Here is a more reasonable priced Cougar:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercury-Cougar-LS-20th-Anniversary-Edition-/110731161305?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item19c8176ed9
I'd get it for myself, but I can barely support the cars I have already.
190K! And it sure doesn't show on the paint and body condition... you midwest!!! LOL
There.... if fixed it for you.
Hell stuff in the midwest rusts just as bad due to winter salt. I just think they use less in MO.
This is tempting but it's a 6.5 hour drive for me. I wouldn't want to buy it and find out it's a turd. My T-bird is from California, but I bought it from my dad's cousin.
True but I'd expect to see rot coming through the fenders and everything else already! Haha. That and just how the paint isnt severely scratched up and oxidized, to the point that even at that distance you don't see *something*.