71 Cougar 90% Restored

Mercury Cougar 1971 Description

1971 Cougar Convertible XR7 was restored 7 years ago for the wife now she not interested and I have my Owen car.

Body was in a barn fire and the roof fell in on it all body outerpanels was are original was sanded down to medal signs of no wrecks replaced the 4 inner fenders because of rust were the fenders bolt down. torq boxes and flooring are mint, the paint job is a 2007 dodge Daytona green the top was replaced and has the original Convertible boot.

the Interior is were I came up short in the doner car was a stock 71 convertible the dash and panels are black but I found a set of Xr7 Ginger seats and picked up a xr7 dash that needs installed. the door panels are front the other car that had round speakers in the but I was not willing to cut the inner doors and there's some cracks on the panels.

The motor wasrebuilt last winter and has around 500 miles on it. the motor is a 351 Cleveland with 2 v. heads but Installed a Edelbrock 4v intake manifold with a edelbrock 650 cfm carb. the cam is a one step up from stock with aluminum forged pistonswith new duel exhaust and thrush mufflers.MSD Pro Billet Distributor w/ elct. coil.

The transmission is a FMX with new seals and universal

The brakes are rotors in the front and drums in the back with Stainless steel Brake lines.

newer gas tank with stainless steel fuel lines.

the miles are close I just cant remember but will get theright mile soon