The Mercury Cyclone: An American Falcon GT

[John Hubertz]

I thought this forum might appreciate the attached photo gallery and article about the original 1960s Mercury Cyclones.

As I was looking it over I realized that in some color/option combination the Cyclone definitely resembles an Aussie Ford Falcon - one of my favorite cars in the world.

Here is the gallery:  http://www.boldride.com/ride/1968/mercury-cyclone#gallery/2


Here is the article that led me to the gallery to begin with:  http://autos.yahoo.com/news/story-mercury-cyclone-160032764.html

[13B]

I definately see elements of the XA GT Falcon.

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[ZCarFan]

But the one element that is not present in the Falcon is that 428 cobra Jet!  The 351s are nice, but a bit short on torque

[hi ho]

But the one element that is not present in the Falcon is that 428 cobra Jet!  The 351s are nice, but a bit short on torque

Ah, but the 428 WAS present in one Falcon GT and this was no backyard job. It was a genuine GT shipped to the US by the then manager of Ford Australia, Bill Bourke. The Ford boys at Dearborn shoehorned the 428 in and shipped it back. It became Bourke's private road car....the only one in the world.
Here is the scale model of it with a bit of info if you're interested:
http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/hiho3/library/

Here is the current happy owner (who says he'll never sell it)
http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/hiho3/library/

[hi ho]

Sorry guys here are the pics
The model:


and.. the owner

[pompy]

In South Africa it was labelled the Fairmont GT...
Check this out:

http://www.africanmusclecars.com/index.php/ford/fairmont-gt