I like the STD interior.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/272375159310?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2648

Interesting Cougar.

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Damn, That is one purity Cougar. And what a time capsule. If I had it I would put on the SS wheels though. Not to dis respect the original owner, but I like them better then wheel covers.

Edit; add picture

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I’m keeping an eye on this one as well.

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He’s dropped his reserve so many times that the next bid might be close to buying it. I’m not familiar w/prices for these since I sold mine several years back. Seems a little steep?

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I wonder what happened to the styled steel wheels?

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In the auction he states;

The owners son, who was 11 years old at the time was with his dad when they picked the GT up. He told me a funny story about the car. If you look at the Marti report you wheel see that the Cougar came with the Steel styled wheels from the factory. But look at it now, it has 1967 original 14x6 Ford steel wheels & standard Cougar hub caps. > The son told the dad that the dealer ship had changed the wheels on the GT. Dads response was that the “MAG” wheels attracted police, so he instructed the dealership to switch the wheels > with a hub cap GT. To this day the GT has all 5 original Ford 14x6 wheels & the 4 standard hubcaps, which look almost brand new. I believe the lug nuts are also Ford original that came on the GT 50 years ago.

So I bet they were put on another Cougar that did not have the SS wheels. But who knows.

Posting so in a year new readers will know that part of the story.

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I bet someone is making a deal with them right now. Scott Taylor has a set of 67 SS wheels in AZ, that car properly marketed, wheels put back on and spruced up is worth every penny of $22k.

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I gotta ask… What’s the price hit on having a non-original motor?

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They were not vin stamped in 67 so finding a date code correct block is really not that difficult. $0 hit for most max $1000 hit for others.

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I agree with Don that some people wouldn’t care. But those that do would probably not give this car a second look.

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Thanks Don. So the person selling the car went over and above by disclosing the swap. Still makes me wonder why “numbers matching” can dramatically change the value of a collector.

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The rattle-can work on the paint he mentions (but doesn’t really show) bothers me more than the engine…much harder to fix.