1972 Mercury Cougar

@IamLostRU – Seeing the dilly dally below....about value VS early bird bid on a with reserve car from a dealer. (And very frankly...all Connecticut classic dealers have a deserved reputation of decades of "sales puff" bordering on (and frequently simply being) dishonest thieves - to overcome.) Basic research indicates this seemingly good example of a survivor type 70s vintage - not especially notable model but the much more desired and valued convertible, (which weren't all that well done, problem free or finished when new) exceeds $20k now. A premium in fact as I personally prefer original, including some signs of having lived the life...(and anyone that wants to screw it up making it "better than new," can certainly do so!). ...

Well, (excuse the pun), I am a bit lost with, with your phraseology, misplaced parenthesis, and run on sentences here, but I think you are saying you agree that a mostly original paint car , that has a little patina, but appears to be mostly original rather than being a re-done rat, holds more value to you as a collector. If so, I totally agree with you. That said, I was surprised, after logging into my Hagerty Driver's Club account, to find that "72 Cougar convertibles are not valued nearly as high as '72 Mustangs convertibles. This is odd to me since they were always considered to be a higher end version of the Mustang, and are essentially the same car underneath the skin, even sharing many chassis parts, and some body parts like hinges. Still by Hagerty's price guide, which runs 1-4, with 4 being Concours condition, and 1 being fair condition. I would rate this car half way between their number 2 , which is called good condition, and considered by them to be the most common condition, and their number3 condition, which they describe as excellent, leaning towards number 2, ever so slightly. $12,500 is still low by quite a bit for even a Hagerty Number 2 car, let alone a car between 2 and 3. Of course, I have not inspected the car in person. Your comments about Connecticut dealers of classic cars having a reputation of being dishonest is rather surprising to me. I've lived here over 60 years, and can only name one, a Corvette guy, in Bolton, who is whacked in the head from sniffing to much resin over the years, in my experience with him. Being in the hobby for all of my adult life, I would think I would have heard of a lot more than just that one guy, to justify your rather sweeping accusation that most Connecticut classic car dealers fall under this dark cloud you have painted. In fact, my only bad experiences in buying classic cars, and I have owned and still own many, were all from out of state, and involved private parties rather than dealers. My dealer experiences have been excellent in all cases. The internet assures that now a days.

Seeing the dilly dally below....about value VS early bird bid on a with reserve car from a dealer. (And very frankly...all Connecticut classic dealers have a deserved reputation of decades of "sales puff" bordering on (and frequently simply being) dishonest thieves - to overcome.) Basic research indicates this seemingly good example of a survivor type 70s vintage - not especially notable model but the much more desired and valued convertible, (which weren't all that well done, problem free or finished when new) exceeds $20k now. A premium in fact as I personally prefer original, including some signs of having lived the life...(and anyone that wants to screw it up making it "better than new," can certainly do so!).

Sorry forget the headlight question wrong year lol!! The car is nice just asking about the windows and ac stuff so I can source parts if nec this car is in great shape for 50 years !! I have a 62 chev pickup and I get lots of people making remarks they forget it’s 60 years old man lol!!

Do the headlight covers work and do the power windows all work and how about the A/C

@Hugh1 – Thank you for the comment Y2Koolvette . Your comments are spot on. Would not want to see the car go to anyone that doesn't appreciate what a nice original 50 year old vehicle presents ! Try and find one in this condition with 30000 miles all original! ...

Just calling it like I see it Hugh1, but your welcome. I assumed this car was in Florida after reading the text, but is it here in CT? I own a boat dealership in CT, but I collect classic cars.

No offense V6sctbird, but I can assure you, from many years of buying classic cars and 71-73 Mustangs particularly, (essentially a Cougar is a Stang with different trim for those of you who may wonder why I'm commenting from the Mustang point of view), this 72 Cougar is worth a lot more than your 12K offer. There are places to look for rust in these cars, that tell the entire story of how it's been kept. I can see in these pictures, this car was well cared for and has no serious rust problems. I had a 73 Sportsroof that was my first of many 71-73 Stangs, that I bought one year old with only 12,000 miles on it. It had NEVER been driven in salt or snow, and it still had the quarters rot behind the rear wheels, albeit only a baseball sized cut out was required to repair both sides. Ford used crap metal on these cars and they rot just looking at them the wrong way, so a minor rust repair means nothing. I currently have an original other than paint 72 Mustang convertible with 28K, and guess what, the seat needs repair. These cars are 50 years old man, what do you expect !??