Check the car and write your opinions :america:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercury-Cougar-Side-Oiler-427-XR7-GTE-Rare-Upscale-Ford-Mustang-Shelby_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6339QQitemZ4576262187QQrdZ1
Since someone has the Yoda pic here:
Nice car, but the original engine is gone and from what it says in the auction, the original engine parts have been sold off all over the price. $19k+ for a car with no engine and no hope of getting the originall engine seems a bit high. You could likely build a 427 Cougar for much less and it would be just as original as that "original" with the wrong engine...
The engine is gone from that car, the body is a mess (new fender) and the interior isn't very good.
I would say the car still might be worth some cash, but you really have to wonder if that Cougar is worth that much in that condition. Its not a Yenko Chevelle, its still a Mercury that nobody gives a about.
O I Wish I Still Had My 69 Xr-7 Convertable...dark Green White Leather All Power..even Ac ..i Feel Stupid For Selling It ..but The Engin Is What's In My 87
UUhhhh....NO.
I think it's a scam. I can't believe he took a close up picture of that py looking home made hood scoop! But what's even more amazing is that some one actually bid $19K for that pile...
Dude that ugly scoop is the original used on the 427 versions of the GTEs. It is non functional. The 428 Cobra Jet versions of the GTE(introduced April '68) had a functional ram air setup with a scoop similar to the Boss 429s.
I owned a "W" code(427) GTE back in '77-'78(paid $450 for it off a used car lot), it is one of the few I've let get away that I wish I still had. Mine wasn't a XR7 but a std version with the GTE option, making it far rarer than the XR7 version. Still the XR7 would be more disreable(valuable). Luckly I know this car survives today. Just as a FYI... Out of approx 300 different vehicles, that is the only Cougar I've ever owned.. And then only because it had the 427...
You are partially right, but an original 427 Ford/Mercury anything is worth big $$$ these days(Guess most of you young bucks just don't understand the value of a true Hi-Po). Still without the original engine I wouldn't pay that kind of money for it. If it were a nice original with its 427, I could see it going for $40-$50K fairly easily.
Are these fox Birds/Cougs ever gonna be worth that kind of money?? Maybe in a 100 years or so...
I stand corrected... But I still think it's an ugly hood scoop. I prefer th Cobra Jet scoops.
Man In A Hunred Years Will Be Trying To Find A Way To Make These Thing's Fly So We Can Keep Up With The New Car's
HA!
$30K for that piece of junk that has no engine and no carpet amongst its other faults? I'd tell those guys to go get a ladder so they could jump up my ass.
This pic from his ad sum it all up for me.
(http://images.andale.com/f2/115/116/4539163/1128665427974_IMG_4200_red_bird.JPG)
I think he was trying to be funny with that pic, but since his ad was talking about how great that ragged GTE was and how valuable it will be when fixed up, he just loses credibility. NADA price for a GT-E with the 427
Low:$43,200
Average: $72,000*
High: $99,000
As it sits that car would be lower than low, average means its a 20 footer and it sure as hell needs a LOT of money thrown at it to be a 20 footer.
I'm not saying that car isn't worth it, but , that's a big risk. And no, I can't imagine Foxbodies ever being that valuable.
maybe when there are a few dozen left in say 50+ years. And everything else has gone to hybrid and electric.