Super original 1967 Mercury Cougar XR7 at estate sale auction - Should I bid?
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This morning I noticed an estate sale nearby that had a 67 Cougar XR7 sitting in a garage for a long time. Come along as I check this uniquely preserved old car.
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Love the video and your patience with the others looking at the car. It would be interesting to find out what it sold for.
I'll see if the estate sale manager will tell me the final bid price. Sometimes they are secretive about it.
The winning bid was $16,600.
Thanks for following up Richard. Seems like a decent price for somebody looking for driving quality rig, but not for an experienced collector like you. $16,600 equals about $1800 in 1967 dollars, about half of the XR7 price back then.@@morewhattherust
I was going to say $ 15,500. $25,000 if it had 390 4sp
@@morewhattherust Holy moly. I have a 1967 Mercury Cougar with 289 2bbl, 3spd on floor, all original, but it's not an xr7. Original paint, interior, engine, transmission, 47k miles. I always wondered how much it was worth. Had a guy approach me at a gas station offering to trade me a 1979 El Camino with 305, and I said hell no I'd never trade a 67 Cougar for that ugly thing. This is a video just showing me starting it, with a couple pictures of it at the end kzhead.info/sun/bM2sYtJxZJR7rac/bejne.html (The original owner had glasspacks installed on it back in 1967 and they're still on it, so it's loud. Car sat from 1981 to 2005.)
Always loved the Cougar and its sequential taillights 💥💥💥
Lottery style barn find to me. A 1967. Dad had one in about 1975, a beauty, black on black, gold trim, 289 auto. We had a bunch of trouble with the relays operating the tail lights. I learned alot about wiring then at 9 years old. I helped him rebuild the c4 on it on our picnic table. Could never get it right so he swapped over to a manual. Mom was upset cause she could not drive a manual. Mom was also at home from a hospital break dealing with terminal cancer. Came home from school and mom was estatic that she got so mad she went out and learned to drive it herself all alone instead of watching general hospital one day. Mom passed soon after and i'll never forget that car and always want one of my own.
The steering wheel is a '67 only item... I think they went to the 302 in 68.
I wish my 68 had that wheel. My 68 is an 289 car, 302 was an option in 69 for sure.
I always liked these cars..... got a cool look......
Very nice cougar! Beautiful body style.
I'd been Frothing at the Mouth and Saying Give me The Kitty 🐈😂
That XR7 was just stunning in that condition and that beautiful green color. Those cars go for huge amounts of money in automatic form let alone a super rare 4 speed. I would easy guess that someone would have to big over $25,000 easy for that car. I would have bought that beautiful Buick Regal myself for $2,500 and be done.
Just have to say I had one of those (67' Cougar XR7) as my first car back in the 70's. Used of course.. Had it for a few years. Still miss it!
My 68 is same green, black interior and black vinyl top. Non xr7 289 car but it's fun and gets so much love. Very slept on car
I had that exact year model and color xr7. What a surprise. It had. 289 cid v8
That's sad you didnt get it, I'd love that sweet machine!
Bid on it. The body and interior are perfect. Three-speed is too cool. ❤
It's an XR7, so leather seats were standard. 3 speed trans - I'd guess it's a C code 289. Looks like it under the hood. I'd grab that car up in a heartbeat. That one will clean up really well, that paint's gonna buff. Love the 1st gen Cougars.
Never hurts to look... am I right? Kept ya busy and entertained for a while, anyway. Timing is everything. Having the right Timing can make or break any man. Thanks for sharing. Be safe.
I had a gt version with a 390 also had a basic 289 version loved those cars wish I still had them both
Wow. You dont see them like that anymore.
Friend of mine up here in Michigan just found a 67 XR7 with 33k actual in a barn.
THeres always more hidden gems out there to find. cool car. thanks for sharing that it went for $16600. Not a terrible price in todays worthless $s
$16.6 K was all the money on a vehicle that has been off the road many years. Probably $5 K to make it roadworthy if you can do the work without shop fees. So you then have $21.5 in a car worth $25K on a good day.
Had an 68 Cougar in restored condition here in Germany a few years ago. It has a very sharp looking body style.
Wow what a super nice car that would be such a great investment and the buyer would have a cool car to drive thanks Richard this was a great video glad I got to see this
I own a 77 cougar xr7 been restored it has a 351 cleveland in it
I had a fully tricked out 1968 cougar that I put a cammed up police interceptor in. A drunk driver with no insurance hit it and totalled it. The only difference between the 67 and 68 is that the 68 had lights on the rear quarter panels and the 67s had Cougar badges. It came with a 302 but I put a 351 Windsor in it,the 302 was shot. Bought it as basically a frame from a junk yard and built it up.
