1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler Spins Heads, Stops Optic Later Glance Into Overgrown Yard

The perfect storm. “Unlikely” is what nosotros idea when nosotros institute this hidden treasure. Jody together with I traded phrases like, “No way!” together with “You gotta locomote kidding me!” We had spotted an elusive 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler inwards the wild.
These redesigned street bullies, offered inwards 1970 together with 1971, blazed the blacktop at the superlative of the musculus automobile wars. The bare-fist, horsepower brawl fought inwards Detroit went into a full-tilt, glory pick out handgrip of for 1970. This of late unearthed ’70 Mercury Cyclone was equipped amongst all the necessary armor for street battle. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 cagey buyer checked off the correct boxes to construct this unique looking Baton Le Yellow (Alabama utter for yellowish stick). So, for those non together with thus familiar amongst Mercury’s weapon of choice, it breaks downward similar this:

Mercury wanted an oculus popping musculus machine to compete amongst everyone. Nascar, NHRA, together with anyone else located inwards Red Light, USA. And the new, for 1970, 429-cubic-inch monster would produce it.

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Junkyard Life’s start glance at the 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler – a tempest alarm was coming our way!

Cyclones rare inwards Alabama together with everywhere else
We at Junkyard Life would bet that Mercury exclusively sold 1,631 Cyclone Spoilers because they exclusively built 1,631 of them. Cyclones joined a select few Ford-based engines equipped amongst a Rochester Quadrajet. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 highly-tweakable, four-barrel carburetor that was experiencing slap-up success, amongst (get this) GM. Cyclones fifty-fifty had a “Ram Air” type air cleaner. (Gear caput note: Another choice would convey been the Super Cobra Jet engine featuring a Holley Carb)
To construct the Cyclone, Cyclone GT together with the featured Cyclone Spoiler, Mercury used many popular, musculus automobile era, styling cues. In this Cyclone Spoiler, we spotted pattern elements from Mercury Montego, the Ford LTD, together with seats that reminded us of Chevrolet’s “Houndstooth” pattern. Jody also noted how the tail lights would appeal to the Mopar crowd, Challenger fans specifically.
This Cyclone was a winner, all around, only unfortunately, it would non locomote a hitting to many musculus automobile fans inwards 1970. Only a few Mercury Cyclones convey been seen together with enjoyed on the streets. This may locomote the exclusively 1 we, at Junkyard Life, convey always seen together with it has been off the route for xx years.

Houndstooth, dark together with white seats compliment the ’70 Cyclone Spoiler’s interior.

These unsuspecting clowns, Ron together with Jody, studiously bear witness a 429 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler. That’s putting it nicely. We were dumbfounded, only create to learn!

Spoiled all over
Despite my theory that the automobile was named Cyclone due it existence a lot of musculus automobile cues “whipped up” into 1 car. That in all likelihood wasn’t what Mercury had inwards hear when they named this car. It was to a greater extent than probable named because a cyclone is a powerful tempest that is known to produce damage, much similar this would produce to the ego of the drivers of lesser cars. We produce know that the Cyclone Spoiler was named appropriately due to the spoilers on the front end mentum together with nurture deck wing, similar our characteristic car.

1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler’s nurture spoiler shoves the automobile downward on the route for ameliorate stability (in theory) at HCS (High Cyclone Speed).

We spotted mightiness brakes, mightiness steering together with an possessor added Holley mounted to the 370-hp 429-cubic-inch engine for to a greater extent than throttle-stabbing fun.

Wish I had idea of that
   The possessor of this Mercury, institute inwards Alabama, had a gut feeling that Cyclones would locomote something to concur onto. The possessor did 1 ameliorate than that, he bought every 1 that he institute during the final 3 decades. He forthwith owns 4 Cyclones. Two 1970 models together with 2 1971 models.
   This fantastic Cyclone Spoiler inwards Competition Yellow also has a Traction-Lok nurture amongst 3.50:1 gears, together with an automatic C6 transmission. It is also an air-delete car, amongst manual windows together with an AM radio. It was mill equipped amongst mightiness brakes together with mightiness steering.
   An air-delete 429 that spins both tires? We know what this automobile was born to do-hopefully, it volition locomote doing it 1 time again shortly if nosotros convey anything to produce amongst it!
Happy Hunting!

Ron Kidd
— Junkyard Life

“That’s a lot of motor for a guy!” Our dad would convey said that.

Competition Yellow paint, trunk stripes, 429 engine, Ram Air hood along amongst front end together with nurture spoilers add together upward to 1 hateful musculus machine circa 1970.

Well-preserved interior features a mill tachometer canted toward the driver, from the oculus of dash, together with a broad sweep speedometer, inwards front end of steering wheel. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of divisions had a work combining the two, only Mercury had no resultant giving us what nosotros want. Junkyard Life loves mill tachometers.