My 70 spoiler has been a heck of a ride for the last 20 or so years I have owned it. It is interesting how so many muscle car fans have never heard of it much less seen one.

I owned a 67 Cyclone GT back in 68. Lost my license with it also. It was the most fun car I ever owned. I am 71 now. Mowed a lot of lawns to purchase that car. LoL

Thank you for highlighting the Cyclone. It doesn't get much exposure. I have owned two 1970 Cyclone Spoilers, still have 1 of them. It is a blast to drive. It's a great conversation peace, because you just don't see them around. The people who remember them all agree that the dash was one of the coolest dashes of the muscle car era.

From 1980 to 1991 I owned a completely stock '64 Cyclone. It was Wimbledon White with a Carmine Red interior. It had a 210 HP 289 CI engine with an Autolite 4 barrel carburetor and a C-4 Auto Tran with a factory stall converter. It also had factory chrome valve covers with a large gold air cleaner. After some research I replaced the PS exhaust manifold with with an other part number that had the exit at the rear instead of the middle and added 2" dual exhaust. I rejetted the Autolite 4-barrel and put in a Ford 410 Posi differential. Even during mild acceleration it would gat scratch going to 2nd gear. Street racing, I tore up IROC Zs. The only thing that beat me in a street race were 5.0 HO Mustangs. After I garaged the car for a year the leather seals in the trans dried out. I made the mistake of taking it to a franchised transmission shop. I told them what it was and to just replace those seals. The thing about the C-4 was there were two versions made in 1964. They replaced every thing with the wrong parts and even threw out the stall converter. I was so upset I sold the car. I still kick myself for selling that car. Thanks for the memory and letting me rant.

I had a 1966 Cyclone Comet GT. S code 390hp/ C 6 trans. Factory fiberglass hood. I paid $800.00 for it back in 1983. Loved that car.

1965 Mercury Comet is my personal favorite! I know someone with a 1963 Mercury Comet Caliente convertible factory 4 speed pretty rare car. Thumbs 👍 for the vintage commercials!

love MERCURYS CYCLONES ARE AWESOME

Well now this was a interesting video and the mercury cyclones bring back a lot of memories for me. I bought a brand new 1971 Mercury cyclone spoiler with the 429 Cobra jet motor and it was a really good performer. I special ordered my 71 cyclone and it was the only one that the dealership sold that year. So it was something running around with the only cyclone in town. Mine was painted the competition orange color. I regret selling that car and wish I had it still today.

I have a great affection for the 68 Cyclone as it was the one and only time my dad took me with him to buy a car. He bought a new Highland green 302 2V with a bench seat and automatic. I was 12 and really loved cars, he knew that and the memories of that day stay with me even now. 50 years later I bought a brand new Mustang G.T. Convertible, my 91 year old dad came with me to pick it up. In all the years from when he bought it , I have only seen a handful of these cars. By the way after only owning it for a few months he totaled it on the way to Newfoundland, he and mom were fine but that car was destroyed. He replaced it with a 68 Camaro convertible, which I got eventually to drive to university. Thanks for featuring this rare classic.

Great video! I have a 1970 restoration project with the 429 that when new belonged to my Dad.

Great video Tony! The Comets and Cyclones are iconic. 👊😎✌️

I knew a guy in Cincinnati Ohio who had i think a 1969 Cyclone with the Super Cobra Jet engine. It was a very rare car. Less than 20 were sold with that engine. The Marti Report said it was a 1 of 1 car with the options. It was a beautiful car. He had many other classics but that was was the one that caught my eye.

The 1970 looks like speed racer's family car. It has the Mach 5 shape on the nose with the fenders coming forward a little bit and the center nose. I might be off on the year but you know who I'm talkin about. Great video well done!

New subscriber here. This is an awesome video, brother. The 68 69 is a truly incredible car. I love the looks. Incredible information on a car that does not get a lot of credit. And what it did for Ford in Nascar is amazing.

Nice Job Tony! The 68-69 body style was my favorite. I didn't know about the NASCAR record 18 wins. Thanks for your passion

Cool video! I have a 1968 Cyclone that just got out of the body shop. They’re rare cars for sure!

My first car was a 1967 Cyclone GT 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!! Great video, I’ve been a Mercury fan since I got my first car.

I've built the 1/15 scale 65 Comet Cyclone kit by Mobius. Came out really nice I think!!

My brother had a 1971 mercury cyclone spoiler with a 351 clearance, it was grabber green, what a great muscle car 😊😊😊😊

I owned a 1971 Cyclone Spoiler 429CJ, 4 speed with factory A/C, AM/FM St. Pastel Blue with White Interior. I thought this was the coolest car back in the day never saw any.

