Product Condition Grades
Below is a general description of what the criteria is for our product condition grades. These are generalizations that are intended to give you an idea of the condition of the product at a quick glance. Because different parts degrade at different rates, there are variances in what the letters represent, please see the products description for details about the condition of any particular product.
A = Excellent / Above Average
B = Average / Some flaws / Good to Excellent Driver Quality
C = Obvious flaws / Poor to Average Driver Quality
D, E, F = Worse, Worser, Worsest
1973 Complete, solid Mercury Cougar / Mustang tilt column with no missing or cracked parts. Although they may look much alike, each year 1970 - 1973 is unique. Every column we sell has been disassembled and reconditioned by our full time in house tilt column specialist. If you do not currently have a tilt column do know you will get every part needed to make the conversion.
Often times we are unable to stock 1971-73 tilt columns due to not having tilt rag joints. We now offer a reduced price tilt column that does not need the 1971-73 tilt rag joints. Please see our related items for the ECONOMY version of this tilt steering column.
*NOTE* For tilt column service, you can contact Tony Augustine at 6t8cougarguy@gmail.com. Tony is a trusted colleague of WCCC and we've sent many customers his way since our column specialist retired last year.
WCCC no longer has an in-house service for tilt and tilt-tilt away steering columns 1967-1979.
After several years of working exclusively with Tony Augustine in MO, we can highly recommend him as one of the most knowledgeable builders of these unique columns in the world.
We now exclusively send all of the columns we sell as rebuilt to Tony for service.
He can be reached at 816-210-4779 or 6t8cougarguy@gmail.com
Make sure you tell him WCCC sent you!
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Don Rush, Owner of West Coast Classic Cougar
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