1971 Mercury Cougar Standard. Asking $16.8K obo. Nice clean car. 351 2V, FMX, 3.00 rear. 49400 original miles. Nice honest car that runs very well. I’m having problems with posting photos so if you would like photos, please send me you email address. Original Maryland car where it spent over 50 years of it’s life. 1971 is the last year for higher horsepower as in 1972 it took a big dip. Color is Mercury color Bright Red over black interior. Factory options include full console with clock, tinted glass, power front disc brakes, power steering, remote control drivers mirror, factory a/c (needs recharge, all there), black vinyl top (factory) which is nice. Car has a vintage in-dash Lear Jet AM/FM 8-Track installed in 1971, radio operates fine, 8-track unknown.
Body is nice and straight with two minor patches (3 inch) on very bottom of rear quarter panels; those small repairs were done by an automotive restoration shop in Salisbury, MD. Underneath very nice with no issues. Trunk floor just as good. All glass good. Original Interior very nice, no rips or tears, nice headliner, nice dash with no cracks, console is nice, carpeting nice. Windows roll up and down nicely. Dash cluster very nice. Interior Chrome trim very nice. Exterior trim very nice, no pitting on trim or bumpers. Hubcaps do have some minor flaws. Sequential tail lights work well, all other lights, exterior and interior work well. Car has new tires (General 205/70/14 blackwalls) , new alternator, points, condenser, rotor and cap, spark plugs and plug wires, new front brake hoses, filters; professionally rebuilt carb; good brakes. Car drives, stops and handles well, KYB shocks, new leafs added in rear springs. The bad, could use a new grill as the original grill is slightly dented and cracked (see photo) ; new trunk seal (cheap), original owners had some body areas touched up paint wise but as you can see in photos, very presentable. Car has it’s original jack and lug wrench and also original spare, which was a dual white wall offered across the Ford/Mercury line in 1971. Original owners manual. Original 1971 Maryland title comes with car. Car was bought new by a lady, transferred ownership to son at 49000 miles and he never used, so essentially, one family ownership until I bought it. This is my car, not selling for anyone else (someone asked me that on market place). ASKING $16,800 obo.
where are the photos ?
i tried to load but would not take. Not sure what the problem is. I can email them to you if that is another good option.
Thanks but no just trying to help with the sale. If your trying to load in your gallery you may need to resize the pictures.
thx. i’ll try again to get some photos up there.
Tell me what you are doing that is not working and I can help.
i’ll give it another whirl and go from there. thank you.
not sure what i’m doing wrong but not getting photos posted. some may too large also.
So tell me what you are doing and I can help. You can drag and drop. You can put them in your gallery and link to them. You can link to pics stored elsewhere on the web.