[ponchomike]

When I was in college, I had a buddy who had a white 67 Cougar. He wrecked it, and bought a green one. I always liked the cars, and ended up buying them after getting out of college. I bought several other 67-70 Cougars, with the intention of building one wicked Cougar. After I was well into the project, I bought a solid 70 Eliminator Boss 302.

Anyway, I bought a 71 Trans Am, lost all interest in the Cougars, and sold all of them in the mid-80s. I still had a bunch of very nice 67-68 Cougar parts. Since then, I got heavy into Pontiac, especially T/As and 70-72 GTOs. In general, I can tell you it's hard to sell Cougar parts. Example: I had a perfect original paint 67 Cougar front clip, complete. I tried to sell it for several years, and finally sold the whole thing, bumpers, fenders, hood, lights bumper, etc. for $500. Had that been a GTO or early Firebird, it would have brought much more money.

I haven't been too impressed with the Cougar people I've dealt with. The parts don't bring much money and the owners don't like to spend money. Even the Boss 302 car didn't bring much. The motor was out of the car, and I ended up selling the drivetrain to a Mustang owner.

A rare car like a 428 Cougar Eliminator might bring good money now, but I'd be afraid the Cougar stigma would hurt it.

I'm just curious, what was the asking price?

Thanks,

Mike