENT ON TO HELP WITH THE AFRICAN ISSUES AND THAT THE MOVIE OH GOD WAS FILMED AROUND LAS VEGAS IN 1977 AND HE WAS ENGAGED IN MAKING AN ALBUM LATE IN 1978 WHICH WAS PRODUCED AND RECORDED IN AROUND THESE AREAS.I didn't buy the car to make a monument so be assured I intend to put plenty of miles on it over the next few years.

George Gaudin retired from the business in 1972 and sold the Las Vegas dealership to Don Ackerman. On taking ownership, he was quoted in a newspaper article as follows: "I firmly believe the reason Gaudin Ford has been so accepted by Las Vegas people is because we have tried to be nothing more than a hometown auto dealership serving hometown people. I think people realize that Gaudin Ford has been here for some time and plans to stick around and back up what's sold."