429 Super Cobra Jet 4-Speed 1970 Cyclone Spoiler | 750HP Mercury Goes 11s on Stock Tires!

[@aguyinnc2865]

Absolutely love this car. A guy had a Cyclone GT when we were in high school, but the Cyclone Spoilers were rare, even back then. True muscle cars!

[@gordocarbo]

WAs a kid when these cars hit the street....seen a few but even scarce back then Watching him nail 3rd gear with that long throw...dude can drive!

[@bobuncle8704]

As you said, Evan, the restoration alone is fantastic. What a car.

[@LoneWrencher]

love those mercurys,i have owned my 66 comet for over 40 years-428 , 4 speed ,nitrous ,4.11 gears.

[@save16thave]

Cool, I've owned my 66 Comet for 24 years, bought it when I was 18. It's a Caliente with 351w swap, AFR heads, 150 shot, C6 and a 9 inch.

[@LoneWrencher]

my 66 caliente came from the factory with a 390 4 speed,almost all calientes were 6 cyl or a 289@@save16thave

[@save16thave]

@@LoneWrencher Nice! That's a rare find. My Caliente had the 289 2bbl a C4 and an 8 inch. I still have the 289 and C4 "Merc-o-Matic" if I ever want to make it original again.

[@nickbonvino]

Just goes to show you the power of the 429 … I had a ‘69 Marquis429-4v, 11-1 compression in an almost 5000 pound car that beat most anything on the street in the ‘80s. I remember racing a Buick GS 400 4 speed and running neck and neck for a long stretch. We got to the next traffic light and he couldn’t believe this Marquis could run with him…

[@user-xl1hi6vg5y]

This is a beauty. Yeah it requires 750 horsepower to accelerate this much mass to that speed in that distance. The 127 says it all in my book. I used to own this car years ago, I sold it to Mike. It was nothing like this. Mike taught me alot about the 385 Ford many years ago. Man he did an incredible job with this thing, the video of the run demonstrates that. Amazing job.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

I could be wrong, but I'd think that 750hp should move this car faster. I'm guessing he's having some serious traction issues. If he ran slicks he'd probably be running 10s

[@chadkent1241]

It doesn't take 750 hp to trap 127. My 03 TT Mach trapped 126 @ 515 rwhp

[@WyattWillis88]

​@chadkent1241 wow your car that's over 3 decades newer did that 👏 😂

[@RobertSiwik1968]

Awesome car! I wasn't expecting to hear 571 ci ! Thats gotta be a tough class!

[@gordocarbo]

@@chadkent1241 That cyclone is no light car. With no nannies and hardly any tire thats a good time for his car

[@fordguy3032]

Beautiful Cyclone! I had a 70 Torino Cobra 429SCJ, Ram Air, 4:11 rear with top loader 4 speed on the street from 1978-79 to 1990 when I sold it. Still kicking myself for letting it go. Bought it for $600. Engine was apart in boxes and trans and interior were out of car. Took about 9 months to rebuild the 429SCJ, do body and paint and get all parts back on. Painted it lacquer B8217LM autumn maple firemist metallic which was a 1980 olds color. Looked like the same red Cobra peaking around the corner at 8:42. Good Luck with it and DON'T sell it 😀 Currently driving a 2021 Mustang GT/CS with lots of HP and torque but just doesn't have that classic pedigree.

[@gteefxr3094]

But, guess what, you let it go.

[@ricklong3218]

Doesn't have the pedigree OR the same sound. Sorry we have all let things go at some point 😢

[@mylanmiller9656]

It is impressive to see how well He has that car planting the street tires, His car works better than a lot of cars with slicks.

[@Funtimes670]

I knew a guy back in early 2000’s that daily drove his beautiful red Cyclone to work every day that he owned from new. Love this car too!

[@stacyhazelwood4033]

Wow, that is impressive. I love my 1970 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler 429cj 4spd. It is nothing like this one. He is right, it is hard to find parts for it. Thanks for showing the Merc Cyclone a little love. We don't get a lot of press.

