the wife found a new love

Re: the wife found a new love

Reply #30 – July 08, 2005, 01:16:07 PM

i'd get a 200 efi and put that in the stang with an aod-e, if you aren't going to restore to factory spec, and keep the cougar, why pay all that money for one car when you can pay less and have 2. 'specially a slightly more rare cougar. just my opinion though.

edit: i am partial to the 200 i6 though.. i do like that engine.

Re: the wife found a new love

Reply #31 – July 11, 2005, 12:04:59 PM

Maybe a possible inspiration for ya?

Ran across this while following something else:

Quote from: Someone on FvC

a 65 Stang I-6 that we did a blow thru turbo set-up on

Re: the wife found a new love

Reply #32 – July 11, 2005, 12:25:14 PM

Quote from: Cad-T-Bird 500

Me Too! I have never seen a 427 Cougar in reality and this would be the one Cougar that would outprice almost all Mustangs. A 427 was rare even in 78.

The 68 I have is not a rust bucket, only the floors but like I say there's no value in Cougars. I just sold a very nice 69 390 Cougar for $3,500 and it was not easy to sell. The same car in a Mustang would go for $15,000 plus.

Don't look at the prices on NADA for the classic Cougars, they are not realistic. Said the value of the 68 in poor condition to be $7,000, I paid $1,300 (last year) and they guy had it adveritsed in the Seattle paper for $1,500. I brought it after the ad ran out. I think they are the best buy in the classic market right now.

People go in the back building and they say "oh, you have a Mustang to restore!". They don't even see the Cougar.

TED

I'd sell the Mustang to fund the restoration of the Cougar :D However, I guess it depends on your purpose behind it. If you're doing it for an investment...then yeah I guess the average schmo would rather have a Mustang since that's all they hear about and you'd get better money for it. To me, cars aren't an investment, but something I enjoy, so seeing as I could give a rat's ass what the next guy thinks, I'd build the Cougar, and sell the 'Stang