Selling off a project car that me and my dad planned on doing together. We’ve had the car for years but neither of us have the money to throw at it anymore. The car deserves to be done right and I’d love for it to find a new home. Asking $2,000 OBO. Despite having the base engine, it is a well optioned car sporting factory A/C, tilt wheel, center console, front disc brakes, kick panel speakers, and factory headrests. Though the factory headrests and compressor have since been sold.
Overall, the car is mechanically sound, we were well on our way to making it drivable. The engine runs great considering it’s the factory engine and hasn’t been touched to my knowledge. All cylinders have compression and the car doesn’t smoke after some treatment with marvel mystery down the spark plug holes. The bottom end has also been inspected and has no visible signs of wear.
The engine starts and runs great, even with the factory 2 barrel. A rebuild is in order down the line but at least it can be moved around without a team of men or tow truck. The transmission shifts fine and the car stops great with the rebuilt brake booster as well as new rotors and pads. Additionally, almost all of the front suspension has been rebuilt with new upper control arms, shocks, springs, and bushings. I also have a power steering rebuild kit and ram to get that working as well.
The body needs the most amount of work. It has good bones; the torque boxes, floor pans, frame rails, and shock towers are all solid. However, the roof skin is swiss cheese due to the car’s vinyl top. The rear quarter panels are also far gone as is the case with most cars of this vintage. The wheel tubs will need to be replaced as well as the hood, but a good fabricator might be able to repair the latter. There are a few other odds and ends that need fixing, but there aren’t any other completely rusted out sections on the car. Fortunately, most of the damaged sheet metal can now be replaced with repro parts from WCCC.
Car Highlights:
-1968 Cougar XR7
-302 2 barrel, C4 automatic
-Runs and drives
-A/C and console car (original compressor sold)
-Tilt Wheel
-Complete interior and uncracked dash (factory radio and headrests sold)
-Good glass
-Good back seats
-Working sequential turn signal module
-Original clutch fan and shroud included (has bigger radiator since it’s an A/C car)
-Solid floor pans (few pinholes here and there)
-Power steering rebuild kit and ram included
-Front sway bar and links included
(The car has been stripped out for body work so some of the things mentioned can’t be seen in the pictures but will come with the car)
What’s been done:
-Shelby drop
-New upper control arms
-New front springs and shocks
-Rear coil-overs
-Monte-Carlo Bar
-Export brace
-New radiator
-Shock tower reinforcements
-Rebuilt brake booster
-New fuel tank
-Pertronix solid state ignition and coil
-New starter solenoid
-Replaced rear main seal and oil pan gasket
-Oil pan cleaned and repainted
-New oil pump
-New front rotors and pads
-Rear drums rebuilt
There are a few more details but I don’t want to make this too long. Car is located in Asheville, NC.
If interested, call or text (828)-702-2026 or (828)-243-2295
