Technically it was a “warehouse find”, but the place I work for came across a '68 Cougar GT-E recently and we purchased it with the help of Jim from the GT-E Registry. It was stored in a warehouse for at least 20 years, has next to no rust (couple small areas at the bottom of the fenders) and runs really good after cleaning out the fuel system. All original, all numbers match, complete and a very solid car ready for restoration. It had a very poor paint job put on it years ago and the interior is shot, but the important stuff is all there.
We are putting it on ebay in the next day or two and wanted to put the word out.
I’ll try to answer any questions you might have but it would probably be better to wait until the auction starts. We’re providing everything we can think of, disclosing everything we know and providing over 120 photos of the car.
Very exciting. I hope the auction goes all the way to a conclusion so we can see what the market says. I’m sure, though, that people will have cash in hand tempting you to end it early.
The car was purchased by the company I work for and its not the typical kind of vehicle we purchase. Putting in on eBay is the easiest thing to do when you don’t know its value and we have every intention of letting the auction go to its conclusion. It should be fun to watch.
e9coupe – You need to be very careful with the words you choose to describe this car. While you are technically correct, it is numbers matching in so far as the vin number(s) are concerned, the engine block is not correct – its date code is September, 1968, way after the car was produced (April 8, 1968). I’m sure your ebay listing will have all of the relevant details, as I know that Kent is aware.
Jim Pinkerton
Cougar GT-E Registrar
Jim can chime in here about the numbers, block, etc, but we do reference that it was replaced. I guess there’s some ridges cast into the block to help identify it but we can’t see them under the manifolds.
BTW Jim, this is Dan. I was the one who contacted you first through email and Kent was the one that went out to see the car.
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