Different Cougar on Ebay

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Different Cougar on Ebay

October 13, 2005, 09:24:33 PM

Can somebody tell me if this is a factory job or just a fairly good aftermarket one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-Ford-302-Mercury-Cougar-5-0L-Whole-or-Parts_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6783QQitemZ8005656888QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

I've never seen a Fox Cougar with a Continental kit on the trunk lid. This car doesn't look bad from the limited angles of the pictures. It's got a vinyl top that cuts off the back corners of the rear quarter windows. How rare is an '88 non-XR7 with a 5.0, floor shift, and buttstuffog gauges? It might actually be worth something. Just thought I'd see if anybody else had caught this one?

Fordman3

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Reply #1 – October 13, 2005, 09:31:07 PM

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How rare is an '88 non-XR7 with a 5.0, floor shift, and buttstuffog gauges? It might actually be worth something.

Not very they all came that way.
As for the continetal kit I think it is a aftermarket job. Me I'm not to fond of the vinyl top and the continental kit.

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Reply #2 – October 13, 2005, 10:00:21 PM

That car is weird. It has an XR-7 badge on the rear which could easily be added however, it has the XR-7 pin stripe.
I thought you could only get a top like that on an LS.
So if it was an LS, why did they have an XR-7 style stripe added? The dealer probably put it on that way but still.
Whats with the hood ornament?

Okay, so buy the car, put a normal trunk on it, get rid of the top and the hood ornament and it wouldn't be half bad.

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Reply #3 – October 13, 2005, 10:18:03 PM

i believe it is an XR7, it has no chrome around the windows, the XR7 is the only one to get those seats, and that steering wheel, and the gauge cluster, but it also has chrome on the body molding

if he listed the VIN, it would be easy

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Reply #4 – October 13, 2005, 10:20:04 PM

it also has the XR7 only dash pieces

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Reply #5 – October 14, 2005, 09:32:54 AM

slamedcat,
I was asking how many "NON-XR7" Cougars came with that equipment. It couldn't be all "NON-XR7" Cougars; then every '88 Cougar would have had 5.0's and floor-shifts.

So is it safe to say this is an XR7 just dolled up? I can't see a picture of the side profile or the wheels. It does have dual exhaust, too. I'd buy it just to be different. I've even got an AOD about to come available. Hmmm!

Fordman3

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Reply #6 – October 14, 2005, 10:26:45 AM

i havnt seen any non XR7's to have all of the XR7 features, but i have come aross an LS with a full digital dash, 5.0, floor shifter, console, and every option

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Reply #7 – October 14, 2005, 10:33:36 AM

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i have come aross an LS with a full digital dash, 5.0, floor shifter, console, and every option

Sounds like my car!

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Reply #8 – October 14, 2005, 12:16:58 PM

I would say that the trunk is aftermarket. There was one like that on my car when I bought it, and the guy said that he got it from J.C. Whitney in '84. The only thing I like about it is its fiberglass.

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Reply #9 – October 14, 2005, 12:45:32 PM

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Sounds like my car!

you have a floor shifted LS? is it an 87 or 88?

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Reply #10 – October 14, 2005, 01:12:34 PM

I looked an an 87 LS that had the floor shifter, and it was a V6 model. Fulley loaded, too, but the whole right side of the body was beat in so I didn't buy it. I still see the car on the road in a local industrial park occasionally...

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Reply #11 – October 14, 2005, 03:28:22 PM

shiznit can that trunk lid:yuck:

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Reply #12 – October 14, 2005, 03:30:28 PM

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you have a floor shifted LS? is it an 87 or 88?

It's an '87. Was built in November of '86.

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Reply #13 – October 14, 2005, 04:26:42 PM

The eBay car is an XR7 with an aftermarket top and trunklid. I've seen similar cars in my area before...this one is about 1.5 hours from home, so I'm thinking maybe a bunch of dealers from around here had a special package available to them.

I've also seen a car identical to this with gold trim and some unknown type of solid grille. Never got close enough to it to find out more, but it had the Cougar emblem debossed into it. Either ABS or fiberglass, probably.

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Reply #14 – October 14, 2005, 06:29:35 PM

Why would someone do that to an XR7:barf: . I could see if it was an LS cause they were more luxury oriented but the XR7 was supposed to be the performance model. Somebody screwed up when they did that car.