Unwanted: The 1973 Mercury Cougar no one wanted.

We’re just the current caretakers of these work of arts!

My mother had one of these in White, great car but never saw many on the road. I'd take it in a heartbeat.

When I was a kid my neighbour had one of these, a bit darker green. Had the optional sport wheels. I loved that car. Cars had real personality back then.

I miss my '73 XR7. I bought it back in the mid '90s. Originally was a faded yellow with a brown vinyl roof(so '70s lol). It was equipped with the 351 Cleveland and automatic transmission. So I changed all that, painted Corvette Flame Red(orange), found a '65 T'bird and took the 390 out of it, bored it .030 and mated it to a C6 Transmission out of a 4x4 Ford truck. Installed 3:73 gears then later 4:10s. It was a header turner, fun car on the street and at the dragstrip. Super comfortable ride. One car I wish I would've kept!

love it man...i own 71 Cougar and love it...dont see many of them on the road.

'71-'73 is the best Cougar years

As They Say, Some People's Trash Are Other's Gold.

It is my dream to one day own at least one of every year pony car cougar 67-73. I've got two so far, a base 71 which ive put on the road again and a 70 xr7 with the M code engien which is going to be a total restoration. Luckily I'm in my early 20's so ive got a little while to find myself the other 5 years

Great video,nice story and talking about it😊.

Crazy people, I would take one in a Heartbeat, I have a 1988 XR-7 that is mint and not a single spec of rust anywhere on the car. Has the smoged out 5.0 L in it and I love that I was able to save it from being scrapped. It has 50K on the clock and the interior is brand new like the day it was delivered to the first owner who I bought it from. The 90 year old guy and his son tried to get it running after it sat since 1995 in the garage, they replaced the fuel tank, fuel pump, sending unit, fuel lines, fuel filter, Isle air control valve, and put 8 new used injectors in it and it would start idle shortly and stall. I replaced the injectors with 8 new injectors for a HO 5.0L and it runs great now. So happy to have saved it from the crusher. Great car, and I hope you have a great afternoon today.

Beautiful car, I always did like the big Lazy Boy recliners on a full frame! There is no vehicle that rides and handles like a full frame V8 car ! So happy to see you did what you have done with it! Thanks for sharing this beautiful ride with us.

Dud ,that was my first car , I bought it used that car was bad ass back in the day lots of fond memories.... Car was only a couple years old. 17 oh, what good times. Oh, yes, the cougar XR7. Don't forget those sequencial blinkers.

I’m not sure why, but this is my favorite video on YouTube.. Love the scenery, the music, the car. Thanks for a great video.

I had 2 of these. one XR7 like yours, the other was more basic. The basic one was my first car. I found it in a broke down state in a friends driveway. the second was going to be a parts car for the first but it had all its parts in the trunk also. (you could fit the whole car in the trunk im pretty sure)My dad fixed it up and I had 2. I almost feel like crying seeing yours running and looking so glamourous.

Wonderful. Sounds great too. Reminds me of the early 70s Torino.

I'm diggin' the whole series on the Cougar. You outdid yourself with this video -- VERY well done!

Thanks for saving this car history.

I love how you filmed this! While I live in the midwest, I'm a bit of a desert rat. The rumble combined with the scenery makes for great viewing of what I feel is a pretty cool car from my youth.

“I don’t know the future holds for this thing” Well i’ll tell ya if you ever want it off your hands, i’ll be here holdin my hand up. She’s a beaut, great vid man!

Body wise, the 73 is more solid in some ways than the 77 - 79 Cougar. The 73 has steel fenders all the way to the front, where the 77 - 79s use a fibreglass header and cheaper plastic headlight / turn signal covers. Unlike the all the bumperless cars of today, I really miss real chrome bumpers. These cars looks so superior to what people are driving today. I've noticed on 3 different model new EV.s, that there are no manufacturer or model emblems. I see that as a problem, being the only way for a lot of people to identify a vehicle would be by the license plate. States may have to step in and require these manufacturers to display the make and model of the vehicle they sell.