mercury cyclone January 17, 2015, 05:55:47 PM its always nice to find one all together Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #3 – January 17, 2015, 06:19:19 PM Poor Cyclone, that would be a big dollar resto if anyone attempted it. Being a plain 302 car, probably not worth it. My best friend had a 71 Cyclone GT (the next generation body style) many years ago. Such a rare beast that hardly anyone knew what it was ... many thought it was a GTO or a Charger.cheersEd Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #4 – January 17, 2015, 07:03:19 PM It's not a 302 car. The S code in the vin makes it a 390Car Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #5 – January 17, 2015, 08:20:10 PM The VIN says "S" = 390, but someone on 302 badges... and that seems to be a rather, uh, narrow 390 (but I'm not a big block expert). I wish some of these cars could talk. They may tell us of tails of wrecks, engine abuse and midnight swaps, of cobbling together a drivetrain or door swaps with whatever was available up in the mountains.Still, a pretty cool old find. :DBut cynical me, I'd need to see the inner fender or dash VIN stamps to see if they match. :o Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #6 – January 17, 2015, 09:23:58 PM Quote from: BornInAFord;443061The VIN says "S" = 390, but someone on 302 badges... and that seems to be a rather, uh, narrow 390 (but I'm not a big block expert). I wish some of these cars could talk. They may tell us of tails of wrecks, engine abuse and midnight swaps, of cobbling together a drivetrain or door swaps with whatever was available up in the mountains.Still, a pretty cool old find. :DBut cynical me, I'd need to see the inner fender or dash VIN stamps to see if they match. :oThat is sadly not the original 390. It's just a 302...my random guess is that during the gas crunch, someone swapped the stuff in from a low model Mustang, and put the big block in the other car, or something like that, perhaps.ed shame...if it were all there, it'd be worth a couple of socks full of silver dollars, for sure. Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #7 – January 17, 2015, 09:33:09 PM Whoops, I didn't even pay attention to the VIN tag. The 'S' code would indeed be the Holley 4V equipped 390. The owner at the dealership I used to work at has a nice 67 Mustang GTA 390 ragtop 'S' code car that I got to take to a few events on his behalf ... nice machine.cheersEd Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #9 – January 18, 2015, 12:23:59 AM Way back in the day, was mine Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #10 – January 18, 2015, 07:24:18 AM Sweet ride, snazzy jacket too lol Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #11 – January 18, 2015, 01:30:34 PM Even without squinting, I can see the family resemblance in the 1/4 window treatment between the Fox Cougars and this cyclone. The proportions are similar, too, despite the different platforms and generations. Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #12 – January 18, 2015, 09:56:05 PM I am always intrigued when I see a car seemingly sunk in a yard in an awkward position like that. Not parked in a spot, not along the fence, but right in the middle of the yard with the wheels turned. Make me wonder how it ended up there. I'm weird like that though, lol. Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #13 – January 18, 2015, 11:37:44 PM Looks like someone may have parked it, expecting to get back to it. 2 visible centercaps are in the driver side rear floorboard, as is the arm rest from the driver door. Glass looks good, makes me wonder how long it has sat there?Scott, any info on this car?I wish it were possible for me to get it, though it would still sit, but at least it would be off the ground and out of the weather, though for the forseeable future that is all I could give to it. Quote Selected
mercury cyclone Reply #14 – January 28, 2015, 02:49:44 PM Nice 66 Kitz!!! Here's a pic of my Dad's. Quote Selected
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