1969 Mercury Cougar Eliminator "r Code" 428cj/ra/4speed on 2040-cars
Very rare 69 Cougar "R" code Eliminator 428CJ with Ram Air & 4 speed w/PS & PB. This was a one owner car for almost 40 yrs out of Chicago IL. This car is mostly original with 45,900 miles car except for updated repaint. All original comfort weave Hi-back bucket seats (only available with Eliminator pkg in 69), original carpet, dash pad etc.. This is a fully document car, with Deluxe Marti Report, original Bill of Sale, two built sheets and original owner's manual including Ford warranty card. Note: "R" VIN Eliminator Cougars were only available in 1969 & not available in 1970 making them extra rare. The front & rear spoilers on this car were never install. Only 3 of the 10 factory White cars built are now known to exist,CCOA. All gauges pkg, including 8000rpm tach & clock work perfectly. I have original rim blow steering wheel & shifter knob which will be installed on the car before pickup or delivery. Note: There is no tax or duty for any car over 25yrs or older entering USA. Payment due in US Funds. For more info/pics call Chuck 1-613-722-2921 Please no text.
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Question of the Day: Most degraded car name?
Fri, May 27 2016When Ford came up with a not-so-sporty version of the Pinto and slapped Mustang badges on it in 1974, that was a low point for the Mustang name. When Chrysler applied the venerable Town & Country name on perfectly functional but unglamorous minivans, it saddened many of us. But perhaps the biggest demotion for a once-proud model came when, in 1988, General Motors imported a misery-enhancing Daewoo from Korea and called it the Pontiac LeMans. The original Pontiac LeMans was a great-looking midsize car with fairly advanced (for the time) suspension design and engine options including potent V8s and a screaming overhead-cam straight-six. The Daewoo-based Pontiac LeMans was a cramped, shoddy hooptie that served only to ruin the LeMans name forever, while stealing sales from the Suzuki-based Chevrolet Sprint. Sure, using the once-respected Monterey name on the Mercurized Ford Freestar was bad, but Mercury didn't have long to live at that point. I say the downward spiral of the LeMans name was the most agonizing in automotive history. What do you think? Related Video: This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. Auto News Ford Mercury Pontiac Automotive History Classics questions ford pinto names
Translogic drives wood-burning Mercury Beaver XR-7
Sun, 31 Jul 2011You read the title right, we're talking about the Mercury Beaver XR-7. No, Mercury never officially built a car called the beaver. This is the brainchild of upstate New Yorker Chip Beam, who owns and operates Beaver Energy, LLC. It runs on gases created by wood pellets fermented in a 2,400-degree furnace and fed to a supercharged Ford 4.6-liter V8.
By all accounts, it gets down the road just fine, and has pretty close to full power. The best part is, you can grow the fuel yourself and avoid patronizing big oil, if that's your thing. The only drawback that we can see to the Mercury Beaver XR-7 is the PVC pipe jungle occupying the space that would be the trunk under normal circumstances.
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