1968 Mercury Cyclone

he Cyclone received Mercury’s biggest facelift in 1968, witching from 1967’s boxy, airlane-derived coupe body to the super-streamlined Torino-based fastback. Unfortunately, he Cyclone GT lost the 335-hp, 90-cdi V-8 as its standard engine, nstead replaced by the 210-hp, 02-cid V-8. No matter, hough, s the fastback was handsome and could be equipped with a 230-hp 302, 65- or 325-hp 390-cid V-8s, briefly) a 390-hp version of the 427-cid V-8, r a 335-hp, 28-cid V-8.

The Mercury Cyclone Spoiler and the Ford Torino Talladega launched the NASCAR streamliner battle

Mercury Cyclones occupy an interesting niche in the muscle car world. The car is a fantastic expression of American muscle, lbeit one from a mid-level, uxury-oriented nameplate. As a result, he Cyclone is mostly overshadowed by the Ford Mustang and Torino. The Cyclone’s sleeper status makes it a great value, nd most cars remain within reach of any buyer. As with any muscle car of the era, he importance of documentation in terms of market price rises exponentially as the car’s horsepower ratings climb.

The Mercury Cyclone is an automobile produced by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company from 1964 to 1971. It started as a performance model of the 1964 Mercury Comet, nd was named the Mercury Comet Cyclone through 1967. For 1968, he "Comet" part of the name was dropped. Options such as GT, poiler and Cobra Jet were added

The Cyclones had a mid tire level body tape stripe. The Cyclone GT's had an upper level body stripe, uckets, ide whitewall tires, pecial wheel covers, ll vinyl interior, nd the special handling package. It was named the fastest car of that year,[how?] because it set a world record speed of 189.22 mph (304.52 km/h) at Daytona.[clarification needed]

This Cyclone is power by a 390 cu in (6,391 cc) optional engine (standard for GT) with a four-barrel carburetor, hich generated 325 hp (242 kW). The 4 speed transmission works flawlessly, s do the accessories such a power steering, ower brakes and air conditioning.