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Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar 1968,1968 cougar,c8w,cougar,cover,decal,deck,insert,lock,mercury,mercury cougar,new,plate,repro,reproduction,trunk,xr7,emblem,26469

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Item #: 26469

4.53 stars, based on 10 reviews
Very correct looking reproduction used only on the 1968 XR7 Mercury Cougar. This decal may need slight trimming to fit perfectly into the recessed portion of your lock cover. Check out this video ...
Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Customer since 2013
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looks great on trunk latch after all is said and done. However it was a very tight fit when I was applying it to the latch, not to much of a hassel though, had it done in mintues

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Frederick, MD
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Nice decal that makes a big impression.

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Customer since 2019
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Had to trim it slightly

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Customer since 2022
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1968 Cougar XR7

Looks great. Had to shave a tiny bit off edges to fit.

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Cleveland, Ohio
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Its the littlt things.

All it took was removing a little off the top with a file and it fit in the spot nicely.

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Customer since 2015
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Looks Good

Looks really good but as others have said you need to do some minor work to get it to fit. I used a file on the top and bottom edges to get it to fit in the cover plate. The top corners aren't perfect but I doubt anyone would notice that.

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Jacksonville, NC
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Needs a little modding.

This will really make your cover plate "POP" like new again. Will require slight trimming or shaving down to fit perfect but well worth it considering the cost of a NOS plate.

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Nice part - slight modification needed

Good looking part - but just a little too big to fit into an original lock cover plate. Use 220 grit sand paper to sand the edge down slightly for a better fit.

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Tenino, WA
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NICE Reproduction

You may need to trim...SLIGHTLY...I did, but it fits nice now and looks GREAT!

Decal - Trunk Lock Cover Plate - XR7 - Repro ~ 1968 Mercury Cougar
Florida
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XR7 Trunk Emblem

Real sharp looking emblem stands out. It was easy to install thanks to adhesive backing. It did require a little modification though to fit in the trunk lock inset/recess. The top of the emblem was too curved and needed to be flattened a bit. A flat file (fine) worked well for this. I filed a little at a time and checked the fit to avoid making the emblem too small. It was worth a little effort.