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Convertible on 2040-cars

Year:1972 Mileage:91876
Location:

Littleton, Colorado, United States

Littleton, Colorado, United States

This is an all original survivor car.  The first owner purchased the car new in Denver in 1972 and I bought it from this individual in 1978.  This person put most of the miles on it with mainly highway use.  It is the XR-7 model which has full instrument gauges and other upgrades over the base Cougar.  It has always been adult owned, maintained and driven.  It is a beautiful car that runs and drives excellent.  There is no rust and it has never been wrecked.  The factory vinyl dash cover is in perfect condition with no cracks.  It has always been garaged from day 1 of my ownership.  The car has simply been well taken care of and is an original Q code vehicle as indicated by the 5th digit of the VIN.          
It has had one repaint and one new top.  The wheel opening and rocker mouldings are NOS factory originals.  The interior, engine compartment, trunk and undercarriage are all original.  The top boot is in good condition and the car includes the original factory vinyl boot jacket.  This boot jacket is shown in the photo of the trunk.  The power top works perfect.      
The engine is the 351C, high output Cobra Jet Q code V-8.   It has a 4V 4300-D carburetor.  4V carburetors on Cougars in 1972 are fairly rare.  Most of those that did come with the 4V had the 4300 base carb.  This car has the very rare factory 4300-D, 715 CFM carb.  It is a go fast, if you want it to, vehicle and is considered one of the last in the muscle car era.  It has factory dual exhaust with rear staggered shocks.  The engine does not smoke or use oil.     
The car has newer radial tires along with the following rebuilds:  C-6 auto transmission, carburetor, power steering pump and cooling system pump.  All new valve lifters, valve springs and push rods.  
It has the factory AM radio with 8 track option.  The steering wheel has the rim blow for the horn which was also an option.  The car comes with the original owner's manual along with other dealer and factory paperwork. All are in excellent condition.  Maintenance records are also included.      
Early 70's convertibles in good original condition are getting hard to find.  You can hop in this one, put the top down, then drive and enjoy!  I am selling this car as I simply have not been driving it that much the past few years and need to start downsize.        

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Junkyard Gem: 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis LS

Sat, Jan 21 2023

Ford's now-defunct Mercury Division first began using the Marquis name in 1967, on a sporty full-size hardtop based on the Ford LTD, then began offering the Grand Marquis beginning in the 1979 model year. These big, boxy luxury sedans were replaced by big, curvy luxury sedans (on the same platform) starting with the 1992 model year, so today's Junkyard Gem is one of the very last squared-off Grand Marquises ever built. The 1991 Grand Marquis (or "Grandma Keith," as many refer to it today) looks nearly identical to its 1979 predecessor at a glance, just as the 2011 model doesn't differ much from the 1992 model. Ford saw no reason to follow short-lived fashion trends with its simple, sturdy rear-wheel-drive sedan. Only two Grand Marquis trim levels were available for 1991: the base GS and the (somewhat) upscale LS. The former listed at $18,741 and the latter at $19,241, which comes to about $41,494 and $42,601, respectively, in inflated 2022 dollars). This interior would have seemed comfortingly familiar to a 1968 (or even 1958) Mercury owner time-traveling to 1991.  This is the optional "full grain leather seating surface," which cost an extra $489 (about $1,083 today). Dig those opera lights! Air conditioning was standard equipment in the 1991 Grand Marquis and its wagon counterpart, the Colony Park. The engine is the good old pushrod 5.0-liter Windsor V8, which would be replaced by a far more modern 4.6-liter SOHC mill in the '92 Grand Marquis. This engine was rated at 180 horsepower. A four-speed automatic was the only transmission available. The early 1990s ended up being the last gasp for padded vinyl roofs being considered mainstream equipment on new Detroit cars; this one was called the "Formal Coach" roof and cost an additional 725 bucks ($1,605 now). Such roofs were still available on a few cars later in the decade, but their time had passed. Why would such a clean Grandma Keith end up in a place like this? That's easy: it got T-boned directly into the right front wheel, mangling the body and bending up the suspension. This damage might have been worth fixing when the car was five years old, but it's a write-off when it happens to a 31-year-old Ford Panther. 1991 Mercury Grand Marquis Commercial - Savings Ad The granddaddy of them all, and on sale in South Texas! Related video: 2008 Mercury Mariner Hybrid test drive Autoblog

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When 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.
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