I've looked on my 99 Ford Cd rom manual at removal/installation of both the Cougar dash and the Contour dash. The Cougar has a few more electrical items, otherwise the steps are nearly identical. If you take a look, all the vent locations are the same, most switch locations are the same and the basic layout of the dash is the same. The shape on the passenger side is different where it meets the door so that may not flow well with the door panel but I'll have to get one ( dash) installed to see how bad it is. Since the Cougar and the Contour are on the same platform, I really don't think size and fitment is gonna be the big issue. I think it will be electrical, especially with the guage cluster since the Cougar has a 150 mph speedo and a digital odometer, I may also have to go with a Cougar computer, we'll see. I made the Cougar rear seats fit w/little problem, I'm thinkin I can get the dash to work too. Like I said, I won't be able to do any of this until maybe fall or more likely winter, but I'll keep everyone posted about it since there seems to be interest.