That 68 sounds like it was a great car.
The 67 had vent windows , the 68 did not.
Drunks suck!!😢
Good base for a restoration. 10k car as it is.
@@ricardofierro7041 That's the Camaro and Firebird. Mustang and Cougar had one piece door glass starting in '69.
Nice looking car for its year😮
I had a 68 Cougar GT with a 390, and it was a beast changing spark lugs required jacking tye motor up. Cp i wished mine had asmall block. That 390 was a torque monster, very thirsty too!😁 T
I've owned two 67 xr7. They both had chrome valve covers and chrome breather cover. Plus those hubcaps don't look right for a 67
I am glad to see sir that you are back to what you like doing. Thanks for the videos they are great!!!!!!!! Just take it slow….as they say. Have a VERY happy holiday season !!!!
Thank you Mark. You as well!
wow thats a great find and rare with that 4 speed in it looks like a 67 or 68
It's a 3 SPEED
@@garycotnam6780 thank you for the correction
231 V6 on the Buick regal.
My mom bought a 1968 Cougar new, the first new car she ever owned. It was the base model with the 3 speed. They didn't change much between 1967 and 68, if any at all. Hers was blue with a blue interior. Beautiful car. But then my brother came along and they traded it in for a 1971 Galaxie wagon. Family grows, the toys disappear....lol. Amazing find! Thanks for sharing, Richard!
You're welcome David. This is a car that I probably should have tried to get, but timing is everything.
Love the old Cougars. That one was super nice. I haven't seen one for many years,where I live. As always I liked and shared. All the best from Upper east Tennessee. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Thank you as always. Merry Christmas!
Nice car Nice show 👍👍👍👏👏👏
Richard the 1967 XR7 was nice. Thank you for sharing. Understand about all the current projects. And not having room for another. Know you would have had it going pretty quick. Thanks for sharing! 💯👍👊
That's right Terry. It would have been fun to get going, but timing is everything.
Difference right off the top between '67 and '68 are the side marker lights just like the Mustang of the same year(s). '67's did not have them, US cars had to have them in '68.
The Cougar was to Mustang what Monte Carlo was to Chevelle. Same car just up level trim and interior. The 'gentlemen's muscle car'!
Not sure why he went in the 1st place. Should’ve determined he couldn’t take on another project before he decided to go. Bummer! Nice resto project
Oh man that was a tough one to walk away from but sometimes you have to, till next time my Friend I hope you and Christina have a Very Merry Christmas.
Thank you, Robert. Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Richard and Christina! Too bad on missing out on the Cougar, but others will come along...
Merry Christmas Mike. There will be lots more!
Excellent video Richard :) also nice shape 1967 Car was in and amazing me too ! Yes do understand on you wanted get it and got other plans instead! Hopefully see car in future driving around or get fix up too !
Thanks Andrew. It would be good to see this car around town. I am sure it will clean up nice.
Hi Richard, Nice Cougar! That has got to be worth about 20,000 to 30,000 dollars or more! Anyway, Merry Christmas to you and Christina! God Bless!
Merry Christmas Ronald!
I had one 67 green 302 automatic .Miss that car.
Wish I’d bought a Cougar when you could pick one up as just some old car for $800 🤷🏼♂️
THOSE CARS ROT BAD NEVER SEEN A GOOD ONE
I really like those first year XR7's.
Hey Richard, Just Found Your Second Channel By Accident, Just As Good As The Original Channel. Will Be Watching It Also Now, Good Work!!
Thanks very much, David. Welcome to the second channel.
You Are Welcome, And Thanks.
$16,600 for the final bid? WOW, I am slightly shocked by that price although an XR7 and in that condition. I hope that someone was able to work with it and not let it sit with the current issues you viewed.
I was surprised, too. Had I bid, I would have lost.
Just sold a 69 XR 7 two weeks ago. You forget to check to see if the carb/carb linkage was seized when you saw the engine was tight. And you could have lifted the floor mats and checked underneath the car to see if there were any rusted floors. I ran my ad and someone sent me a message telling me to immediately delete it and redo the ad starting at $3500 for the car I had. It went to a good home. Was totally happy how it all turned out.
I love them cars!
This one was special. It was so well preserved.
Haggerty values that car at just over $149,000.00 cdn fully restored. I’m sure that it went for much more than the 2,500 that was bid. Thanks for sharing Richard.👍👍🇨🇦
...if it was mint and had an optional 427 side-oiler mill.
