Its a Merc, you jerk!

[Pops]

Here are some cool drag racing Mercs. Enjoy!:D

http://www.dragracingonline.com/features/2010/xii_6-mercury-1.html

[Egon Spengler]

That is cool, thanks for sharing!

One of the mercury comets had the name Ed Schartman on the side... that is the funniest last name ever! "Schartman"!!! Get it???

[Joe Walsh]

:bows:..........BOSS 429 Cougar* and 427 SOHC Comet!!!.........:bows:

*one of 2 built!



"It's a Merc you jerk!"

When I first took my Marauder drag racing in the Spring of '03 the track announcer kept saying: "That's a nice looking Cadillac!"
After my second run I got tired of the knucklehead and I painted "MERC" in huge letters with shoe polish on the Marauder's glass.
Next run the track announcer said: "That's a clean black....uhhhh.....Mercury!"

[jflave]

Thanks Pops, very nice. :)

[Paul T. Casey]

That is cool, thanks for sharing!

One of the mercury comets had the name Ed Schartman on the side... that is the funniest last name ever! "Schartman"!!! Get it???
Probably wouldn't want to tell Fast Eddie that in person. He was known to bust a head or 2.

[LeoVampire]

Awsome photo's of Merc's at their best! :banana2:

Thanks for posting it!

[Leadfoot281]

Animal Jim was my hero back in my Fairmont..err, I mean, Mercury Zephyr days.

Somewhere between 1992 and 1998 I owned 4 of those things.. in a row. Not too many people will fess up to that except me and the Animal. :lol:

[Red91LX]

Animal Jim was my hero back in my Fairmont..err, I mean, Mercury Zephyr days.

Somewhere between 1992 and 1998 I owned 4 of those things.. in a row. Not too many people will fess up to that except me and the Animal. :lol:

That Fairmont/Zephyr (FOX) chassis was actually touted as a good drag racing platform if a suitable engine was swapped. A friend built two such Fairmonts, one is powered by a BOSS 429, and the other with a SOHC 427.

[Joe Walsh]

That Fairmont/Zephyr (FOX) chassis was actually touted as a good drag racing platform if a suitable engine was swapped.

A friend built two such Fairmonts, one is powered by a BOSS 429, and the other with a SOHC 427.

:bows:

Pictures please!

We had a 1978 Ford Fairmont with the straight six/auto.
Car ran like a watch!...a slow watch.
It was very light..almost a tin can.
My brother got it as a hand-me-down college car and I lent him my '85 GT take-off rims with Goodyear Gatorbacks.
That car would take highway entrance ramps at 70 mph without any tire howl!
Many a sports car get left on those tight corners....:D

[CBT]

Yeah baby!
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[kirk]

Animal Jim was my hero back in my Fairmont..err, I mean, Mercury Zephyr days.

Somewhere between 1992 and 1998 I owned 4 of those things.. in a row. Not too many people will fess up to that except me and the Animal. :lol:

Animal Jim was the original owner of a 1963 Monterey with a 427. Check him out in his early days http://homepages.wmich.edu/~dillery/3W51R535844.html

[SC Cheesehead]

Yeah baby!
21886

big +1 on that bubba!

http://www.dragracingonline.com/features/2010/xii_6-mercury/EdRachanski.jpg

[Big Black Beast]

Cool gallery! Thanks for posting that. Mercury Cyclone FTW BTW.
I used to go out with a girl that drove a green Fairmont wagon. She hated it, but I liked it. I sometimes wonder whatever happened to that car...

[Joe Walsh]

I saw this car at the Carlisle show and started to seriously think about buying it....It was in great condition plus it was $1,200 obo!

http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_1798-1.jpg
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/JoeJWalsh/IMG_1799-1.jpg

:hmmm:...Drop in that new 340HP 5.0 crate motor for around $3,400, add a few tried and true 5.0 mods* and you've got a killer sleeper!

"Dude! My Honda V-Tec just got walked by a gold 4 door Fairmont!"

* I've got tons of 5.0 stuff in the basement...heh heh heh....:D

[Red91LX]

:bows:

Pictures please!

We had a 1978 Ford Fairmont with the straight six/auto.
Car ran like a watch!...a slow watch.
It was very light..almost a tin can.
My brother got it as a hand-me-down college car and I lent him my '85 GT take-off rims with Goodyear Gatorbacks.
That car would take highway entrance ramps at 70 mph without any tire howl!
Many a sports car get left on those tight corners....:D

Joe, I'm pretty sure I can get some pictures of those awesome Fairmonts, but it might take me a while to set up and do it. (I'm pretty sure the owner will let me post up a few pictures.) Both cars were the subject of magazine articles when they were first built quite a few years ago.

[Big Black Beast]

Wow! I haven't seen a 4-door for quite some time. I see the 2 doors more frequently, in fact, I saw one today in the Wallyworld lot!