1970 Mercury Cougar Xr-7 Xr7 Xr 7 Original Oem 351 C 2v Daily Driver Nice Rare on 2040-cars
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
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Up for auction is a pretty nice 1970 Mercury XR-7 Cougar. This car is in pretty good shape. The whole car is original except for the wheels and paint. The interior of the car is in excellent shape and is all original. Everything works except for the clock and gas gauge. All other interior lights, switches and gauges work as they should. It has sequential turn signal lights and they work as they should also. There are some dings here and there and a couple of scratches. The top will need replacing as well, the metal under the rear of the back window is soft and will probably need minor repair, the rest of the top seems to be fine as I banged around on it and poked. Minor cosmetic flaws is all this car has. It runs excellent always fires right up. I would not hesitate to drive this car to California if it were not for the price of gas. Currently the car is driven almost every nice day. It does not smoke, tick, lag, hesitate, miss or do that dieseling upon shut off. Temp runs right in the middle of the gauge. Oil pressure is good, at idle about 15psi or so, on acceleration about 60psi. It has a 2bbl carb, 351 Cleveland engine, it has a small oil drip coming from somewhere, will leave about a quarter sized oil spot if left for a few days and not driven. The radiator has been redone, cleaned flushed, small pin hole repaired, and painted. The water pump is one week old as is the new timing plate gasket, and thermostat. It has brand new tires, and new tie rods. There is 82000 miles on it, on its third owner(we think). All owners have taken great care of the car over its life. As far as we know, it was bought in New Jersey new, and owned by that man until about 10-15 years ago when it went to Oklahoma and has been until a few months ago when it came to Kentucky. The exhaust is also newer and in good shape, done with galv pipe, and flowmasters I believe. It sounds great. The headlight diaphrams will need to be replaced, usually about 5 min after shutdown the headlights will roll back open, but as soon as it starts up, they close. The passenger door latch mechanism will also need adjustment as that door sometimes is a little tricky to open from the outside. The latch inside works fine, always. It is also missing the remote mirror knob. As I said before every problem with the car is cosmetic. This can be driven every day as you collect the little pieces for it, and get to paint and top, or can be driven just fine as is. This is a great looking car, up close you can see the minor flaws, but you cant tell from a short distance back. It looks as if it may have bumped something at some point and the bumper could use adjustment, but it tracks perfectly straight. It was aligned when the new tires were put on it. There is a little rust on it, as you can see in the pictures, just your typical American rust spots starting, all can be saved. Rocker panels are fine. Underside is pretty clean, just surface rust, floors are solid as is the trunk, no holes, very solid. This car presents very well and always turns heads, and as I said earlier, runs excellent. This is a gret car for someone who is looking for an easy project, to flip or have a lot of fun in. Easy driver project. Drives great.
I am selling this car for a friend, I have been the main mechanic to work on this car in Kentucky and made all of the other choices with the car mechanically. Other than the minor cosmetic flaws and the small mechanical issues, this car is, as far as I can tell, tip top running condition. Im sure there is a couple little things I have missed, but overall I am giving my best description of the car that I can. I went over this car before my friend bought it, and I was the green light for him to purchase it. I would have bought the car myself if I had the money. I really cant state enough good things about this car. It is very fun, and a joy to drive. Shipping of the car is fine, but you are to choose the shipper and do all the leg work, we will assist the driver in loading or whatever they need, and be present upon pickup. Or as I suggest fly in and drive the car home if you are close enough. Direct all questions to me, and if there is something I cannot clarify, then I will refer you to the owner. Please feel free to ask any questions, Thanks for looking and good luck. |
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