1971 Mercury Cyclone Grabber Orange

$23,300

1971 Mercury Cyclone Grabber Orange

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Summary:

Used 1971 Yellow

Location:

Citrus Heights, CA

Description:

1971 Mercury Cyclone GTExteriorGrabber Orange paint bathes the steel panels that make up thislarge muscle car. It sports a black vinyl top, and has black flamedecals on the front of the car. A large pronounced square beakleads the way on the grille and it has a central GT badge. Theseradiate rearward to the horizontal grille that is flanked on eitherside by dual headlights. A shiny shape matching bumper hangs belowand a black chin spoiler is just below. Along with the flameslicking rearward, the open scooped hood masked its way back to thewindscreen. Flames lick the font quarters and end in the doors,which have well minded gaps. Some shiny trimming surrounds thewheel wells, as well as all the glass. On the back after thesloping gently rear glass, is the trunk deck in solid orange with aspoiler on top. On the back 2 sets of 3 square taillights arewithin a black panel and these have large overhanging bezels.Another shiny bumper fits snugly into the rear roll panel. 15 inchblack 5 spoke Torque Thrust wheels are on and these have polishedlips at the edge. All 4 corners have BFG raised who its letterRadial T/As. Of note, our consignor has had the entire car ceramiccoated prior to the vinyl flame installation so removal of thedecals should not mar the paint underneath.InteriorA swing of the doors and we have pure 70s design with a centralblack and white tweed broadcloth panel where the mirror joystick ishoused. The remainder of the door is smooth molded vinyl in blacklooking sleek. Slipping inside sleek simple high back buckets arein front. These have the square houndstooth in black and white, andsmooth black vinyl bolsters. The rear bench uses the same materialsand design, which is totally gnarly! Between these buckets is acenter console which has the shape of a skateboard park half pipe.It swoops from under the dash and leads to the glovebox. Somealuminum accenting mixes with the molded vinyl and a T shifter ishoused here. The dash has molded instruments under a drivers sideeyebrow padded black cowl, and as we move our eye across the dashtop some inset gauges line up as we are on our way to thepassengers side. These include a tachometer, and various othermonitoring gauges. Mahogany rims the 3 spoked chromed rallysteering wheel fronting the dash, black carpeting with orangeCyclone stitching is on the mats in front, and a nice tightheadliner, in black is above.DrivetrainUnder the hood in a restored engine bay and shining brightly is abeautiful 429ci V8. It has a 4 barrel carburetor on top, and a 3speed C6 automatic on back. Power throws rearward to a Ford 9 inch3.55 rear axle and magically the wheels spin! A litany of wires andhoses are all over this mill but are all very clean and neatlyorganized.UndercarriageUnderneath is either nice pristine black paint on steel panels orshiny gas tank and Flowmaster dual exhaust. No rust within miles ofthis car. Independent coil springs are upfront, and leaf springsare on back. Power disc braking is on front, and power drums forthe back. Nicely done on this full restoration.Drive-AbilityThis car fired right up and on the test track had smoothacceleration, and good braking. I did see the tachometer flutterevery now and again, the factory temperature and oil pressuregauges are not working, also the transmission drops out of gearrandomly, and its slow to engage into reverse.

Body Type:

2dr Car

Transmission:

Automatic Transmission

Features:

Tachometer

Posted:

June 28 2023 on Carseva