Nice car! You forgot to mention that it is a bench seat car, which makes it pretty rare, only 7395 out of over 123000 std. Cougars produced in 67!

For 1970 my fav ford other than the mustang of course was the Ford Torino Gt. What a gorgeous car that was.

Great video. Brought back a lot of good memories.

Another great presentation Tony! I really miss those days.

I had a 1966 Comet Cyclone GT 390. Was in the family for over 42 years second owner. Purchased at MD North Mercury. Drove 1966 Comet Sport Coupe 289 3 on the tree my senior year of high school.

Well done

Something of a 'sleeper' to most folks in it's day, but street racers knew what might be under the hood and gave it respect.

Yes a boat that was under rated I had a lot of fun driving a customer 1967 and it Ripped ✝️🇺🇸

I remember the '71-73 Mustangs as being reasonably popular in my suburban neighborhood. They were often bought as second cars and most were the standard 2 door hardtop and not the sports roof or Mach I versions. For many buyers, the Mustang hardtop was viewed primarily as an affordable small personal luxury car rather than as a sporty high performance car. A friend had a silver '71 Grande with a black vinyl top and the 250 cubic inch six. It looked big on the outside but was basically a 2 passenger car except for families with small children.

One of the older guys in the neighborhood had a red 66 auto Cyclone. Cherry bombs, fat tire, and Jack up in the back. He got a Roadrunner a little later. One day some guy rolled up in a red 66, with four speed, headers, cam. Asked about racing the Roadrunner. Came back a few days later to again ask about racing. Left smoking the tires.

Very cool and some fast too. Thumbs Up !

Really nice

Excellent!!! Thanks for posting. The '70 Cyclone would have made a great Ranchero version.

There was no 1972 Cyclone, it had already been replaced with the MONTEGO. Instead, there was an optional "Cyclone package". Early Mercury factory literature showed this option available, while later editions did not have any information on the Cyclone package. Only 30 1972 Cyclone package cars were produced, 29 Montego GT's and one Montego MX. Twenty of these Cyclones were equipped with the 429 cu in (7,030 cc) engine.

Cut the middle protrusion off on the front grill and the 1971 model looks like an Oz falcon from the mid 70's. The power loss from 1971 to 1972, was sickening. Lower compression, meant lower fuel economy and no power. Earning the derision of import drivers and Euro trash. These motors were not designed for traffic jams and it was sad to see them detuned. Regards all.

I had a 67 Cyclone, 390 high performance! They messed up and had caliente on the trunk! Terrific and very fast car ! 4speed .

So, the base 70 Cyclone had the N code 429 as the base engine. The Spoiler had G70-14 but there was a rebate so many had G78-14.

The 66 was a great looking car yes please.

IMOP I thought the Mercury Cyclones were more visually appealing than the Ford counterparts up until the 1970-72 MY's.

Hi Tony, nice video! The optional gauge cluster on top of the instrument panel on the early Cyclones was called the "Go Pack" that consisted of a tack, vacuum gauge and a clock. Please reply. Dave...

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I'll take a '71 Spoiler in grabber green, thanks.

I really like the Montego that replaced them.

I had a cyclone spoiler for 17 years ..with bolt on speed equipment and 4.56 gears the car would run 120mph in 2 blocks with 429 cobra jet ,,4 bolt main block

The Grecian Gold 68 was mine.

In 68, a coupe cyclone was also produced

Cyclone was an performance option on the 1972 Montego.

I love the 1965/1966 comet cyclone!! What a bad mofo!!

It's funny, they show this as a family/luxury car and yet deep down it was a race car ready to go racing

Hi did they ever build 69 or 70 429 boss spd or only regular 429 4spd. . An older friend had 1 new in Ontario Canada. He told me it was rare. I thought he told me boss429 I may b mistaken

In my opinion the 390 was a way better motor than the 428/429. Plus the side oiler 427 was a bad ass too!!

I am not so sure that your engine information on the 1971 Cyclones was correct. While my brothers 1970 Spoiler 429 CJ (with Quadrajet carb) 4 spd was correct. My 71 GT 351C HO seems to have been missed and our neighbors '71 Spoiler with the door sticker that read KK 429 Nascar was definitely a Boss car.

Who put the megaphone on it? and why keep aiming the camera at it? Ugh, what a wart

What a beautiful car , now we make garbage

I don't know why but I think the 428/429 was an underperforming engine. What I mean is a 289hipo had 340/350hp and the 428 cobra jet(hipo) had 335. Boring.

Incorrect air cleaner