[@biscuitboy3617]

It's an awesome car. I think the weight of these out of the factory was around 4200 lbs. They're something you don't see very often. It's too bad Mercury didn't produce more of these!

[@mkowboy13]

My 3rd generation is 3800lbs small block so with this havin 429 I guess so

[@nhmtrhd]

When I was 12 my dad bought a new 1970 Cyclone GT with a 429 auto. Orange with the lower black. In 72 he bought Cougar XR7 with a 351CJ. I grew up with fast Fords. I miss those days. The two year run on the gun site grills were so bold and distinct and my favorite. Even though the Ford’s couldn’t quite keep up with the Chev’s and the Mopar’s they will always be my favorite 🤩

[@jerryfrederick6610]

429 SCJ were potent. My buddy had a Torino 429 SCJ. He also ran 11's at Detroit Dragway.

[@ronniebarksdale8528]

I absolutely love these cars. My second car as a kid was a 69 MACH 1 - 428 CJ and fell in love with the fast Fords. This Cyclone body was the one that the Woods Brothers ran so successfully.

[@raymondleathers5921]

Cars like that don’t get enough attention. Cool car, cool class. Takes a lot of thinking to make them quicker. Not just a boost knob to turn up.

[@mcjams66]

Love this car. Of course anything with a 385 series BBF is awesome in my opinion.

[@1968fordman]

Absolutely beautiful Merc! Makes me wanna get my 68 Fairlane out! Thank you for showing these mid size Ford's, my all time favorite cars!

[@Phillip-up3ip]

I love the car. In the late 80s, I rode around in a 351 GT 4 speed 3.55 gear car. Best times of my life.

[@NEtrailrider1]

Great presentation on a great car, glad to see it's not stuck in someone's collection somewhere, and your out having fun with it, like you should.

[@Gdone]

The “W” nose is very unique. That cyclone is a beautiful car

[@michaelmacek9433]

Nice car! I have a 1966 Cyclone GT that had been sitting in my barn since 1981. It has just over 49,000 miles on it. Those are actual miles. After watching this video , it makes me want to get the car out of storage and back on the road

[@electrichellion5946]

You didn’t already want to get it out and going down the road? This was the final straw that gets you working on it. That’s awesome. Guilty of not working on my own classic.

[@cayce56]

We special ordered ours. Gun metal blue, 429 cobra, sway bars and no power steering. To add to the fun we had a St Bernard who rode in the back seat. Loved that car

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

Serious Car...Something tells me he's probably "Extrusion Honed" those Exhaust Manifolds within an inch of their life. And he's surely played that back and forth muffler and pipe juggle too many times to count...hahaha lol

[@shaneminor2367]

So impressive on those tires! Car is beautiful. Thanks Evan, we need to see more of these types of cars. I love those classes.

[@mattfarahsmillionmilelexus]

What a cool, unique car, and you'll never see another at the race track.

[@dgruvers]

Thought this was the coolest car ever, when I was 16, still cool I'm 66

[@godsowndrunk1118]

4.5 inch crank I'd imagine. My 65 427 is stroked to 468, but I'd never admit it .

[@FiteTheGoodFight]

A autobody guy I used to know up here in Canada had a 70 Spoiler like this in Grabber Green. 4 speed car with the factory Quadrajet carburetor. Only had 30 000 original miles on it. He was the original owner. It had the Mercury chrome dogdish hubcap/beauty rings wheels from the factory, not the Magnum 500's. He eventually sold the car around the year 2000. I bet he's kicking himself for selling that car now! What a head turner that car was!

[@mikecurtis2585]

Beautiful Mercury love that Blue! Very fast for that weight!!!

[@davidmessenger7538]

Awesome! I love the view from the Corvette as this Cyclone caught and passed it!

