1974 Mercury Montego Mx Brougham

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  1. jwdtenn

    jwdtenn Well-Known Member

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    The Cougar was basically a gussied-up Montego MX this year. I'm wondering why the guy went to the trouble of special-ordering this Montego MX, when, for pretty much the same money, he could have had a Cougar?

    And $18k? He might be over-reaching a bit there. In spite of the flowering verbiage in the ad, surprisingly little information is given on the car itself. What equipment does it have? Radio? Size of the V8? People would like to know these things...
     
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    I kind of wonder when those photos were taken... They're either scanned in film or someone liked to use the "make my pictures look crappy\washed out" filter that all the cool kids like these days.
     
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    This immediately occurred to me, too. It doesn't look like a modern digital camera image. It looks like a scanned image of a Kodacolor print made back when the car was new.
     
  5. jwdtenn

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    Looks like a collector car from new. Special order with FoMoCo Glamour Paint - looks like no A/C. No idea what engine.

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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    They likely used a low MPX camera phone and set it to wash the pics out. My phone can do the same.
     
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    I love my Montegos. Even as nice as this one seems to be, they'll never get that kind of money for it. There's just not that kind of following and demand for them. Take the 1 off the front of the price, then maybe....
     
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    Silvertwinkiehobo "Everything that breaks starts with 'F.'"

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    That's pretty nice. Looks like a full-sized Matchbox Car, and I mean that nicely.
     
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    jwdtenn Well-Known Member

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    It is a great looking car.

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