My Aunt had one when I was born... this was the first car I ever been in... let my Dad tell it, he blew through traffic in my Aunt's car to get me to the hospital where my Mom's mom worked as an RN. My Aunt had that car until 1994-1995.
Really cool looking car. I have one in my family that's been sitting outside for 15 years and we decided to get it back on the road. It needs work for sure but the engine turned over and it ran decently. It's a 1986 LS model. It has sun damage but we are gonna try to clean it up as best as we can.
I remember these good. My parents bought a 1988 Black Cougar XR-7 5.0 L with dual exhausts and grey interior. It had the keyless entry on the door and the gearshift on the floor. Had the graphic equalizer and the gearshift on the floor like XR-7s had and automatic climate control. I dunno at the time it seemed fast with the posi traction and it would sqaul the big GoodYear Eagle VR60s a bit not much cause they were sticky tires. It got 30 miles per gallon on the highway but it was new then. Hold on to this car you might regret getting rid of it, I'd love to have ours back. I've had a lot of cars and the Cougar is still my favorite. Yours is beautiful take care of it!!
I had an 1988 XR7 with the widest tires and a sports package. It was silver with silver/grey interior look with the aluminum 15” mags they used on Mustangs, but with the cougar on the centre caps covers. Same digital cluster, and kick ass stereo, fully powered seats with lumbar sac, air conditioning, as well and auto dim brights. Was a over drive four speed transmission with cruise control. It was very nice car, fuel hungry and could have used the 5.O HO tuned power with a few more houses like the Lincoln Mark 7 and Mustang GT Cobra had in them. Still I could lay rubber in low if I held the brake to get it going or was turn a corner. It’s top speed I head of was 200km and climbing but my personal fastest in it was 185km, and it had plenty more room to go higher. It is a nice comfortable cruiser with some balls!
I had an 88 also. It wasn't an xr7, it was called a blue max. It had the 5.0 (non HO)and I put some bolt ons on it including an exhaust and a new 3:45 ring and pinion gear. It had great low end torque, would easily spin the tires. Had nothing above 4k RPM's though. Its essentially a truck motor. Still fucking awesome nonetheless.
When I was a kid very early 2000’s my sister had this exact car down to the color. I remember the digital gauges very well it was neat and almost video gameish. Sadly, the car met it demise when it got T-boned on the passenger side by a new at the time 2002 F250 super duty pickup, with a brush guard. 35-40mph crash, truck didn’t take much any damage. I happened to be in the passenger seat when it happened, I don’t know how, but I walked away without a scratch, and my seat ended up where the center console should be. Was told by several who saw the car after say it looked like a fatal accident, and I shouldn’t be here. My sister actually had more injuries than I did, mostly from the seat belt. I’d still like to find one of these someday to drive myself, as I obviously never got to drive my sisters.
Northgate!!! Tampa Fl car???? Back in 1989 NOB (Nissan of Brandon) had a mint 1988 Cougar LS gold with tan interior with maybe 15K miles, this was back in 1989 so it was a year old, We took it for a day test drive, back then they encouraged you to "take it for the day to see if you like it" but my mom refused to go in debt to buy it..my mom and dad were about to split and she did not want a car payment..we had a paid for 1980 Camaro which I hated as it had no gadgets like this Cougar had..Awesome car! I noticed a lot of Koplinsky built homes in the area too!! (A 60's Tampa.Brandon home builder of those ranch style homes)
@@BeefCakeKittens I have three with that keyless entry 88 Town car, 87 Thunderbird and 00 Grand Marquis They all have every option and are in mint condition.
Back in 1987 I was looking for an '86 or '87 XR7 with V8 5-speed but at about $30,000, it was out of my price-range as an E3 in the Navy, so I settled on a '87 Buick Somerset which looks very similar but a lot cheaper at $8,700 in 1988 for my 21st birthday present to myself. I still have it but it needs a paint job, head liner, and new window gaskets but they're impossible to find. The color is very close to your grandfather's and has a digital instrument panel as well. The XR7 is a beautiful car and if I were you, I would hold on to it as long as you could and keep up with the regular maintenance, that's how I got 34 years of life out of my car and it still runs fine and gets great mileage. 👍✨
My family also has this '87 20th Anniversary Edition, but we have sadly stopped driving it and have let it sit, covered in our garage for about 2.5-3 years. I believe it has about 126K miles. I think we would regret selling ours but how much do you think these Anniversary Editions would be worth, say in about moderately good to mint condition like yours?
I honestly dont know. These are pretty rare and the market for these arent very big. If I had to guess, a car in this condition would probably sell for 6-8k. 20th Anniversary Ed. that is.
My Aunt had one when I was born... this was the first car I ever been in... let my Dad tell it, he blew through traffic in my Aunt's car to get me to the hospital where my Mom's mom worked as an RN. My Aunt had that car until 1994-1995.
I got an 89 XR7 supercharged with 60,000 miles. absolutely love driving it everyday
I hope u still have it and take care of this car. There really rare anymore I haven’t seen one in years
My late grandmother had a blue 1986 Cougar. I always loved that car and would want to drive it one day.
Really cool looking car. I have one in my family that's been sitting outside for 15 years and we decided to get it back on the road. It needs work for sure but the engine turned over and it ran decently. It's a 1986 LS model. It has sun damage but we are gonna try to clean it up as best as we can.