[@jackflash6377]

Beautiful car, wonderful engine. If I could do it, I would make one exactly like that. I bet that car is a lot of fun to drive. Well done Mr. Evan. You seem to find some of the best content.

[@HoosierDaddy_]

One of my favorite Fords of all time! 429 definitely my favorite engine. My 1at car was a 2 door 70 Thunderbird with the regular 429 Thunderjet 4bbl in it. It looks very similar to these Cyclones. I love the "beak"!

[@save16thave]

Beautiful and unique car. I love all old Fords but I'm a Mercury man by nature.

[@mylanmiller9656]

That front end is another one known as the Knudson Nose! Knudson loved the Pontiac look.

[@colehara]

I love the Cyclones. I had a 68 back in the day. 👍

[@watchman11000]

I love that gunsight grill, very tough menacing looking. Had a friend in high school circa 1979 that had that exact Competition blue 429 SCJ Cyclone Spoiler 4 speed. He had fat tires on deep dish solid drag Centerline riveted wheels in rear with the matching rims in front. He was the tire frier king of the parking lot. Badass looking car.

[@petebellanca4589]

I have a1970 spoiler which I ordered it was comp blue 4 sp. with sun roof unfortunately painted black it has 37000 original miles . This car is beautiful

[@DLVRYMN]

Post pictures sometime

[@frogman7874]

Crazy about a Mercury! What a beautiful car! WOW!😍

[@mx6726]

Talk about a rare GEM

[@michaelalberson126]

Love this Ford’s are always. First On Race Day!

[@p1315]

It's a beauty...but...the 427 Vettes in FAST are 2 second quicker. So more like...Flip Over Read Directions. 🤣🤣🤣

[@cobracharmer6178]

@@p1315: And? @ 3:51, the Vette ran a 11:60 @ 118mph to the Mercury's 11:67 @ 127mph. That Vette probably has a 383 stroker. And of course, the blue Nova had a 'stock factory' fiberglass hood. No one gives💩💩about a recycled plastic bathtub. I'm counting down the days when GMC sends Chitimgay out with Oldsmobile and Pontiac.

[@JC-gw3yo]

when I was Chevy guy, I use to blow a lot of cars off with my "70 Z28. The big Dodges took it hard. BUT I remember running up against a bone stock Cyclone of this vintage... And he ate my lunch. Give me a whole new respect for Fords

[@fonzolatrundo9140]

Fantastic machine! Love that it’s being tracked. Beautiful and seriously quick!

[@loafbred]

A guy at my high school had this exact car (with front spoiler) in 1970, and I don't think I've ever seen another one on the road.

[@robertclymer6948]

Beautiful car! I don't see anything about this car I do not like. A 4000# car running 11's? That in it's self is quite amazing. Would also like to see Evan's 68 cyclone Godzilla swap! Thanks for sharing. Much love from Motown, home of Detroit Muscle!

[@dougrollison7040]

Mike really knows that machine inside and out. It'd probably take one of the original designers to top his knowledge!

[@louislepage5111]

I always thought that these things were the nicest cars 😊

[@US_Air-Tech_Tree_War-thunder]

Both the cars that were racing in the beginning are my dream cars, C3 corvette and the mercury Cyclone, just beautiful cars

[@abbottsplace8080]

Love the big Fords in those years. What a nice machine. Great video!

[@Bumblebee4788]

Had a poster of one on my wall as a teenager, I'm a GM man trough and though, but I love the body style of the 70 /71 Cyclone and the Montego..

[@redren77]

Had one of these in the late 90’s. Didn’t have the original motor/trans but was a Spoiler. Miss that car.

[@Scott-ec4ux]

I'm a Mopar guy , However the 1st time I saw that car I was in love , in a class of its own * , It really stood apart from the rest of the Fords / I'd be a proud owner of that car !

