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X-TECH MAN · 08-10-2010, 01:36 PM

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Did any 1965 Mercury Cyclones come through with 289/271HP engines.
It's in the guide, but were they really made?
1964 289/271HP cars were produced, but 1965's?
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Yes.....A friend (Gene Collins) had a 202 2 door post sedan (C/S at that time.....F/S today) sponsored by a local Lincoln Mercury dealer. Raced at Aquasco, Capitol and other local tracks in Md. Ran against the 1960 SD 389 Pontiacs (Gene Calhoons Arapaho, Dick Hills 60 Pontiac) and 61 270 HP Vettes. It was in a D.C. car show as it was really done up nice for that era. Another friend had a Red Cyclone but only as a street car and I was just alking to him about that car last week on the phone. He wished he had it back....lol. Gene Collins later ran a 66 271 automatic Mustang and won the NASCAR Daytona Winternationals. He was my partner in a 71 Dodge Challenger 383 factory/Dealer effort so I knew him well. I just dont know how many 271's were made.

08-10-2010, 01:36 PM	#8
X-TECH MAN Banned Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Lake Placid, Florida Posts: 3,203 Likes: 1,047 Liked 235 Times in 110 Posts	Re: cars that were built but not in the guide? [QUOTE Did any 1965 Mercury Cyclones come through with 289/271HP engines. It's in the guide, but were they really made? 1964 289/271HP cars were produced, but 1965's? pc[/QUOTE] Yes.....A friend (Gene Collins) had a 202 2 door post sedan (C/S at that time.....F/S today) sponsored by a local Lincoln Mercury dealer. Raced at Aquasco, Capitol and other local tracks in Md. Ran against the 1960 SD 389 Pontiacs (Gene Calhoons Arapaho, Dick Hills 60 Pontiac) and 61 270 HP Vettes. It was in a D.C. car show as it was really done up nice for that era. Another friend had a Red Cyclone but only as a street car and I was just alking to him about that car last week on the phone. He wished he had it back....lol. Gene Collins later ran a 66 271 automatic Mustang and won the NASCAR Daytona Winternationals. He was my partner in a 71 Dodge Challenger 383 factory/Dealer effort so I knew him well. I just dont know how many 271's were made. Last edited by X-TECH MAN; 08-10-2010 at 02:45 PM.