https://raleigh.craigslist.org/pts/d/parting-outmercury-cougar/6227307551.html
https://raleigh.craigslist.org/cto/d/1968-mercury-cougar-partially/6229078333.html
those “parts” cars look pretty solid from the pics to be parts only cars 
I E-mailed that guy on that white 70 years ago a few times and he never got back to me on it.