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Mercury Cougar (1968)
for sale

Price: US $8,500.00

Description:

For sale is my daily driver a 1968 mercury cougar that has been mostly restored. Originally Olive Green color. It has the original 302/ 4bbl engine with Edelbrock 1403 500cfm carb and manifold. Transmission is C4 which was rebuilt 5 years ago. It has 3:00 gears and 8' rear. Car is mostly stock except it has long tube headers, electronic ignition and glasspacks. It has the original vacuum motors for the headlights which does go up but not down. Rear brake pads do need to be replaced and currently has about 3mm pad left on each side. At idle the motor has a vacuum of 18 psi. Almost everything inside the interior works except the A.C system which the car did come from factory with it but has been removed since I purchased this car. It has power steering as well. Interior has been painted semi gloss black. The rear quarter window on the passenger side does not go down anymore. All the exterior and interior chrome is original so it does have scratches and some pitting. Hood scoop and rear spoiler are repos and were installed from previous owner. 15X7 front and 15x8 rear Cragar wheels does have oxidation and been painted dark gray. Drives nice and straight especially at high speeds. The windshield wiper fluid works and the wipers as well. The starter on the transmission could be replaced since it looks to be original and there is some cranking issues when starting it especially when its very cold outside but the engine does turn over. The engine runs great with no issues and all the valve seals were replaced about 1 year ago. Mostly the bad thing I would say about this car is the bad paint job which was done from the previous owner. Rear chrome bumper does need some straightening. The car does have a salvage title and it seems it may have been hit on the driver side door since I found bondo when I repainted the door panel and installed the weather stripped. Recently I drove the car to Los Angeles and did a little over 200 miles in one day on the freeway with no problems. All in all this car out in public gets looks and compliments all the time.
All of these items are new or rebuilt and are about 1-5 years old. I have also kept mostly all the receipts for the following items:
- Edelbrock 1403 carb
- Petronix ignition
- Carpet and insulation
- Passenger side mirror
- Headliner
- Dash board
- All Tires are 4 years old with less than 700 miles on them
- Modern solid state for sequential tail lights
- All headlights
- All rear tail light bulbs
- All front suspension
- Fuel pump with 2 filters and custom braided steel fuel hose up to the carburetor
- Oil pan
- Deep transmission pan
- All interior lights been upgraded to led lights
- Rear shocks
- Front disc brakes and pads with braided steel hoses
- CD Radio
- All coolant hoses
- Thermostat and housing
- Master brake cylinder
- Disc Brake Distribution Block and Proportioning Valve have been rebuilt
- Front windshield and rear glass weatherstrip
- Idle arm
- Power steering ram cylinder rebuilt and hoses
- T-Lock shifter handle
- All dash cluster lights have Green led light bulbs
- Alternator
- V-belts
- Battery tray
- Turn signal switch
- All exterior weather stripping
- Rear view mirror
- Spark plugs and wires
- All tire rods
- Power steering control valve has been rebuilt
- Radiator cooling fan and shroud
- Water pump
- Valve Seals
- Wheel bearings
- Battery
- Original steering wheel painted gloss black
- All new 4 speakers
If you're interested in seeing see up to 70 pictures of the car please contact me
The car is located in Hesperia, CA. Absolutely NO trades or unusual payments if you are serious then make me a real offer. Thanks for looking!
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