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Heres the deal, was looking to get my daughter her 1st car(mustang) and deal fell through. Found another box bird which she doesnt like but I do and since I cant get away buying another toy before getting her a car was contemplating selling my cougar buying what I want and then finding her something else.

The car is a 86 XR7, bought it from Victor a couple years ago painted it and put it all back together but I have never really warmed up to it, I am more of a T Bird guy. Anyway it has 129k on it but the motor was replaced at 111k or so, I have the reciept, with a reman motor by another guy on here, cant remember who though. That was done before I bought it. Only issues with car are, last fall headlights started to do the flicker thing if the fog lights were on. I parked the car for winter so havent fixed yet. And the aux fan was wired to run constantly when I got it, my intent was to add a on off switch so I can control it manually but its still to cold for me to start playing in the garage. As far as a price I dont really know what its worth so I guess I would call it open to offers. The car is located in my garage in Jamestown NY. About 50 miles from Erie PA and 90 miles from Buffalo NY. If you want to see anything specific I can snap some more pics or if you want to see it in person let me know

Also, I have all the side mldgs, chrome strip isnt worth a darn but I never put them back on the car and I also have a 87-88 t/c hood that I got last fall but havent painted yet that could go with it

I love that car Dan. If I had the extra cash I'd be all over it. Nice car here folks!

Thanks John, it is a nice car but you saw my garage, its just not a Bird. If I end up keeping it I will be in touch for a few small items that I would imagine you will have.

I am a cougar guy-How much you looking for?Whats it look like on the side that faces the road?

 
Car is very clean underneath. I dont know the entire history of it but would imagine it was not a winter car ever as there is no holes/rust under it. When I got it it had a bad rt frt fender and a dent in the rt 1/4 in frt of the wheel. The fender was the result of a re-cap tire coming apart and beating the snot out of it and I dont know the origin of the 1/4 dent.  I bought a replacement fender from a s yard in Arizona so its rust free also and I popped the dent out of the 1/4. As far as a price I am open to offers, as I just dont know what they are worth

I also have NOS tail light assy for it, cant remember which side or if its both.

Sounds good however I am not buying and selling.In the end its worth what you get for it.I bought one new back in 86 wright around 18K.

thats a 2k car easy.
I honestly would not go any less

Ok, car was on ebay and never sold so I put it away in my garage. At the moment I am in florida getting my son into college so as you can guess car is for sale. I use this old post as I don't have access to new pics as I am 1300 miles from it. Pics are as it sits now with the exception that the mldgs are all on the car now and there is a t/c style hood on also, I still have the original hood. H/L switch has been replaced to cure that issue and a switch for the fan has been installed. I will be back in NY the first part of next week and can get pics or answer questions if needed.  I don't know if I will have internet access before I get back so if anyone asks a question I will answer in order received.

Pics of it now.

PMs sent.

Do you have a price in mind?

I would love to trade you my bird for it. I'm a Cougar guy. My Bird isn't anything really. Clean with a running v6 is about it.

Whats your bird look like? My Cougar is back on ebay now with about 36 watchers, 850 views and just finally breaking the $1000 barrier.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270808366726

If I only had the space.......and you weren't on the other side of the country.

 
Actually I am not all that far away. I am on the far western side of NY. I have picked up a few cars in your area( Chicago and in Wisconsin) and did it in 2 days.

Dan, since you're a t-bird man and a fellow ebayer, check this out.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260843675601&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_500wt_1182

Nice car! I'd like to get out of my '88 t-bird. Maybe we could work out a trade if it doesn't sell right away.

 Thanks,
  Mike

 
Yes, I saw that one. Had a 87 with the same porno red interior.

 
Is that your 88 in your sig?  I'll keep you in mind if it doesnt sell. Still undecided what to do contemplating selling my 65 and getting a 55-57 baby bird

If it wasnt for the automatic....

In case I missed your response, do you have a price in mind?

Sorry I forgot about this thread. There was one guy on the site that was wanting it but we always seemed to miss each others calls . As much as I would like to sell it I dont need to sell it so my price is in the 3000-3500 range. It was on ebay made it up to a whopping 1400 bucks. I felt that was way low and I would imagine it could be argued that I am way high but since it isnt a dire thing to sell I am pretty firm or open to a compelling argument atleast. I was looking to move it since my son started college down in FL and he could use some cash that didnt come directly out of my pocket but now I might possibly just buy another new car and get my Jeep back from him or leave him in my Jeep and drive the Cougar this winter when I put my T Birds away.

Let me do some "mulling" over it. 

I would need to get all my ducks in a row to make a good and compelling argument. 

Thanks for your response.