Equipment
427/390hp, floor shift automatic, Firestone Wide Oval tires, column-mounted tach, bucket seats, Philco radio.
Condition
Fully restored in 2004, including a rebody, and not represented as matching numbers. Good paint and chrome with no major flaws, but both are showing their age a bit. Lightly scratched rear glass and some discoloration on the rear deck. Otherwise good interior, and tidy underbody. Straightforward older restoration, done when a Cougar (even a 427) was worth a lot less money.
Market commentary
Sold for $115,500 at Westworld back in January and a disappointing result here that reflects buyer reticence in the face of inflation, rising interest rates and declining consumer liquidity. Enthusiasm, much less ebullience, is in short supply in July 2022. Flipping cars for bigger prices has become a challenge in mid-2022 and there is a shortage of greater fools in collector cars as well as cryptocurrencies and NFTs. This is a realistic result for a Cougar GT-E.