Lot #392 - The Cyclone was 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, and was named the Mercury Comet Cyclone through 1967. For 1968, the Comet part of the name was dropped. Options such as GT, spoiler 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, buckets, wide whitewall tires, special wheel covers, all vinyl interior and the special handling package. It was named the fastest car of the year, because it set a world record speed of 189.22 mph at Daytona. This Cyclone is powered by a 390ci optional engine (standard for GT) with a 4-barrel carburetor, which generated 325hp. The 4-speed manual transmission works great, as do the accessories such as power steering, power brakes and air conditioning. Marti Report included.