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1970 Mercury Cougar Xr-7 5.8l on 2040-cars

Year:1970 Mileage:10000
Location:

Pineland, Texas, United States

Pineland, Texas, United States
Advertising:
Body Type:U/K
Vehicle Title:Clear
Engine:351 cleveland 4 bbl
Fuel Type:GAS
For Sale By:Private Seller
Condition:

Used

Year
: 1970
Number of Cylinders: 8
Make: Mercury
Model: Cougar
Trim: XR-7
Options: CD Player
Drive Type: automatic console shift
Mileage: 10,000
Warranty: Vehicle does NOT have an existing warranty

 This Cougar was purchased by my son and has been stored in my shop for 7 years. When he bought it he borrowed enough money from the bank to replace the bad engine with a new engine from O'Riley Auto Parts. It was proffesionaly installed by a local shop in business 40 years. It was my son's daily driver but he never got the ac fixed. When his son was born it was no longer a useful vehicle for him. I have purchased the car from him to help him out. I do not need the car and am just trying to recoup my funds. Photos show the left fender wrecked. he did that right after he put it on the road. He clipped a concrete pole at our local carwash. It can be repaired or I have found original fenders for a few hundred dollars. The motor probably does not have 10,000 miles on it and runs great. I drove it to town about 2 miles away and it sputtered on me because the carb. needs cleaning. Remember it sat up about 7 years. The hide away headlights work very well as does the rear sequential turn signals. This is a true XR7 and was born with a 351 Cleveland Engine. It has the Oriley 351 Cleveland engine in it now. It is a 4 barrel with nice sounding duell exhaust. Very nice after market wheels and the tires are like new. Also it has rear air shocks to help keep fenders off the rear tires. There is a aftermarket cd player in it but the original push button radio is still in place. It will need a paint job and a new vinyl top.Will need front seat covers and headliner has a couple small tears in it. The passenger side floor pan has a small rust hole in it but before we installed a new factory carpet we covered the hole with sheet metal. Photos show the rear lower 1/4 panel and door corners will need a patch panel. The rest of the car is very sound including the trunk and under the hood. The glass is all good but the driver door glass is off the track and won't roll up. I am selling it as is with no refunds. It is also offered for sale locally so I reserve the right to end the auction early. You may call my cell with any questions. 409-383-4750

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Ford recalling 126,000 Fusions and Milans over wheel separation concern

Fri, 09 Dec 2011

Ford has announced a recall of certain Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan vehicles after an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A total of 128,616 2010 and 2011 models equipped with steel wheels may have been manufactured with wheel studs that could crack and split over time. If that happens, the vehicle may experience a wheel separation.
According to The Detroit News, the company is aware of a total of 30 wheel separation incidents, one of which occurred on the front of the vehicle. Even so, no injuries have been reported as a result of the defect.
The problem apparently stems from the fact that the mounting pads on the vehicles' steel wheels may have been faulty from the factory. In addition, the wheel mounting face on rear disc brakes may not have been installed properly. Ford will inspect the rear disc face and replace them as necessary. In addition, the company will replace all of the vehicle's wheel studs free of charge. Head to the NHTSA website for more information, and click past the jump to view the full recall notice.

Junkyard Gem: 1972 Mercury Cougar XR-7

Sun, Feb 12 2023

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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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.
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