87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed April 16, 2015, 04:55:24 PM 87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed. This car is about 1.5 miles from where I work! I've never seen it driving around the neighborhood. The guy wants $5250 but the paint is jacked and it has rust. Not worth that much at all.http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/4980909413.htmlThis is a 1987 Mercury cougar with a 92 Mustang 302 5 speed. The motor and trans have only 5000 miles on it. New suspension all around, new tires, new fuel tank and pump, new radio, new exhaust, cam, and super clean! Asking $5250, If you're interested call me Christopher at 773-640-7121 thanks Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #1 – April 16, 2015, 09:40:50 PM It's seems like a good car, but yeah, that price is out of whack. If he gets that much I'll sell mine tomorrow for $15k..... Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #2 – April 16, 2015, 11:16:07 PM Agreed. Only worth about half that. Wonder why he went with a MAF 5.0, which btw, were only 205hp. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #3 – April 17, 2015, 12:33:47 AM Engine is from a '92, and the ad says it "has a cam"....which obviously it has to have a cam or the ed thing would be a door stop, but my guess is it has something beyond the HO cam, and that's probably why it's MA and not SD.Clean? Sure, if rust and ripped seats are clean. I want some of what seller is smokin'. Then again, no. shiznit is bad for ya. Proof in first post. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #4 – April 17, 2015, 01:07:12 AM Jeez, I just realized how bad the dash was. I thought mine was bad when I put the cap on it. That's worse.....Also......if I'm not mistaken, that appears to be a 50mm throttle body on the car. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #5 – April 17, 2015, 04:00:18 AM Gooey steering wheel, missing kick panels, wires hanging, shaged console switch panel, Ponies, hot air intake, filthy floorboards, and is that car something besides a regular ole XR7? Like a Blue Max, or Night Cat?Sorry if it's a stupid question...I'm not up to snuff on the Cougars and their "limited" cars... :D Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #6 – April 17, 2015, 10:44:52 AM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;447199Engine is from a '92, and the ad says it "has a cam"....which obviously it has to have a cam or the ed thing would be a door stop, but my guess is it has something beyond the HO cam, and that's probably why it's MA and not SD.Clean? Sure, if rust and ripped seats are clean. I want some of what seller is smokin'. Then again, no. shiznit is bad for ya. Proof in first post. ;)I should inquire about this car and show up to look at it with my Thunderbird. Then maybe he'll have an idea what "clean" is ;).Quote from: V8Demon;447202Jeez, I just realized how bad the dash was. I thought mine was bad when I put the cap on it. That's worse.....Also......if I'm not mistaken, that appears to be a 50mm throttle body on the car.Mine has a dash cap. It had two 3 inch long cracks in the dash that just appeared after storing it one winter. The car had a mint dash before too, even though it spent the first half of it's life in the Santa Monica area. Stupid freezing weather.That does look like a 50mm TB. The mounting pad for the 50mm TB is much taller than the 60mm TB. I'm wondering if perhaps he swapped in a 92 Mustang long block sans intake and just reused the stock SO intake?I kind of want to check this thing out just to see what hackery has been done to it :hick: Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #7 – April 17, 2015, 11:21:39 AM Take a flashlight to look at the subframes. I bet they're nice and cancerous.I've spent the last month cleaning up & welding mine before I put the new rear-end in. If the outside looks like that, underneath probably looks like swiss cheese. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #8 – April 17, 2015, 11:38:14 AM Quote from: Lodemia;447221Take a flashlight to look at the subframes. I bet they're nice and cancerous.I've spent the last month cleaning up & welding mine before I put the new rear-end in. If the outside looks like that, underneath probably looks like swiss cheese.The underside pictures he posted appear to show a cleanish underside. It looks to have been undercoated at some point. I bet the shock towers are . Looking at the wheel close up picture I think I see shock tower rot. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #9 – April 17, 2015, 01:46:50 PM That camera angle on the tire/wheel pic makes it look as if the tire is from a skid steer... Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #10 – April 17, 2015, 02:24:38 PM Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;447227That camera angle on the tire/wheel pic makes it look as if the tire is from a skid steer...Those can't be stock Mustang size 225/55/16 tires right? I've got 225/55/16 tires on snowflake wheels and the car has a 2.5ish inch gap between the top of the tire and the fender lip. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #11 – April 17, 2015, 02:36:50 PM That underside looks a lot better than I expected. Totally savable. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #12 – April 17, 2015, 05:16:38 PM I may go look at this thing just for funsies. Especially since I could do it on my lunch break from work. Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #13 – April 19, 2015, 02:33:31 AM Quote from: thunderjet302;447240I may go look at this thing just for funsies. Especially since I could do it on my lunch break from work.Do it. Reconnaissance Team Alpha, LOL! Quote Selected
87 Cougar XR7. 5.0 HO and 5 speed Reply #14 – April 19, 2015, 08:19:14 PM Quote from: V8Demon;447269Do it. Reconnaissance Team Alpha, LOL!I get a hour for lunch. It takes me 15 minutes to eat. I usually don't know what to do with the other 45 minutes. This will give me something to do! Quote Selected
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