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Body Type:2 DOOR HARDTOP
Engine:347 STROKER
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Interior Color: Black
Make: Mercury
Number of Cylinders: 8
Model: Cougar
Trim: XR7
Drive Type: RWD
Mileage: 1,012
Exterior Color: White
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
We started with a BC rust free 1967 Cougar XR7. Completely stripped it down to the frame and removed the original 289-2v engine and builted and balanced a 347 stroker using only the best of parts including holley 4 barrel carb, edlebrock intake, roller rockers, multi cut values, flat top pistons, forged rods, billet crank and Hedman headers. Next we replaced the original 3 speed with a Tremec five speed transmission. We rebuilt the rear axle using posi 3:55 gears. Replaced all shocks, idler and front end bushings, ball joints and tie rod ends. We used the original rally wheels, trim rings and centres which look like new. On these wheels we installed new Cooper Cobra P225/70 R14 tires. We installed complete 2 1/2 inch exchaust with Magaflow mufflers. The body panels where reworked, painted 7 times and aligned better than new. The paint is Wimbleton White and is super smooth. All frame rails are clean, solid and undercoated. Vinyl top is new. Both bumpers, grilles and grille mouldings are like new. Door handles, taillamp housings, stainless mouldings are excellent and original to the car. All glass is original, tinted and like new with no chips or cracks. Complete engine bay is very clean, detailed and painted as new. Trunk is clean as new with new mat and liners. The spare is in place. All seats are original leather but have been dyed black. Headliner and carpet installed new. Original door panels are dyed black. Dash pad like new. Dash bezels and all instruments in excellent original condition. Armrest and handles like new. Console, shifter, steering wheel original and look like new. Radio is new Radio Sound unit with AM/FM and jacks for accessories. This vehicle has had a complete ground up restoration with all components rebuilt or replaced as new. It is like new in all areas with many performance up grades done. Reserve on this car is less than it cost to built. You can not built this unit for what you can buy it here. We will help with freight arrangements if required. Car is for sale locally so sale could end at any time. Good luck and happy bidding.
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Tue, 16 Jul 2013A national law firm, Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, has filed a proposed class action lawsuit whose presupposition is that MyFord Touch is defective. Specifically, the complaint states that the system - as well as the MyLincoln Touch and MyMercury Touch clones - often freeze, fail to respond to voice or touch commands and have issues connecting to mobile phones.
According to Hagens Berman managing partner Steve Berman, MyFord Touch is a theoretically "brilliant idea" that falls short in actual execution. Said Berman in a press release, "In reality, the system is fundamentally flawed, failing to reliably provide functionality, amounting to an inconvenience at best, and a serious safety issue at worst."
Other MFT issues enumerated within the 41-page filing include problems controlling the window defroster, rear-view camera and navigation system. The suit maintains that Ford is aware of the problem but has yet to submit a workable and acceptable solution to MFT customers. Scroll down if you'd like to read the full press release.
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The ostensible cause is that floor mats are trapping the accelerator pedal, but according to a Ford statement at the time, the entrapment is due to owners placing the optional all-weather floor mats, or aftermarket floor mats, on top of the car's standard floor mats. NHTSA has backed up that assessment, pinning the blame on "unsecured or double stacked floor mats."
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