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New toy. 1966 Cyclone GT 390 56k mi Un-Restored
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<blockquote data-quote="EcoBoostF100" data-source="post: 16943878" data-attributes="member: 136784"><p>[ATTACH=full]1804774[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804775[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804776[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804777[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804778[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804779[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I had another post in works but never hit send/post. Best will be to link video of delivery then follow up from there. </p><p></p><p>Working on that now. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 1966 GT 390 was 335hp 427tq back in 1966 and only about 3500 lbs, had 7" in length on the sibling Fairlane for better weight transfer. The S intake was a decent intake and this version came with a Holley Carb designed for exactly this. Being most likely the most original GT Cyclone out there I will leave it as is. 1967 GT 390 were only 320 hp mostly because of a camshaft change. Plan is to preserve not modify. Any carb change it would not perform as well. Back in 1966 Car & Driver tested 6 Super Cars (lol) and the Mercury Cyclone GT was at top of heap with a 13.98 quarter run at 103.8 mph using 7.75 tires. I will post that article and others along with Brochures I have saved for years. My dream car since 1966. Will give details in another post. </p><p></p><p>Lucky find for sure! My retirement goal. Early 1966 in local corner store that had large rack of comic books I spotted one on cover and said someday. (still have that comic book) </p><p></p><p>Every time I see it I wonder how could this be untouched for so many years with full documentation since day one!</p><p></p><p>Great find no doubt!</p><p></p><p>I have owned a bunch of 1966-67 Comets & Fairlanes including 3 factory 427 Comets and 2 427 Fairlanes but the 1966 GT was the elusive one until now to find the right car. Patience helped me buy it. </p><p></p><p>I will post details of that. </p><p></p><p>Will post a few pics of my prior cars including my Factory R Code 425hp dual quad 4 speed 427's[ATTACH=full]1804774[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804775[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804776[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804777[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804778[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1804779[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EcoBoostF100, post: 16943878, member: 136784"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3648.jpeg"]1804774[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3649.jpeg"]1804775[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3647.jpeg"]1804776[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3645.jpeg"]1804777[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3630.jpeg"]1804778[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_3612.jpeg"]1804779[/ATTACH] I had another post in works but never hit send/post. Best will be to link video of delivery then follow up from there. Working on that now. The 1966 GT 390 was 335hp 427tq back in 1966 and only about 3500 lbs, had 7" in length on the sibling Fairlane for better weight transfer. The S intake was a decent intake and this version came with a Holley Carb designed for exactly this. Being most likely the most original GT Cyclone out there I will leave it as is. 1967 GT 390 were only 320 hp mostly because of a camshaft change. Plan is to preserve not modify. Any carb change it would not perform as well. Back in 1966 Car & Driver tested 6 Super Cars (lol) and the Mercury Cyclone GT was at top of heap with a 13.98 quarter run at 103.8 mph using 7.75 tires. I will post that article and others along with Brochures I have saved for years. My dream car since 1966. Will give details in another post. Lucky find for sure! My retirement goal. Early 1966 in local corner store that had large rack of comic books I spotted one on cover and said someday. (still have that comic book) Every time I see it I wonder how could this be untouched for so many years with full documentation since day one! Great find no doubt! I have owned a bunch of 1966-67 Comets & Fairlanes including 3 factory 427 Comets and 2 427 Fairlanes but the 1966 GT was the elusive one until now to find the right car. Patience helped me buy it. I will post details of that. Will post a few pics of my prior cars including my Factory R Code 425hp dual quad 4 speed 427's[ATTACH type="full"]1804774[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1804775[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1804776[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1804777[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1804778[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]1804779[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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