FOR SALE: 1970 Mercury Cougar XR7 / Competition Handling / 351C 4V / 4 Speed / 52,781 Original Miles

[@jamesfish6071]

Thanks for sharing this beauty. Great walk around!

[@joebullington4997]

Absolutely love it. My favorite year and what a gorgeous color combo. Need to sell my '69 Z/28 before I buy anything else.

[@blackdog850]

Great car Don! Thanks for sharing! I love my '70 XR7 that came from a good family in Salt Lake, where it spent most of it's life. It was a great "Chasing Classic Cars" adventure and appreciated WCCC being there to help me sort things out little by little, it's been fun! Cheers and thanks!

[@conan.tigard]

Very nice. Looks like my low-mileage 1970 Deep Gold Metallic Houndstooth Cougar. Love it. I de remember seeing this one online. Glad you picked it up, Don.

[@donrush5690]

What do you think of my idea of converting it to a houndstooth car? Would it increase the value?

[@hiitsstillme]

Just beautiful as it is. Thanks for showing.

[@flynnstone3580]

Wow, this really got me going. I have an original '67 in Wimbledon white and black interior that's been in the garage for a year. At 70 I better take it out for a spin before it starts getting stiff like me.

[@wesmiddaugh230]

bought in 1969 Cougar 351C 3speed on the floor 2bbl. great car

[@lancehardy5808]

Wow....thats a great Mercury Cougar.....hope it get's preserved......

[@MrPoppyDuck]

Nice toy! Enjoy the smiles per mile. 🙂 Wish I had garage space for it.

[@jimmbo2]

4 speed ❤

[@dougjustdoug6391]

Thankyou for telling us your purchase price! This is a really nice car.

[@markr.k8260]

Nice car I had a ‘70 numbers matching Boss 302 Eliminator that I bought in pieces for$1400 in the ‘80s most parts were there except the main bearing caps! Bought all the parts out of Hemming 2 sets of caps for $25 a set. I remember paying $125 for stock exhaust manifolds $350 for NOS smog system and $450 for the Cougar only rear wing. The only interior difference from your car was a blackout panel instead of the 4 mid upper dash switches. Had a Mustang/Cougar wrecking yard near me that helped a lot with little parts. Got it running and driving but didn’t do the paint or interior then sold it to a guy in England in late ‘90s still have the DOZF front shocks though.

[@strawhousepig]

I had a '72 with a 351C, same color as this (not metallic), but a black top. Most seem to think that year looks goofy, but I thought she was a beaut.

[@Bigfreeb]

My first car was a 70 Cougar XR7 same color paint but dark brown interior and vinyl top. 351c 2V Auto. My parents paid $400 for it for me in 1982.

[@battleelf6523]

SAME. MINE WAS AN AUTOMATIC THOUGH AND I PAID $1,200.00 IN 1991.

[@ericduve1860]

Same Cougar, same color 351c 4v automatic in 1993. I paid fl.3000,-

[@SaxSith]

I love a classy cougar 😅

[@badcatt-the-cougar-guy-7219]

Sweet! Not many like it anymore. But I think I'll stay with the one I have.

[@richarddevoe5871]

Been trying to buy my cousins 70 XR-7 Cleveland 4-speed (blue) for a few years now and it just sits… heard that only 6% of Cougars were 4-speed…maybe standard shift. Does anyone know out there ?

[@clevlandblock]

Looks like you've got the timing advance about maxed out by the position of the distributor. I used to own a new 70 XR7 351C 4v. With that much advance I'd use Sunoco 260.

[@toddbob55]

cool car

[@jeff7.629]

I assume if you are going to go from drums to disks on the front, you will add the vacuum booster, disk brake master cylinder, and disk brake proportioning valve?

[@donrush5690]

yes, we have a video that shows you every step that must be taken.

[@1967wazzy]

Beautifull car

[@Winterstick549]

Jay Leno uses a company in southern California that makes dashboards. Dashes,, somethjng

[@donrush5690]

Just Dashes is $2000, one year wait and they cannot replicate the perforated speaker holes on the simulated stitched edge. They show up once in awhile for under $1000 in good used shape, I am just being picky and want brown.

[@Winterstick549]

@donrush5690 Looks like their business skyrocketed after Leno had them on.

[@jimmyray1922]

Ken Gucker had a brown dash pad for a 69 a few months ago. Maybe still has it?

[@gzbhow]

Beauty

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Sweet car.

[@ferrochinabisleri1587]

Sequential back signals?

[@WestCoastClassicCougar]

All 67-73 Cougars had sequential taillights from the factory.

[@ferrochinabisleri1587]

@@WestCoastClassicCougar Every one of them or only on request as an optional?

[@WestCoastClassicCougar]

@@ferrochinabisleri1587 It was standard from the factory on all 67-73 Cougars.

[@chriscochran8079]

C/R or W/R toploader? 9” gearing/traclok ?

[@donrush5690]

Close ratio, 3:25 gears, It’s all listed on the Marti report. I posted in the video but might be hard to read.

[@trucking604]

351C- M Code? That era Cougar is basically a Mustang Grande’.

[@donrush5690]

with leather...

Never find a 70 XR7 in mint condition ..does the hood chrome molding ever flush with fender molding ...pet peve of mine ..can't believe no a/c on a luxury sports car ..can put electric motors on door lights .my dream would find one brand new condition ..

[@ydid7552]

I have one with 4300 miles on original tires

[@torinoscj]

Odd that is only has one sport mirror!

[@donrush5690]

Only the ELIMINATOR came factory with dual sport mirrors. If I were keeping it I would add one for sure.

[@larrybelanger3156]

HOW MUCH ?

[@WestCoastClassicCougar]

At 1:20 Don says what he paid for the car and states the sale price will be what he paid + the invoice total for the parts he has installed on the car between when he purchased it and when it is purchased. That total increases almost every day, I think the invoice is somewhere over $5K and growing.

[@20alphabet]

How much does it cost?

[@donrush5690]

I just sold it for $34000

[@styldsteel1]

Im not sure why but the market is absolutely flooded with these models.

[@donrush5690]

Really? I have been buying them for 35 years and can count on one hand how may were drivable 4 speeds.

[@YODAMAN5]

AWESOME ride....MOPAR 4 EVER.

[@OakDM83]

Why would needing to put it in reverse to remove the key be considered anti-theft? Seems if the key is already in she’s getting stolen as a penalty for the driver not knowing you have to put it in reverse to remove the key. 😂

[@donrush5690]

In doing so it causes the car to no be put in neutral and the steering wheel locks.

[@OakDM83]

@ Until you put it in Run again right?

[@jimdavis4356]

You're a terrible used car salesman Don, there's no way you'd be able to run a business nit worrying about making a profit! 😅

[@donrush5690]

We make it up in volume…

[@robh3267]

He does it because he loves it and it makes him happy, something a salesman will never understand.

[@donrush5690]

@@robh3267 In my mind I get to own lots of cool cars and never lose any money plus I get to sell a lot of parts. Buyer gets the benefit of no shipping lots of individual parts and car is pretty much perfect when it leaves here.

[@dondubray4253]

SO HOW DAMN MUCH DO YOU WANT

[@PonyRestorer1970]

He already told you

[@donrush5690]

Just sold for $34000

[@PonyRestorer1970]

@@donrush5690 nice job Don.