Thats awesome if you can post a video on yt to let everyone know whats going on with the car
In Laredo Tx you’d see them everywhere back in the day
I remember these good. My parents bought a 1988 Black Cougar XR-7 5.0 L with dual exhausts and grey interior. It had the keyless entry on the door and the gearshift on the floor. Had the graphic equalizer and the gearshift on the floor like XR-7s had and automatic climate control. I dunno at the time it seemed fast with the posi traction and it would sqaul the big GoodYear Eagle VR60s a bit not much cause they were sticky tires. It got 30 miles per gallon on the highway but it was new then. Hold on to this car you might regret getting rid of it, I'd love to have ours back. I've had a lot of cars and the Cougar is still my favorite. Yours is beautiful take care of it!!
Collum shift, mine was too. Some have the floor shifter. Beautiful car.
I had an 1988 XR7 with the widest tires and a sports package. It was silver with silver/grey interior look with the aluminum 15” mags they used on Mustangs, but with the cougar on the centre caps covers. Same digital cluster, and kick ass stereo, fully powered seats with lumbar sac, air conditioning, as well and auto dim brights. Was a over drive four speed transmission with cruise control. It was very nice car, fuel hungry and could have used the 5.O HO tuned power with a few more houses like the Lincoln Mark 7 and Mustang GT Cobra had in them. Still I could lay rubber in low if I held the brake to get it going or was turn a corner. It’s top speed I head of was 200km and climbing but my personal fastest in it was 185km, and it had plenty more room to go higher. It is a nice comfortable cruiser with some balls!
I had an 88 also. It wasn't an xr7, it was called a blue max. It had the 5.0 (non HO)and I put some bolt ons on it including an exhaust and a new 3:45 ring and pinion gear. It had great low end torque, would easily spin the tires. Had nothing above 4k RPM's though. Its essentially a truck motor. Still fucking awesome nonetheless.
I think mine was a 1987, 20th now that I think about it. Either way was a very comfortable cruising car. My exhaust once broke off and it was loud.
My dream car back in the day but even a used one was way out of my price range.
When I was a kid very early 2000’s my sister had this exact car down to the color. I remember the digital gauges very well it was neat and almost video gameish. Sadly, the car met it demise when it got T-boned on the passenger side by a new at the time 2002 F250 super duty pickup, with a brush guard. 35-40mph crash, truck didn’t take much any damage.
I happened to be in the passenger seat when it happened, I don’t know how, but I walked away without a scratch, and my seat ended up where the center console should be. Was told by several who saw the car after say it looked like a fatal accident, and I shouldn’t be here. My sister actually had more injuries than I did, mostly from the seat belt. I’d still like to find one of these someday to drive myself, as I obviously never got to drive my sisters.
My dad loved these cars
Northgate!!! Tampa Fl car???? Back in 1989 NOB (Nissan of Brandon) had a mint 1988 Cougar LS gold with tan interior with maybe 15K miles, this was back in 1989 so it was a year old, We took it for a day test drive, back then they encouraged you to "take it for the day to see if you like it" but my mom refused to go in debt to buy it..my mom and dad were about to split and she did not want a car payment..we had a paid for 1980 Camaro which I hated as it had no gadgets like this Cougar had..Awesome car! I noticed a lot of Koplinsky built homes in the area too!! (A 60's Tampa.Brandon home builder of those ranch style homes)
Indeed a Tampa Fl car! One owner since 1988. They have lived in the area for over 65 years!!! Glad you have taken interest in these cars.
Wonderful survivor!
Everything from a mustang will fit on this . Get some mods done to that 145 non HO engine!
Its 150 hp 155 dual exhaust
Some Explorer GT40 heads & intake + headers ,flow masters and a E303 cam should wake it up.
I had a gold 87 XR7 that was pretty similar to this except the shifter wasn't in the console like this one.
My 87 cougar looks like shit but we just fixed the engine, so that’s great
Cleanly 🤣
Not a mention of the wonderful Keyless entry and it was a expensive option!
And it still works! For both the drivers side and the passenger, as well as the trunk. Awesome system.
@@BeefCakeKittens I have three with that keyless entry 88 Town car, 87 Thunderbird and 00 Grand Marquis They all have every option and are in mint condition.
you must like the. smell of that car
Valve tap
People are talking grandparents. FOr Gods sake Im not one and I loved this car! Much better riding than the 1989!
Back in 1987 I was looking for an '86 or '87 XR7 with V8 5-speed but at about $30,000, it was out of my price-range as an E3 in the Navy, so I settled on a '87 Buick Somerset which looks very similar but a lot cheaper at $8,700 in 1988 for my 21st birthday present to myself. I still have it but it needs a paint job, head liner, and new window gaskets but they're impossible to find. The color is very close to your grandfather's and has a digital instrument panel as well.
The XR7 is a beautiful car and if I were you, I would hold on to it as long as you could and keep up with the regular maintenance, that's how I got 34 years of life out of my car and it still runs fine and gets great mileage. 👍✨
My family also has this '87 20th Anniversary Edition, but we have sadly stopped driving it and have let it sit, covered in our garage for about 2.5-3 years. I believe it has about 126K miles. I think we would regret selling ours but how much do you think these Anniversary Editions would be worth, say in about moderately good to mint condition like yours?
I honestly dont know. These are pretty rare and the market for these arent very big. If I had to guess, a car in this condition would probably sell for 6-8k. 20th Anniversary Ed. that is.
@@BeefCakeKittens Ok, thanks for the reply.
I would like to see a video of it
@@BeefCakeKittens According to J.D. Power, it's worth about $3,600 on the high side for a 1987 Mercury Cougar LS 20th Anniversary Edition.
Do you still have the car?
Yes sir, drove her Yesterday!
How much you want for the car
C'mon your sniffing like every 45 seconds..if you got a cold don't video..
allergy season haha