Zinc Eliminator: 2001 Mercury Cougar Zn
There is a reason why Mercury is still dominating new car sales while it competitors struggle to find footing in a modern world with complex offerings and market dynamics. It is because Mercury product planners knew that customers wanted a zinc yellow performance version of the Cougar. If only Toyota had hired those product planners, perhaps they could have survived the 08 carpocalypse and would be ruling the market today. Find this 2001 Mercury Cougar Zn Eliminator offered for $5,000 in Littlestown, PA via craigslist. Tip from ME.
From the seller:
2001 mercury cougar
VIN: 1ZWFT61L515614231
condition: good
cylinders: 6 cylinders
drive: fwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 122100
paint color: yellow
size: compact
title status: clean
transmission: manual
type: hatchback
This is a 2001 Cougar Zn special edition car. Has a new clutch installed, new front tires, new valve cover gaskets, new lower and upper intake manifold gaskets, new brake all around, new rear rotors, I fix a bunch of stuff on the exterior and interior of the car. Car had dual exhaust when I bought it but was rusted at the Y pipe so I replaced it with a factory single exhaust. Has 3 spots of rust and a carbon fiber hatch due to bad rust around the glass. It’s being garaged kept until it’s sold. Black leather seats, has some wear but still in good shape. Factory 17†wheels, zinc yellow paint was only offered in 2000 & 2001 in the special editions. Clean title in hand. Has 1 key and 1 uncut key and 2 remotes. 1 set of keys and 1 extra uncut. Was originally a FL car as stated on the title. Was bought in Harrisburg, PA last year as a project car. It was last inspected 3/20. Contact me: call or text located in Littlestown PA thanks
I used to work with a guy who had a red one. He claimed he did some sort of engine swap craziness. Anyways, the real story is this guy pulled the hottest women on the planet somehow while owning one of these. I’m talking multiple Cowboy’s cheerleaders and a Playboy playmate, even got a buddy hooked up one night with one. Last I heard he was a tattoo artist and biker gang dude and got himself arrested in the Waco motorcycle shootout fiasco.
A disturbing magazine ad campaign for the 1999 Cougar absolutely mystified me while going unnoticed by anyone I showed it to. Take a look at it and see if you can identify what’s so astonishing about it:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/316166836315998281/
When these came out I was impressed, they were a new shape that had a lot of 6th gen Celica details but looked more cohesive. I wouldn’t have signed up for one as I only had eyes for Mazdas and Hondas at the time but they did seem like a breath of fresh air from Ford, ahem Mercury.
That’ll put a kink in your neck!
You mean that chinless bald guy with the glasses on the back of his head and his beard combed up over his face?
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