Congrats dude! Be sure to post pix when its done! Oh, and I'm sure there would be no problem if you wanted to join up with AZ NECO, since there's not a NECO chapter in Utah. Join up on the newcougar.org forums, too! Thats where most of us talk about Cougar stuff.
And for whoever said the Cougar is a "femenine" car, they're just jealous because the girls are attracted to your Cougar.