1968 4 Speed Cobra Jet Cougar

[Sixx7shelby]

It takes a special Cougar to fetch big money, and the only ones that will are the rare high performance versions. But when they do sell they break 100K easily.

[propayne]

Just like every other make, there are high dollar Cougars that change hands privately.

- Phillip

[CharlesTurner]

It's rusty, but not un-restorable.

[Grumpy]

It's rusty, but not un-restorable.

Whats goin to be left after all the sheet metal replacement ? Would you be able to find old rust free parts ?

[427heaven]

Anytime you get a ...(0) bidder on something like this its usually a ringer, to run up the number.  :-

[Coralsnake]

👌

I like it, can we make a convertible?

[CharlesTurner]

Whats goin to be left after all the sheet metal replacement ? Would you be able to find old rust free parts ?

I would find a rust-free donor car and cut out/replace whatever pieces were needed.  Doubt there is much NOS Cougar sheet metal out there?

[Bigfoot]

👌

I like it, can we make a convertible?

Yes
And we can make it a Tucker.

[silverton_ford]

The story about finding the car has been going on for a little over a month on the Classic Cougar Community forum.   

Here is the thread:  https://classiccougarcommunity.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9780

[65A KGT]

Yes, we can make a convertible.

[Special Ed]

 Back YEARS ago Kevin Marti made his hardtop cougar into a convertible & it was on display at cougar 50th dearborn show at fords (glasshouse).

[Mikelj5S230]

So sad, but cars have been made from tags and stamped parts cut out before.

[Ldouble619]

I know nothing about Cougars..  What am I missing here?  If this is a 200K car done why is it only bid to 17k as of this morning with 9hr left?  I would expect at least over 50k.

If this was a rusted out big block Shelby, crazy people would bid it over 50k without a doubt IMO.

[Bigfoot]

That's a hard piece to restore.
It's a rusty car.
It's a Cougar and that's fine but fewer buyers of those.

Don't try to compare it to a Shelby
Compare it to a Mustang....

[Ldouble619]

I only used a Shelby as a reference point because of its reported potential value of $200K +.  There are no mustangs worth that.  Other than B9's.

But yes, you are right, the market is much smaller for a cougar.