Tag: Mercury
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Crack Smokin’ Price on a Cool Cat
It’s not secret that we are fans of MN12 Cougar XR7s and T-Bird SCs here at Oddimotive, so why not get one related post out of the way early in 2015? As a reminder, we love these because they are underrated by enthusiasts. The supercharged 3.8L V6 put out 210 to 230 HP, depending on…
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Yard Find: 1985 Mercury Lynx Wagon
We’re rushing this one to press, as I’m sure Sports Car Market will be all over this and it will certainly appear on an episode of Chasing Classic Cars. After all, when did you last see any Mercury Lynx, not to mention a wagon with manual transmission and only 260K miles? Act quickly and negotiate…
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Retro-Weird. This Time on a Cougar.
We’ve featured these retro-weird imitations of 50’s Fords before, but they’ve all been built on Thunderbirds. This one’s on a Cougar. Okay, that’s pretty much the same car, but it does mean a different C pillar and backlight shape. This is perhaps even more awkward than the T-Bird variety. Is there good news here? Well,…
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Chopped and Narrowed Cougar
Here’s one of those ‘hard to sell’ cars that followed someone’s dream. Will they find a buyer who shares the vision? It seems pieces of the ’67 Cougar are still here, including the 390 V8, which has been overbored for even more torque. Interestingly, there are also a few Model A parts here. Why not?…
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Rare Cale Yarborough Special
Here’s a rarely seen Mercury Cyclone Cobra Jet Cale Yarborough Special with ram air. Yes, this bad boy features the Ford 428 (that’s seven liters for our fans in Andorra) conservatively rated at 335HP and lots more torque. Personally, I’d be torn between this and a Torino Talladega. Same platform and same 428. One was…
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Euro Capri
Yesterday, we featured a Fox Capri. That was Mercury’s second generation of Capri. Today’s feature car was the first and was an imported Ford Europe vehicle. Note that we specify this was the first generation Mercury Capri, not the first generation Capri. The name was a hand-me-down from Lincoln and was used on full-size cars…
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Early Fox Capri Turbo
We’ve featured several Fox body Capris in the past, but never an early turbocharged version. These had nowhere near the output of the later Mustang SVOs, but were entertaining in their day when you could keep them running. Also, by 1980, Ford had temporarily killed off the beloved 302 V8 and replaced it with the…
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Wagon Week Continues with a 1965 Mercury Commuter!
I’ve never seen a Mercury Commuter and it’s unfortunate that the seller provides so little information, but the pictures and dry location mean there’s a good change this is a nice example. It’s a safe bet that this has some version of the 390 “Marauder” engine, although it could be the basic two-barrel version. Either…
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Low-mile, Factory Supercharged Cougar XR7
Many don’t realize that the more conservatively styled MN12 Cougar was available with all the mechanical bits from the highly regarded (at the time) Thunderbird SC. We previously featured one of the uber-rare manual versions. Today’s feature car is special because of the condition and low 37K miles. It appears this has no reserve –…
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Dream Car: 1968 Mercury Cougar GT-E with 427
Big block Mustangs, including Shelby Mustangs, are well known as great collector cars, these days. Their Mercury counterparts, however, tend to be less well known and, while not cheap, bring in less cash. This GT-E was the ultimate Cougar in 1968, and perhaps ever. Most of these had a 428, which is no slouch, but…