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1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator 351 Cleveland Marti-report 1 Of 1, Very Nice!! on 2040-cars

Year:1970 Mileage:112000
Location:

Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States

Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States
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UP FOR AUCTON IS A VERY SOLID 1970 MERCURY COUGAR ELIMINATOR IN COMPETITION BLUE WITH A  BLACK DELUXE INTERIOR IN VERY NICE CONDITION, BEST COLOR COMBINATION,  SEEMS TO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SOUTHERN CAR ACCORDING TO MARTI-REPORT AND PREVIOUS OWNERS. BRAND NEW HEADLINER JUST INSTALLED, SEAT COVERS ARE NEAR PERFECT, DOOR PANELS ARE IN GREAT CONDITION WITH ONLY A FEW SCUFFS ON DRIVERS SIDE,, CONSOLE NO CRACKS, RIM-BLOW STEERING WHEEL NO CRACKS AND WORKS PERFECT, SEQUENTIAL TAILIGHTS WORK LIKE THEY SHOULD, HEADLIGHTS STAY SHUT EVEN AFTER LONG PERIODS OF TIME, NO LEAKS, THE ONLY LEAK IS THE POWER STEERING HOSE, THE ORIGINAL 351 CLEVELAND ENGINE LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN ALL REBUILT, VERY CLEAN AND PURRS LIKE A KITTEN WITH ALL NEW FLOWMASTER EXHAUST SYSTEM JUST INSTALLED., SOUNDS REALLY NICE, NO KNOWN MECHANICAL ISSUES, STARTS UP FIRST TRY EVERY TIME. NEWER MAGNUM 500 WHEELS, ONLY THE PASSENGER FRONT RIM HAS MINOR RUST WHICH SHOULD CLEAN UP FINE,  NEWER TIRES WITH ONLY 6000 MILES, BATTERY JUST REPLACED. ORIGINAL REAR QUARTERS WITH NO PATCHES OR RUST ISSUES, MINOR PAINT BUBBLES IN BOTH DOORS, VERY TYPCAL OF THESE OLDER COUGARS, FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FENDER HAS A MINOR DENT, EASILY CAN BE FIXED WITHOUT ANY PAINT WORK, WILL NEED THE PS PUMP/HOSE FIXED, OTHER THAN THAT I CANNOT SEE ANY ISSUES, PLEASE ONLY SERIOUS OFFERS, A $1000 NON-REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT IS DUE AT AUCTIONS END AND THE BALANCE DUE WITHIN A WEEK WILL BE FINE, CAN HELP WITH TRANSPORTING THIS COUGAR TO ANYWHERE IN THE USA AT NEW OWNERS EXPENSE, GOOD LUCK

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Junkyard Gem: 1973 Mercury Montego MX Brougham Sawzall Convertible Edition

Fri, Apr 21 2017

You know how it goes— the weather is warm, you want to do some top-down driving, and you lack a proper convertible... but you do have a hooptie Detroit car on one side of the garage and a big ol' Sawzall on the other. Put the two together and you have a Sawzall Convertible, which generally lasts for about one summer before it gets scrapped. Here's a fine example of such a car, photographed in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service junkyard. Most Sawzall Convertibles (yes, it should be called a roadster, but nobody does that) have raw, ragged metal edges, or maybe duct tape over the stumps of the amputated pillars, but someone went to the trouble to weld nice smooth metal covers over the hackage on this one. The windshield is gone. Instead, the windshield frame is ringed by tongue depressors held in place by gooey roofing tar. No, we don't know why. The Montego MX Brougham was a hot-selling personal luxury coupe in its day, selling for $3,041 in 1973. That's just under $17,000 in 2017 dollars. It must have been fun, cruising this thing on Bay Area streets with no roof and a rattle-can spray-bomb job. This one has the optional 400-cubic-inch V8 engine, rated at 171 horsepower. What would this car's original buyer have thought of its fate? This content is hosted by a third party. To view it, please update your privacy preferences. Manage Settings. It's like a Marquis Brougham after you squish it in the car crusher! Featured Gallery Junked 1973 Mercury Montego MX Brougham Sawzall Convertible View 22 Photos Auto News Mercury Convertible Luxury Classics montego

NHTSA closes rollaway investigation into 1.56M Ford SUVs

Mon, 11 Mar 2013

It's taken four years of study, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finally closed the books on its investigation into rollaway accusations surrounding 1.56-million Ford SUV models.
The probe, which centered on the 2002-2005 Ford Explorer, 2002-2005 Mercury Mountaineer and 2003-2005 Lincoln Aviator, ends without the federal agency calling for a recall. According to The Detroit News, the investigation was closed due to a "low number of complaints" - NHTSA documented 180 such complaints that resulted in 14 crashes and six minor injuries, but the number of incidents have been slowing. The suspected defect rate for the trucks' automatic transmissions was found to be 4.4 per 100,000 units, and the brake-shift interlock mechanism failure rate was judged to be even lower at 3.4 per 100k.

Car Stories: Owning the SHO station wagon that could've been

Fri, Oct 30 2015

A little over a year ago, I bought what could be the most interesting car I will ever own. It was a 1987 Mercury Sable LS station wagon. Don't worry – there's much more to this story. I've always had a soft spot for wagons, and I still remember just how revolutionary the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable were back in the mid-1980s. As a teenager, I fell especially hard for the 220-horsepower 1989 Ford Taurus SHO – so much so that I'd go on to own a dozen over the next 20 years. And like many other quirky enthusiasts, I always wondered what a SHO station wagon would be like. That changed last year when I bought the aforementioned Sable LS wagon, festooned with the high-revving DOHC 3.0-liter V6 engine and five-speed manual transmission from a 1989 Taurus SHO. In addition, the wagon had SHO front seats, a SHO center console, and the 140-mph instrument cluster with mileage that matched the engine. When I bought it, that number was just under 60,000 – barely broken in for the overachieving Yamaha-sourced mill. The engine and transmission weren't the only upgrades. It wore dual-piston PBR brakes with the choice Eibach/Tokico suspension combo in front. The rear featured SHO disc brakes with MOOG cargo coils and Tokico shocks, resulting in a wagon that handled ridiculously well while still retaining a decent level of comfort and five-door functionality. I could attack the local switchbacks while rowing gears to a 7,000-rpm soundtrack just as easily as loading up on lumber at the hardware store. Over time I added a front tower brace to stiffen things a bit as well as a bigger, 73-mm mass airflow sensor for better breathing, and I sourced some inexpensive 2004 Taurus 16-inch five-spoke wheels, refinished in gunmetal to match the two-tone white/gunmetal finish on the car. That, along with some minor paint and body work, had me winning trophies at every car show in town. And yet, what I loved most about the car wasn't its looks or performance, but rather its history. And here's where things also get a little philosophical, because I absolutely, positively love old used cars. Don't get me wrong – new cars are great. Designers can sculpt a timeless automotive shape, and engineers can construct systems and subsystems to create an exquisite chassis with superb handling and plenty of horsepower. But it's the age and mileage that turn machines into something more than the sum of their parts.