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flotsam

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8. Lotta one offs that were however production

Reply to Glamrock (Original post)

Wed Aug 29, 2018, 03:53 PM

Aug 2018

Friend bought a '66 Mercury Cyclone GT W/390 C.I. S-code engine. The car had belonged to the son of a Ford dealerships owner and had several production codes no one (even the Ford mechanics) could quite identify...And yes it could...

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First-Ever Factory Production Car to Achieve Front Wheel Lift at Launch [View all] Glamrock Aug 2018 OP

Ford's Cobra Jet Mustangs (modern) did it first and some years ago. machoneman Aug 2018 #1

Not according to Guiness book of records and Auto Nation magazine. Glamrock Aug 2018 #2

Sorry, your dead wrong! These were limited production cars right out of Ford factories. machoneman Aug 2018 #3

Whoa whoa whoa man (Hands up) Glamrock Aug 2018 #6

Rented Shelby once, wow. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2018 #4

Perfect for the gold chain and musk crowd. OilemFirchen Aug 2018 #5

Obviously it's probably shit outside a straight line. Glamrock Aug 2018 #7

Lotta one offs that were however production flotsam Aug 2018 #8

I'm guessing by "production" Glamrock Aug 2018 #9

Close call flotsam Aug 2018 #10

Right? Right? Glamrock Aug 2018 #11

And to think tRump wants to "Make Cars Great Again" Best_man23 Aug 2018 #12

Holy crap! What is that! Glamrock Aug 2018 #13

That's an Edsel discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 #14

That's gorgeous! Glamrock Aug 2018 #15

What you really need is a 1970 AMC Gremlin discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 #16

OH GAWD! Glamrock Aug 2018 #17

During 1969 the AMX SS 390 CI included 2 4bbl carburetors. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 #18