Those are GT-E’s. They came with the 428 CJ big blocks. This doesn’t go for $150k. Fully restored maybe $40k
@@clevlandblock I did say fully restored, and that is the book value for the XR7 according to Haggerty.
@@gustini2146 Haggerty book value for a fully restored XR7 was $149,000.00 Canadian as of yesterday.
I'm the second owner of a 67 for the last 48 years, its totally restored, I work in a restoration shop in California, me age 68
Richard hope you win the auction well you have to sell some of those 9 you have
I've owned Cougars since 1977. This is a very nice barn find type car, a 1967 XR-7, from what I can see, sparsely optioned (AM radio, console power steering, probably WSW tires and that's it). IIt has a 3-speed manual transmission, not a four-speed. Could clean up quite nicely for a daily driver but would need quite a bit of work, basically a full restoration, to bring top dollar. However, the better ting might be to leave it as original as possible when cleaning it up to "survivor" condition. This dark green/tan leather color combination was the advertising "feature" color combo for the mid-year introduction of the XR-7 model. Assuming it had no rust (I didn't see any more than surface rust), I'd have bid on it.
Money pit !
289 3 speed manual had one just like it in 76 paid 250 Dollars for it in Anderson South Carolina back then you could buy a running driving car for 75 dollars 😂
I remember those days. $100 could get you a driveable vehicle.
My first car was just like this except mine had ac and no ps!
there was a convertible that sat up town for years noticed a few years ago they started working on it was under garage one day it was gone not sure what happened. Great video thanks for sharing would be nice to know what it sold for
Thanks Howard. I will see if I can find out what the winning bid was.
Where was this car located, I live in northwest AR and I had a 67 cougar, 289 HIPO, 4 spd from factory in 1971, was little different shade of green, wheels were different bought it in 71, wish I still had it
Nashville, TN
I had a '68 with 302 4 speed back in 1980. Battery died while in a park with my date in '80 just before park closed in littleton CO. Left a note that I would be back with new battery on windshield. 15 min. After park closed I was back and car was gone. It had been towed all the way across Denver and I was told I would have to pay 500 dollers to get it back. I was a pizza delivery driver, 20 yrs. old. Tore my heart out to not be able to get it back.😮😢😢😢
I would have snatched up that Regal, those G-Bodies are a REALLY popular build as a daily driver/weekend fun car, The Aftermarket makes the bumper fillers and corners that were rubberized plastic but they are fiberglass now and last much much longer, and noone really cares about the V6 because in all honesty they were better than a V8, they were ALOT more relible and they only produced 10 HP less (130) than the 307 did (140) and there was no other option, the only G Body that came with a 350 was the Monte Carlo SS, The base Monte, Regal, Cutlass and Grand Prix came with 3.8 (231 CID) and 305/307. and that 10 HP was VERY easily made up with some minor tweeking.
Nice car, Would like to see what it went for.
16,000
I could just imagine Christina having a field day cleaning that car to her standards. Between the two of you this would become one beautiful car! Sometimes you just have to pick your battles.
That is exactly right, Richard.
It seems that at Action Cougars usually dont sell for much. I always liked them. Unless they are rare they usually are not desired.
You could have bought it for me, you head 😮 hummer 😢😢😢😢
Richard! I'd rather grab it. In any case if you'll feel this cougar is "surplus" in your garage it will go fast and for high coins! This how I see it. But up to you😁
Ultimately the winning bid ($16K) was much more than I would have offered, so passing on it turned out OK.
@@morewhattherust Yes 16K flips the game as it was starting from 25 hundreds. Well like I always saying Lord decides it is not mine. Mine will be someday after)) Really hope you are not too upset. I was looking for project car quite long and found it suddenly. Found ad in internet. Went there just to see without any motion to buy... and bought it. It was on Christmas of 2015. Together with my son restored it for two and half years. And now having absolutely stock 1978 Buick Skyhawk. The only one in Russia H body Skyhawk. I can share pictures before and after if it any interest to you. And Best Regards from Moscow, Russia
Nice car 🚗 did you buy it.😮😮
Hi guys
Easy way to distinguish between ‘67 and ‘68… the ‘67 has the flower pot center steering wheel and no side marker lights.