[@kirklandracing]

Thanks Evan. You said you would post this video. It made my morning whole lot better seeing that Cyclone pulled those front wheels. I would assume the rest of the exhaust is less restrictive he didn’t mention. Also the manual brakes & no power steering is definitely tricks of the trade. I would assume the battery could be disguised under the hood and a real one mounted in the back to help with weight & traction. He didn’t mention the best feature of the grille, I believe it flips up to help with cam swap changes. Those 460 are big & heavy motors this car is very impressed. ❤

[@revanevan]

You're welcome.

[@Enigma-Sapiens]

Fantastic car & driver, thanks, Evan!

[@1951RKP]

I cut my teeth in drag racing driving a 1970 and a 1971 Torino Cobra Jets. My brother bought one brand new and let me drive it. Pure stock back in 1970 it ran low 14 second 1/4 miles at about 104. He kept making modifications until it ran in the 11’s. That was around 1975. A friend had a 1971 SCJ that ran low 12 seconds at 112 MPH I drove for him. When I quit racing I was a licensed NHRA Pro Stock driver in the late 1980’s. These cars are fun to drive and he does a nice job driving. 127 MPH is definitely enough power to run mid 10’s with drag slicks and more rear end gear. Grabber blue. I had a 1970 Boss 302 that color.

[@Shotgunwilly1588]

some more or less this engine is a NASCAR engine as far as power and everything and he's running on the drag strip and the 11's thats amazing🤯🤯

[@edsmachine93]

Nice car. Very rare. Thanks for sharing.

[@chuckselvage3157]

Nice colour Grabber Blue and a beast of a motor.

[@iggyfritz7150]

A Gentleman here mentioned the 429 thunderjet caught my attention. Back in the late 70's-early 80's I had a 1970 2-door thunderbird. It was a living room on wheels 😅, it was the party mobile. having the 429 thunderjet motor, with 4 of us on our way to an Ozzy concert going up a steep bridge that was 150ft high I went from 120mph to 0 and it was still pulling. I venture say we were at least going 130mph. Anyway the front end started to shake so I let off. With that said that engine had so much torque that I actually broke the frame in half doing a burnout 😮. So thats the end of my story and the car, RIP thunderchicken 😂

[@kylevantassel7259]

Love the car and LOVE the FAST class . Frankly I could live just the old gassers like Down South Gassers and the cars in FAST . Better times and you really had to be sharp to get those cars in the numbers.. Now they just slap on an Ebay hair drier and they are in the 8s,,,, The FAST class doesnt get the attention it deserves Evan..... I think thats your job.... 😎😎

[@cudadude2]

One of the coolest F. A. S. T. Cars on the planet.

[@georgecooke9010]

GREAT CAR! LOTS OF ELIMINATORS BUT SPOILERS ARE NOT AS COMMON AS COUGARS. THE FRONT END IS CRAZY LOOKING AND REALLY COOL! IT'S LIKE TALEDAGA LOOKS. MERCURY IS THE ONLY TRUE LUXURY MOTOR HEAD BRAND FOR REGULAR FOLKS! GOTTA LOVE YOUR VIDS EVAN.

[@boostedsaleen6146]

Thats a cool class , the zl1 vetts and camaros are running in the 9sec on stock tires.

[@gordocarbo]

do they weigh 4000 lbs?

[@ricklong3218]

They also weighed 1,500 lbs less!

[@travislostaglia8861]

Thanks Evan and Mike

[@gsmith207]

thanks for the ride down the track that was awesome! what a beast

[@smirkinatu5512]

Thank you for recording and posting this video of a beautiful car.

[@johntempest267]

What an awesome build. 429 is a monster. I'm sure Cyclone's and Torino's won races on the street, I've never seen it though.

[@wade998]

The FAST series is awesome!

[@markreibson7030]

enjoyed your work since the MM+FF days. the cyclone is completely awesome.

[@williamrose8944]

I had a 1973 Montego GT with the 429 c6 nice car last 1 off the line with a Big Block. Change 1-2 in the trans to get it moving might help

[@413x398]

Cool! I presently have that car in white!

