1971 Ford LTD Country

400 V8. We may have seen this one before. Looks very nice but don't think he'll get $15k.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Ford-Other-country-squire-/131634468653?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368

 

I would imagine there's a connection between these two concepts.

 

15k and needs a tune-up.....really?

 

My thought exactly. For that money he could afford to spend a couple of hundred for a tune-up.

Sorry to keep harping on this point, but the woodgrain is not original and not authentic. For a couple of grand, maybe that wouldn't matter, but for $15,000 I'd expect this car to be just about as good as a survivor can be. The surround rails need to be refinished as well.

On the plus side is the 400. I've owned a '71 CS with a 400. It was smooth and comfortable with plenty of torque. It didn't come on so forcefully as to put you back in your seat, but it was well matched to the weight of the car and moved out nicely. Now on later models where the weight went up and the power and torque went down due to emission controls (I've owned those, too), the 400 was only adequate. This car is very nice with an above average level of options, but I just don't see $15k here.

 

Just as nice and half the price.

http://charlotte.no.craigslist.org/cto/5238072155.html

 

This is nice.

It's a '72, so the engine won't be quite as powerful as the higher compression one in the '71 (unless it was modified in the rebuild)

I think '72s may have a slight edge in popularity over the '71s. My wife prefers '72s, but I like them equally.

The '71 CS has a couple of points over this '72. Again, the woodgrain on the '72 is not authentic, and it lacks the power windows of the $15K car. True, the wg on the more expensive car looks closer to the original, and I suspect if it were striped (for the simulated plank lines), most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Also, they claim the '72 has AC, but I can't see the compressor in the one pic of the engine bay. All of these factors together, however, don't justify the higher price on the '71.

And the high priced Squire isn't located in the Swedish (or is it Danish or Norwegian?) speaking section of Charlotte. Thirty-five years ago I took a course in reading these languages in college, but now I can't remember enough to even tell which it is.

 

(Also, they claim the '72 has AC, but I can't see the compressor in the one pic of the engine bay.)
It has the controls for A/C, but no center dash A/C vents. Maybe a re-cover.

 

The compressor is missing, but the evaporator housing is there and the hose ports look to have cute little plugs in them. It really cleans up an engine bay when the compressor and it's mount are removed.