1988 Mercury Cougar Cougar Xr7 on 2040-cars
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Engine:8
Year: 1988
Drive Type: rwd
Make: Mercury
Mileage: 15,000
Model: Cougar
Number of Cylinders: 8
Trim: 2 Door
Power Options: Air Conditioning, Power Locks, Power Windows
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1988 MERCURY COUGAR XR7
With over $25,000 in Restoration See Below: SOLD AS-IS -GT 40P Crate Motor (approx . 15K miles) -E303 Cam -73 MM Mass Air Sensor -Mass Air Conversion -24 lb. Injectors -MSD Coil -MAC Shorty Headers (ceramic coated) -MAC Power Pulleys (on crank and water pump) -KIN Air filter -190 lph Fuel Pump (new) -Hi-flow Water Pump -4 Wheel Disc Brake Conversion (Stainless Steel Brakes Kit) -Cross Drilled and Slotted Front Brake Rotors I I "(new) -Ford Mustang Front Spindles -Front Ball Joints (new) (Moog) -Lincoln Mk7 Front Brake Calipers (new) -Titanium Front Brake Pads (new) -Rear Brake Lines (new) -Rear Brake Rotors (new) -Rear Brake Calipers (new) -Strut Tower Brace (Maximum Motorsports) -Adjustable Caster/Camber Plates (Maximum Motorsports) -Energy Suspension Poly Urethane Bushings (front and rear) -Eibach Lowering Springs -Tubular Rear Lower Control Arms (Maximum Motorsports) -Helwig Sway Bars (front and rear) -Kenny Brown Sub-Frame Connectors -2 11." Dual Exhaust (hi-flow cats with Magna-flo mufflers) -5 Speed Trans Conversion (Ford Motorsport "Z" series 5 Speed with approx lOK miles) -Heavy Duty Clutch (Ford Motorsport) -Adjustable Clutch Cable Conversion -Pro 5.0 Shifter -KYB Gas Shocks and Struts (front and rear) -8.8 Posi Rear Rebuilt (Auburn Heavy Duty Posi unit, Tom's Forged Axles, Ford 3.73 gears, all bearings and races replaced with Ford OEM parts) -Power Steering Rack Rebuilt (aluminum bushings from Maximum Motorsports) -Prime 16x8 Wheels -BFG 245/50/16 KDWS Radials (approx. IOK miles} -R-134 A/C Conversion Kit (not installed yet, but also comes with New A/C lines) -Other misc . new parts are included All of these parts, except for the 4 wheel disc conversion, were installed within the last l SK miles. This car is emissi ons legal and passes every time. This car has NO rust. original owner and brought it from California in 2001. It has been garage kept here as well. Not driven it in the snow or bad weather, so it doesn't get driven much . It comes with a full set of Ford factory manuals. |
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Junkyard Gem: 1981 Mercury Cougar XR-7
Sun, May 24 2020The story of the Mercury Cougar involves more plot twists and unexpected digressions than that of just about any other Detroit car, with successive Cougar generations based on the Ford Mustang (1967-1973), the Ford Torino and/or Thunderbird (1974-1979), various Fox Fords including the Thunderbird (1980-1988), the MN12 Thunderbird/Lincoln Mark VIII (1989-1997), and the Ford Mondeo (1999-2002). There were wagon and sedan Cougars for brief periods, just to confuse everybody, and the rakish XR-7 Cougars sometimes lived on different platforms from their ordinary non-XR-7 counterparts. I think the Late Malaise Era Fox XR-7s are among the most interesting of the bunch, so I was quite excited to spot this tan-over-gold '81 in a Denver yard. I tried to count the number of screaming-cat badges on and in this car and gave up once I hit a dozen. The steering wheel, door panels, C pillars, center console, and — of course — the hood ornament all boast snarling felines. Earlier Cougars had emblems showing full side views of stalking catamounts, but the Cougar logo for the 1980s showed just the head. This car got the optional center console, which I hear is quite a rarity. You had to pay $174 extra (that's around $513 in 2020 dollars) for an AM/FM/cassette audio system in the '81 Cougar, but at least the air conditioning was standard equipment. Believe it or not, thieves used to steal these radios. Kumpf Lincoln-Mercury still exists in Englewood (as Landmark Lincoln), and the yard that now houses this car can be found just 15 miles up Broadway on the north side of Denver. The padded landau roof hasn't fared so well beneath the fierce Colorado sun, but overall this car seems very solid. Sadly, only the Mustangs and (once in a long while) Fairmonts get much love from the Fox Ford crowd these days. Three Mercury "wire wheel" hubcaps and one from a Lincoln. The base engine in the 1981 XR-7 was the "Thriftmaster" 200-cubic-inch (3.3-liter) straight-six, but very few XR-7 buyers would have refrained from checking the box for one of the two optional Windsor V8s. I can't tell if we're looking at the 255-cubic-inch (4.2-liter) version or the 302-cubic-inch (5.0-liter) one here, but real-world drivers might not have noticed the difference between the 120-horse 255 and the 130-horse 302, anyway. The non-XR-7 Fox Cougars had five-speed manual transmissions as base equipment (which nobody wanted), but all 1981 XR-7s had automatics.
Automakers tussle over owners of 'orphan' makes
Thu, 10 May 2012When General Motors put down several of its brands in recent years, it also let loose thousands of brand-loyal customers who will eventually need another car.
R.L. Polk Associates estimates there are more than 18 million cars from 16 discontinued makes on the road today. Those "orphan owners" have sales-hungry competitors seeing dollar signs. GM is offering Saturn owners $1,000 cash toward a Chevy Cruze, Cadillac CTS or a GMC Acadia. Ford is giving its Mercury lease customers a chance to get out of their contracts with no early-termination penalty and offering to waive six remaining payments if they drive off in a Ford or Lincoln.
Edmunds.com research shows the efforts are paying off somewhat for GM, with 39 percent of Pontiac owners, 37 percent of Hummer owners and 31 percent of Saturn owners taking delivery of another GM-branded vehicle. But that leaves as much as 69 percent of owners going elsewhere. Ford, Honda and Toyota seem to be attracting many former GM owners.
eBay Find of the Day: Craterface's '49 Mercury convertible from Grease
Wed, 29 Jan 2014Here is your chance to own your very own piece of greased lightning. Well, not the Greased Lighting, it's actually the black, flamed 1949 Mercury convertible that races against John Travolta in the classic 1978 movie Grease, and it's for auction on eBay Motors.
While it appeared in the film's exciting drag race in a Los Angeles storm drain, the hot rod was reportedly lost until last year, when the seller found it as a shell. He verified that it was the actual car with original builder, Eddie Paul, and sent the car for a complete restoration.
The auction includes original parts like the exhaust tips used in the movie and bent bumper from when it hit Travolta's car in the scene. The restorer recreated the scorpion stickers on the doors, razor hubcaps and license plate. He also installed a 1949 Mercury 255-cubic-inch (4.2-liter), flathead V8 and three-speed manual transmission with overdrive.
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