[@nashvillelewis-jones5666]

Beautiful car! Love these cars, my friend has a wintergreen one with the drag pack, full rotisserie restoration. But it's a garage ornament unlike this one enjoying thats out and about enjoying itself lol.

[@justinprest2473]

Man another awesome video E rock ! I love these things ! Esp that front end . I believe it was lee I accolade that approved the design . And Bunin Knudsen had some influence too. As well as Larry shanoda possibly .

[@gteefxr3094]

Is your profession "proofreading", you have a mastery of the spelling arts.👍

[@justinprest2473]

@@gteefxr3094 haha just typing too fast . And not checking . Iam a busy man

[@fernandochaves9665]

Outstanding BBF, with a beautiful body! Love this classes showing real cars. Please keep covering more F.A.S.T. and Super stock Fords and Mercurys. Great car and video.

[@garenmcvay2695]

Great looking Cyclone, I love the Cyclones, my favorites though is the 64, and 65. I almost bought 1970 Torino 429 SJ, but I would have only beat it to death, so I passed. It was beautiful, and all yellow. I’m not really a big fan of yellow cars, it sue looked good, on the Ford. I had a 65 Lemans that was yellow, with a black vinyl top, that also was pretty sharp, for a yellow car.

[@RonNorman-qu4qz]

Beautiful car just beautiful you seen it come to life when it was walking out of 2nd gear

[@maxr4448]

I have a 1970 Montego MX 351 Cleveland. I love the frontend of this car.

[@billkerstein1637]

Incredible it is! Kudos to this man to keep it stock looking but to put the labor of love into it to restore it and make it faster! This is an amazing car and fast for being heavy on running on stock tires! Amazing!

[@billdedrick1914]

Absolutely incredible....very impressive...

[@timrayburn2461]

Great car.Thanks

[@philipstephan5451]

Awesome unique muscle car. Great coverage video of the car racing and showing and getting owner input after. Great interview.😊

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

car is stunning,get the wheelspin down and it will be a rocket ship

[@kimmorrison9169]

Man there is cubic money in this ride! Wondering if the numbers matching engine is in the garage or if this engine is the original?

[@CanIbeFrank]

Beautiful

[@douglasrizzo9210]

One gorgeous Merc!

[@oscarpuente2029]

outstanding! use to have a 70 Montego with a 351c.

[@danmyers9372]

Cool! And he’s only 2 full seconds slower than the fastest FAST cars! 😉

[@gordocarbo]

and the fastest dont weigh 2 tons either whats your point? Got anything that will run those times?

[@Synthesis904]

That's my boss! Cool car 👍

[@dougpendleton1266]

Bring back the wagon, bring back the wagon!!!!

[@revanevan]

As Christopher Walken said... More Wagon!

[@JC-gy4xs]

Great job! I love how nice it looks!

[@bjcycle]

Fricking great. Love this car

[@71rcode72]

Great job to the owner. Unbelievable you are in the lower 11s on stock tires. Crafty!

[@earleholt4380]

Wow! What a cool car/class!

[@GJ-DT]

You can get a lot of inches out of that 385 block 😎

[@GrandPitoVic]

That car is gorgeous

[@JohnCunningham-sv4oz]

Thanks Evan Love the car!

[@GTP427cobra]

Absolutely a beautiful car and rare

[@GooglePixelGoogle]

Very nice Cyclone!!! Love the front end and hood on that car! I understand your pain when it comes to finding parts. I have a 72 Gran Torino Sport 351CJ 4spd and parts have been very difficult to attain. If I have a 68-71 Torino I could get all the parts I need.

[@bladerunner6087]

HELL OF A CAR

[@poeboyjackson]

Much more beautiful than the GM product sitting behind it!

[@rodneyharouff5739]

that's one cool ride!

[@chrisgrignon3877]

What a feakin beauty love it my dream car for sure awesome

[@jakespeed63]

Super cool 😎