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1968 Mercury Cougar Restomod on 2040-cars

US $22,995.00
Year:1968 Mileage:3000 Color: Silver /
 Black
Location:

Deer Park, New York, United States

Deer Park, New York, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Automatic
Body Type:Coupe
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:351W
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
Condition:

Used

VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
: 8F91F581238
Year: 1968
Number of Cylinders: 8
Make: Mercury
Model: Cougar
Trim: 2 door coupe
Drive Type: rear wheel drive
Mileage: 3,000
Disability Equipped: No
Exterior Color: Silver
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Interior Color: Black

Up for sale is my 1968 Mercury Cougar, everything on this car has been changed, upgraded, and redone. This car has roughly 35k invested into it. Engine is 351W roller motor with TrickFlow Fast As Cast cylinder heads, Comp Cam roller camshaft,Trickflow roller link bar lifters Trickflow roller rockers , heat treated pushrods, edelbrock performer rpm, Holley 770, edelbrock water pump, march serpentine pulley, Holley fuel pump, Doug's headers, MSD distributer, MSD 6al box, MSD wires, MSD coil, engine in bored .30 over, forged pistons, balanced and blueprinted, custom air filter system , polished aluminum valve covers. Exhaust is 2 1/2 with x-pipe, flowmaster mufflers, 2 1/2 tails that can be unbolted, and turn downs can be bolted in place if so desire. Transmission is c4, 1500 stall, rear is posi with 3.25 gears, auburn differential, all new bearings, races, etc. Suspension is state of the art Chris Alstons Chassisworks , canted g-bar suspension , coil overs, 16way adjustable shocks, sub-frame connector system, with driveshaft loop. Front coil overs as we'll along with total control strut tower braces, complete front end has been changed, larger front sway bar, roller idler arm. Brakes are disc all the way around, stainless brake lines, new master cylinder, calipers, rotors, etc. wheels are custom Foose wheels, 18x8 up front, 18x12 in the back with bf Goodrich KDWs , 335 tire in the back. Complete interior has been done, new floorboards, POR15 complete, dyno mat, new carpet, all new auto meter gauges,seats re-upholstered , new headliner. Windows have been tinted, new windshield, 2 stage paint, base coat, clear coat, new valances both front and rear. I'm sure there are a few things I have missed, as I stated before, everything has been changed/replaced, or upgraded in this car. Still has original door panels, and bumpers and taillight assemblies, maybe a few other odds and ends. This car is a real nice driver/ family cruiser , have only been able to drive a few times a year as I am very busy with other things. Car also comes with another complete differential set up, 4:10 posi, brand new cam in box, slightly bigger than one in car. 542 lift in car now, was eventually going to build 408 stroker, as the cylinder heads can handle around 600 hp. Brand new milodon oil pan in box, new timing chain as we'll, nothing wrong what's in the car, has factory oil pan, and you should always change timing chain when you change camshaft. Please only serious inquires only, please do not call if you have cougar but want to know how I did certain things, not to be rude, just do not have time just to bs. Please no trades, have enough stuff to keep me busy. Thank you for looking, and good luck. 1-631-586-2043, ask for Frank

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Junkyard Gem: 1972 Mercury Cougar XR-7

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Starting with the 1939 model year and continuing through 2011, the rule in Dearborn was that most Ford models would get a dressed-up sibling wearing Mercury badges (and Canadians even got Mercury F-100s and Econolines). When the Mustang first hit showrooms in 1964, the countdown for a Mercurized version began. That car, the Cougar, debuted as a 1967 model marketed as "the man's car." Today's Junkyard Gem is a much-abused example of the early-1970s Cougar, found in a San Francisco Bay Area car graveyard a while back. Just as the Mustang packed on weight and price as the 1960s became the 1970s, the even more heavily gingerbreaded Cougar did the same. For 1971 through 1973, the Cougar was still based on the Mustang chassis but weighed several hundred additional pounds and was more than seven inches longer. The curb weight for this car was 3,298 pounds, versus 2,941 pounds for the lightest '72 Mustang coupe. Yes, there's a Mustang underneath all that chrome! When the Mustang went to a modified Pinto chassis starting in the 1974 model year, the Cougar moved over to the midsize Torino platform and stayed there until it rejoined the Mustang on the Fox platform for 1980 (though the honor of being the Mustang's near-twin went to the Mercury Capri at that point). For 1989, the Cougar became an MN12 Thunderbird sibling, where it remained through its 30th anniversary … and then the Cougar got the axe. The Cougar story wasn't done at that point, however, because the name got revived in 1999 with a Mondeo-based version that lasted through 2002 and bears the distinction of being one of the few Mercury models with no corresponding Ford-badged counterpart. Along the way, there were Cougar sedans and even station wagons, with the curb weight of the heaviest-ever Cougar bloating to well over two tons (the winner of that honor is the 1977 Cougar Villager wagon, scaling in at an astounding 4,482 pounds). In 1972, though, all new Cougars were coupes or convertibles, and all of them came with factory V8 power. The build tag on this one tells us that it was assembled at the River Rouge compound in Dearborn and sold via the Kansas City sales office. That tells us that someone drove this car to California after buying it in the Midwest; Ford also built 1972 Cougars in San Jose, so California Mercury shoppers would have bought locally-produced ones. It's a top-end XR-7 in Medium Bright Yellow paint, with the interior in Medium Ginger.

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When Ford came up with a not-so-sporty version of the Pinto and slapped Mustang badges on it in 1974, that was a low point for the Mustang name. When Chrysler applied the venerable Town & Country name on perfectly functional but unglamorous minivans, it saddened many of us. But perhaps the biggest demotion for a once-proud model came when, in 1988, General Motors imported a misery-enhancing Daewoo from Korea and called it the Pontiac LeMans. The original Pontiac LeMans was a great-looking midsize car with fairly advanced (for the time) suspension design and engine options including potent V8s and a screaming overhead-cam straight-six. The Daewoo-based Pontiac LeMans was a cramped, shoddy hooptie that served only to ruin the LeMans name forever, while stealing sales from the Suzuki-based Chevrolet Sprint. Sure, using the once-respected Monterey name on the Mercurized Ford Freestar was bad, but Mercury didn't have long to live at that point. I say the downward spiral of the LeMans name was the most agonizing in automotive history. What do you think? Related Video: This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. Auto News Ford Mercury Pontiac Automotive History Classics questions ford pinto names

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Owners of Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models, listen up. According to a report on Automotive News, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into these four vehicles totaling an estimated 725,000 units. The investigation appears to center around a malfunctioning throttle body on non-hybrid models of the 2005-2012 Escape and 2011-2012 Fusion. With Mercury dying off after the 2011 model year, this probe will also apply to the 2005 through 2011 Mariner and the 2011 Milan. There has been some discussion around the Escape stalling issue for some time now, but this investigation appears to be larger in scope than before.
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