I was thinking XR7 had Big Blocks in them would have had a 428 they said it was a 67 what are three speed in the floor 302 what happened to the 289 I thought XR7 was ready to go racing would have had a Ford 9 in the
The frame behind the rear wheels tells all with the G Body vehicle's like Regals Cuttlasses Monte Carlos and Pontiac Grand Prix..I had a 4door 84 Buick Regal same color as that one with a solid body..I noticed 4 bolts in the trunk with 2 on each side years later and they were holding up the frame so it wouldn't drop. The car had 70 thousand miles on it when my dad first bought it and I'm guessing the frame started rustng in 2005 or before cause of how the frame was bolted to the body..I don't understand why the car had everything Z barted except for the frame. It's something to look for when buying one of those car's. If I'da known I could've bought frame rails for the rear part of the frame I'da kept the car cause it was solid everywhere except for the rear frame rails..I know where a Cougar that same color and everything is that came factory with a big block 4speed..Now it's a 302 automatic transmission and it still has the clutch pedal in it..I'm pretty sure he's wanting 30k for it but it's not original but nice car. I could've bought it in the mid 80s for 1200 just because it didn't have the the numbers matching engine. It's got the 4speed transmission but it's hard to tell what happened to the engine that was factory..I remember when it first came around with the big block and it ran good. I'm thinking it came with a 428 engine. It ran pretty good with the 302 but nutn like it use to lol..Ain't many Cougars left cause the rear leaf springs would rust through into the trunk. I think I'd look under it before I'd get to interested in it. It appears to be solid but ya never know until ya look it over really good
Did you get it? I want it
What’s a ca?
I’m a Cougar guy. Any Cougar with a standard shift is rare. Maybe about 3% of them.
I did not realize the number was so low. Perhaps that contributed to the auction price.
@@morewhattherust What did it go for?
@@royboy9361 $16,600
Hi Richard, greetings from Scotland. A nice car indeed. As the video progressed, I started to think that ( at least for me ) it wasn’t one that I personally would have bid on. Basically it’s too modern for my taste, and as nice as it is, it doesn’t get my juices flowing. Therefore in my humble opinion you made the right call…albeit for different reasons. Had it been a Challenger e.g. ‘Dukes of Hazard’ then I’d would bite your hand off for one of those. It kinda defies my original logic about the car but c’est la vie… I guess I’m more ‘old school’ in my tastes. Some of these new battery powered vehicles ( e.g. Tesla ) you know…the ones with no chrome..🤮🤮. I’m developing into a grumpy old man. Cheers John.
Hi John. I understand. This car for me would have been something I got running, cleaned up, and sell. I don't have enough passion for it to keep it long term.
Hello Richard, ir was a beautifull car; I just suscribed to you channel, I have a 1948 Oldsmobile series 66 its a great car in perfect condition mechanic and body. Greetings from Allende NL México.
Thanks for joining the channel, Manuel.
@@morewhattherust Merry Christmas for You and Your Family
I don't know what it sold for, but if a man got that for under 5K and can do most of the work himself, then he has a chance to enjoy it and make money if he wants.
I do understand not having the time.
Milage?
did the original owner get killed in Vietnam and the family is selling the car now
The owner was elderly and passed away. He had some kind of connection to Ford's design department, but I wasn't able to learn much more.
I would have bid 7k
Not running, probably hasn't run in over 10 years, be glad you didn't get it. Need $10,000 to get back to VGC (If motor is stuck)
That car is worth 10,000 just the way it sits
I would have like to have stolen it for 8 grand as it sits with a title. My max would have been 10 grand though regardless. Sure be nice to know sales price.
I'll see if the estate sale manager will tell me what the final price was. Sometimes they will not disclose it.
So you didn't bid. I'm sure you know what it went for. Could you share it with the people who watched your video?
It is in the first comment, $16,600. The bidders are not told of the final amount (it is a silent auction), but I was able to gain the info a few days after the auction ended.
You should have bid
that would be a steel at 10,000.
Agreed. It ended up going for $16,600.
Three-speed
$2500 ? Well I guess !
All carburated cars the oil smells like gas!
My rule at auctions never show interest or talk to bidders always poker face
Agreed. I decided to help people out since I was sure I was not going to be high bidder.
What did it sell for ?
I am checking with the estate sale manager to see if the winning bid amount is disclosed.
It’s a 3spd
Think 1969 is when auto makers went to 3sod for insurance reasons
But 1969 mandate head rests, looks like the dinky axle 8 1/4 maybe? Neat car though
$14,000 easy
That is very close. The high bidder was $16,600.
Mostly clean car yes something special not really a 3 speed 289 was the cheaper base model even being an xr 7 now if its a 390 or 427 or 428 or 289 hi po acway different story