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1969 Mercury Cougar Xr7 Project Car, 351w 4bbl, Ps Pb Fmx Parts Or Restore on 2040-cars

US $2,000.00
Year:1969 Mileage:181000 Color: Light Aqua /
 Light Aqua
Location:

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States
Advertising:
Transmission:Automatic
Body Type:Coupe
Engine:351W
Vehicle Title:Clear
Fuel Type:Gasoline
For Sale By:Private Seller
VIN: 9R93H503086 Year: 1969
Number of Cylinders: 8
Make: Mercury
Model: Cougar
Trim: XR7
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty
Drive Type: Auto
Options: Leather Seats
Mileage: 181,000
Sub Model: XR7
Exterior Color: Light Aqua
Number of Doors: 2
Interior Color: Light Aqua
Condition: Used: A vehicle is considered used if it has been registered and issued a title. Used vehicles have had at least one previous owner. The condition of the exterior, interior and engine can vary depending on the vehicle's history. See the seller's listing for full details and description of any imperfections. ... 

Up for auction is a 1969 Mercury Cougar XR7.  This car will be a great restoration project or parts car.  This is a complete car but is rusty.  I have not done a close inspection but I have seen rust in the quarters, doors, floors, shock tower tops, torque boxes.  Frame rails seem to be solid.  This Cougar was a daily driver until 2009 when it was parked.  It will run if you keep a supply of fuel to the carburetor but will not pump from the tank.  There is a brake leak somewhere and a water hose leak.  Engine and transmission appear to be in good working order.  I purchased this car as an investment to resell and is listed at a fair price.  The 2bbl carburetor and intake was replaced with a 4bbl Carter AFB Carburetor.  Wheels are Ford Steel with hubcaps (3, missing one).  The previous owner drove it from 1994 until 2004, then occasionally started/moved it until 2009.  I am willing to deliver the car up to 300 miles from my home at $1.00 per mile ROUND TRIP.  Rate to be calculated before delivery via Google Maps.  I would prefer local pickup in Jeffersonville, IN.  Please ask questions before you bid or give me a call at 502-445-3993 to discuss the car.  VIN and Door Tag information is below.  Happy bidding - Jeff

VIN    9R93H503086
Door Plate Data    65B E 6K 08K 52 2 X
Model Year    1969
Assembly Plant    San Jose, California (R)
Body Style    XR7, Hardtop (93)
Engine Model    351-2V Windsor (H)
Sequential Number    3086
Exterior Color    Light Aqua (E)
Interior Trim    Lt. Aqua Corinthian Vinyl and Lt. Aqua Leather (6K)
Date Code    08 of October (08K)
District Sales Office    Los Angeles, CA (52)
Axle Ratio/Type    2.75 non-locking (2)
Transmission Model    FMX Automatic (X)

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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.

Mercury Cougar from Bond film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is up for auction

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To a James Bond fan, this is a very cool and important car. This 1969 Mercury Cougar XR7 up for auction by Bonhams was one of three used during the filming of 1969's "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," the one-and-done film starring George Lazenby that's a dark horse favorite among many Bond fans (this one included, there's a Japanese-market 'OHMSS' poster hanging behind me as I type this). However, this was not James Bond's car in the movie. He drove an Aston Martin DBS, including in the film's pre-titles sequence when he follows Tracy di Vicenzo driving her bright red Cougar. She would go on to rescue him with it in Switzerland (hence the skis), sacrificing its pretty red paint and body work in a demolition derby on ice that they use to shake Blofeld's Benz-driving goons. Later, after getting caught in a blizzard, they seek refuge in a barn -- a pivotal scene in the film and one where this particular Cougar was apparently used.  ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE | Ice Car Race However, even without the Bond connection, this Cougar is a very cool car. It was one of only 127 in 1969 to be fitted with the top-of-the-line 428 CobraJet Ram Air V8 rated at 335 horsepower. Tracy had a serious muscle car. Bonham's doesn't seem to have thought to provide a Marti report, but I'm guessing the build of XR7, convertible and a color combo of matching red exterior and interior wasn't exactly a common one. Well, we know there were at least three. With skis and French number plates, too.  As for the '69 Cougar itself, this was the only year it looked like this: it got a new body for '69 that would last two years, but the horizontal grille slats that extended over the headlight doors (so cool!) didn't carry over to 1970. It looked worse, and it could easily be argued that it was only downhill from here for the Cougar.  The auction is set for December 16 and Bonhams is estimating a sale price of between $130,000 and $200,000. That certainly makes sense given the rarity of a CobraJet Cougar, the film connection and the complete restoration undertaken by the man who found it in a classified ad in the late 1980s. He originally just wanted it for the engine until he discovered the Bond connection. I actually saw this very car at the 50th Anniversary "Bond in Motion" exhibit at the Beaulieu Motor Museum in England back in 2013 (pictured below). There's also a model of the thing sitting next to me.