$3k for a Cougar in SC

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
05/07/2015 at 16:05 • Filed to: None

A relative of mine sent me this. I think the link has drool on it. Not sure if NPOCP, though, definitely some PCH potential, TBH.

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DISCUSSION (23)

Cherry_man1 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:10

Not sure if NP or CP......you will need some serious TLC to that hood or a whole new one.

Also How is there no quarter rust!?

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:10

Do it!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
05/07/2015 at 16:12

I wish. He’s currently driving a Saturn nee Opel, and has decided that what he needs is some V8 whenever it dies - it’s marginally beyond my means at the moment, but I should be able to help him get something like this and revive it a ways down the line.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:12

I think I remember I spent less than 4k on my automatic XR7 and it was MUCH nicer than this one. Times were rough though, people were losing their houses and toys and I happened to have a knot of cash to spread around

Kinja'd!!!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Cherry_man1
05/07/2015 at 16:13

Beats me. I was always under the impression the Falcon/Mustang platform was a mil-spec quarter panel destroying device.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:13

Probably not too bad of a price if the rust isn’t too terminal. These things are getting more valuable.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
05/07/2015 at 16:16

Cougars in general are very high on his “replacement for a Saturn” list, which isn’t active *just* yet but will be at some point. The other most favored entries on the list are second gen Firebirds and Javelins.

TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts > Cherry_man1
05/07/2015 at 16:16

there probably is, its just buried under duct tape and bondo.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:18

at least that is thinking outside the normal box of boring “normal” pony cars!

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:21

NP all day long.

Hooker > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:21

Honestly, I don’t think this is more than 2.5 hours from me. Tops. 3K might be a bit much though.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
05/07/2015 at 16:24

Well, V8 2+2 only has so many options... but nobody said you have to pick the boring ones. Of course, if he happens upon more money or gets a raise...

http://limaohio.craigslist.org/cto/4975415151…

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Hooker
05/07/2015 at 16:26

It’s hard to say. Most cars aren’t worth $3k in that shape, but it partly depends on (like somebody pointed out) the quarters and other PITA sheet metal. Definitely worth bringing along a thickness gauge for bondo detection. Things like this have been going up, though.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:26

shit I love me some Marlin - are they worth that kind of cake these days though?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
05/07/2015 at 16:28

...no. They’re not. They’re just scarce on craiggy. Unless I misread, though, the guy is selling a spares car too. Last one of these I saw I think was like $4500, with everything and a spare motor, and a fresh paintjob... of course it was only partly reassembled. Got Boredenson’s Syndrome.

Hooker > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:30

I find that odd that they have been going up. Especially in this seemingly poor condition. My guess is cars and parts themselves are getting more scarce.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 16:38

haha nice terminology there. Scarce anywhere though really

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux
05/07/2015 at 16:41

Gremlins and Pacers too, no surprise. I think Americans are not that hard to come by *in theory*, but you have to know the guy who knows a guy who has one: I don’t think many people are trying actively to sell them, but they’re still somewhat all over. Shit, one of the guys at the local Wendy’s says he has a ‘65 he’s redoing.

AdverseMartyr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 17:03

Well, there are two 68s with 302s in them over here in Honolulu with asking prices of $6000 & $7500. Which makes that look cheap, but I’m guessing its a bit apples and oranges.

Milky > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 17:06

I really hope these stay relatively cheap, I want bad.

With that said, that might be CP. You can still get a nice one for $10k, this one needs a lot more than $7k in work.

Kinja'd!!!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Milky
05/07/2015 at 17:10

It depends on ones standards. It’d be not-that-hard to make a usable runner out of for not more than $2k more... probably. It absolutely needs more than $7k *worth* of work to make even close to that nice, but by the Wheeler Dealers “Edd’s Time is Worth Nothing” sort of reasoning, anything that’s cheap to get driving *now* and can be fixed up at ones own shop is very attractive.

StoneCold > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
05/07/2015 at 17:45

It seems to be missing not one, but two front suspension thingamawhats. Which isn’t a problem for someone who has so many Falcon-frame parts lying around, it isn’t even funny.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > StoneCold
05/07/2015 at 17:51

It’s definitely and totally not the case that those are easy to come by and that I’ll even have two extra myself shortly. No sir. Rare part. Raaaaaare. /s